THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had withdrawn 25 certificates of return earlier issued some winners during this year’s general elections. It stated that the decision was in response to court orders. Chairman of Information and Voter Education ...

The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reversed its major leap in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 2.39 per cent to 2.01 in the first quarter of 2019, representing a decline of  -0.38 per cent points. The development, which is ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Navy are to be more responsive to oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the region. The commitment was reiterated when Deputy Zonal Head of the EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office, Alex ...

Nigerians living far from petroleum depots or in mountainous and riverine communities may be burdened with high price of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol if President Muhammadu Buhari signs into law the current version of ...

A retired Captain of Nigerian Army, Bernard Ize-Iyamu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu, to quickly intervene in his ordeal in the hand of some officers of Nigeria police at Zone II command ...

By Edu Abade PLASTIC waste, a recurring environmental pollution issue, has again been brought to public consciousness with a mandate to rid Lagos streets and waters of four million plastic bottles this year. This was the focus of Ecobank Nigeria ...

Unable to bear the burden of excise duty on their businesses and another proposed upward review in alcohol tax, brewing firms are exploring modalities to pass on costs to consumers, having paid over N50 billion to the Federal Government in ...

No fewer than 20 persons were yesterday feared dead following a renewed cult attack at Kono-Boue settlement in Khana Local Council of Rivers State. A source said that an unspecified number of armed cultists, suspected to be members of Iceland ...

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, and other critical stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to sell the nation’s moribund refineries to interested local and foreign investors. The minister and other experts, drawn from his ministry as well ...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) is to send to a proposal to the Ninth National Assembly compelling political parties to reserve 30 per cent of the membership of their national and state executive councils for youths to engender more participation ...