NATIONAL NEWS

The Lagos state Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo, has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje. Oluwo made the announcement in a resignation letter dated December 3 and addressed …

Air Peace fleet Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has successfully performed partial emergency evacuation and ditching demonstrations as part of the safety tests for the operation of its Boeing 777 aircraft. Air Peace Corporate Communications Manager, Mr Chris Iwarah, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos on Monday. Iwarah said the …

The Federal Government and the Volkswagen Group have commenced dialogue as the local manufacturing of vehicles by the automaker is set to begin. The Federal Government, in September, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group for the production of various types of vehicles in Nigeria. The Minister of Industry, …

Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group (www.Orange.com) and MTN Group (www.MTN.com), Friday announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable payments across the continent. Mowali makes it possible to send money between mobile money accounts issued by any mobile money provider, …

Atiku Mandate Group has described the plan unveiled by the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Wazirin Atiku Abubakar as the most viable path to resurrecting the comatose Nigerian economy, paving way to poverty alleviation and the security of lives and property of all citizens. The Plan, according to the group, …

Digital Satellite Television (DStv) service subscribers in Nigeria are grumbling over the continued payment for services not rendered by MultiChoice, the major distance-to-home service provider in Nigeria. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday, DStv subscribers pleaded with the Federal Government to enact …

STAFF and management of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) have spent the last two weeks working as volunteers in the distribution of relief materials worth over N300 millions to communities affected by devastating floods in the Niger Delta states of Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta. With staff …

It sends a shock wave to one’s imagination to see how the penchant for cheap popularity can make a supposed legally educated person like Chief Chidi Lloyd stoops so low to misinform the unsuspecting public. It is a responsible character trait to Know when to say something and when to …