A senator of the Federal Republic, Senator Gyang Dantong (PDP-Plateau North) and the Chief Whip of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani, are among 52 persons who were yesterday confirmed dead following internecine killings in 13 villages near Jos, the state capital. The federal and state lawmakers died yesterday afternoon as a result…

If the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc Committee originally charged with the responsibility of probing the near-collapse of the country’s capital market, under its erstwhile chairman, Hon. Herman Hembe had conducted its affairs in camera, perhaps, the now suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh would have kept her plum job…

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello-Adoke, has debunked claims that the Federal Government will not prosecute oil marketers indicted by the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on the probe of petroleum subsidy The Justice Minister, who spoke through his counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo in Abuja, at a…

Another air mishap was averted yesterday morning when a plane crash-landed at Benin airport in the Edo State capital, sources said. An eyewitness told The Tide that the incident, which occurred about 10.31 a.m, caused pandemonium among travellers at the airport. However, no casualties were recorded in the incident, sources said. A source at the…

President Goodluck Jonathan, has set up a verification and reconciliation committee as a prelude to immediate action on all identified cases of fraud in the fuel subsidy management. The 15-member committee headed by Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is to verify and reconcile the findings of the technical committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Finance…

The Federal Government, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an oil consortium to establish six modular refineries with capacity to produce 30 million litres of products daily. The $4.5billion deal, sealed in Abuja between a United States company, Volta Petroleum Resources Limited and its Nigerian counterpart, Petroleum Refining and Strategic Reserve Limited, would…

Senate’s Joint Committee probing the management of fuel subsidy, has directed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to work out modalities for the closure of all foreign accounts into which proceeds of the sale of the nation’s crude oil are paid before being transferred to the Federation Account. At its…

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Hon. Godfrey Gaiya,  has said that the committee would bridge the funding gap between the country’s female and male national football teams. Gaiya told newsmen in Abuja that there should be no discrimination between football tournaments played by the Super Eagles and those played by the Super…

Palpable fear and panic gripped motorists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday, as speculations of imminent increase in the pump price of fuel from N97 to between N105 and N141 per litre by the Federal Government, spread like wide fire. At most of the filling stations visited yesterday, motorists were seen clustering around…

The Rivers State Government has said that the single track system phase one A of the monorail project, with one train, will begin operations by December, 2013 while the phase one B will be ready with three trains by July, 2014. This was contained in a presentation on the technical requirements for the Rivers Monorail…