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Says PDP candidate is ‘Bush Man’ Former Governor Timpre Sylva hits Governor Seriake Dickson in the battle for Bayelsa State. The governorship election in the state holds only six days away. Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the poll, says Dickson, flying the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will fall at the election. The APC candidate spoke in an interview. Excerpts: By Samuel Oyadongha,  Yenagoa T here is the  question being asked by many, including your opponent, and that is, what did you forget in the Government House since 2011 when the court annulled your tenure? Anybody that asks that question is ignorant. I left Bayelsa State Government House unwillingly and all Bayelsans know the circumstances under which I left, and, since then, no other opportunity has presented itself for me to re-contest for that office. This is the first opportunity and so I don’t know why anybody will ask me if I forgot anything. Actually, the event of 2012

President Muhammadu Buhari was believed to have left Malta where he participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) for Paris, France Sunday evening to join about 150 other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) on climate change. The president is expected present Nigeria’s statement at the opening session today before participating in the launching of the International Solar Alliance same day, an initiative of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. President Buhari meets Queen Elizabeh II during the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta The alliance which is code-named the International Agency for Solar Policy and Application (InSPA) comprised all African nations located within the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. On Tuesday, the President would also participate in the summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic which would dwell on Boko Haram and other i

N-Delta wanted resource control, now we want resource ownership — Annkio Briggs Annkio  Briggs, an activist, is the converner of Niger Delta Self-Determination Movement. Briggs, in this piece, speaks on why she is calling for self-determination for her people. By Olalekan Bilesanmi You  said the Niger Delta wants self-determination and yet you said you want compensation. Can you be fighting for freedom and asking for compensation at the same time? I don’t see the difficulty in what we asking for. Nigeria is being governed according to the 1999 Constitution and whatever we are doing, within the law, is based  on that Constitution. What we are demanding for, which the same Constitution guarantees, is our right to demand for those things. In terms of the compensation for the destruction of our livelihood, the Nigerian government, in partnership with  oil companies, is responsible. The state governments are not part of this business, it is the Federal Government, in conjunctio

Jump media player . Media caption The Victoria Derbyshire programme looks at what is known about 'Jihadi John' The Pentagon says it is "reasonably certain" that a US drone strike in Syria has killed the Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John". Col Steve Warren said Thursday's attack in Raqqa had hit the intended target, but it would take time to "formally declare that we have had success". Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British militant, appeared in videos of the beheadings of Western hostages. UK PM David Cameron said targeting Emwazi was "the right thing to do". It is believed there was one other person in the vehicle targeted in the strike. Col Warren said such "routine" attacks had killed on average "one mid- to upper-level IS leader every two days" since May. However, the death of Emwazi would be a "significant blow" to IS, even though he had not been an "operation

Fear and confusion in Paris after deadly attacks A state of emergency has been declared across France after attacks on restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium in Paris killed at least 120 people, sowing widespread fear. Four gunmen killed up to 80 young people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall on Friday evening, city hall officials said. Heavily armed policemen eventually launched an assault on the building. The gunmen detonated explosive belts and dozens of shocked survivors were rescued. The attackers were killed at the site and a manhunt is under way as a number of armed men are believed to be at large. About 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, officials said, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the national stadium Stade de France. President  Francois Hollande  and the German foreign minister were watching a friendly football match between France and Germany there when the attacks occurred.

HOME  /  COVER STORIES  /  NEWS  /  FOR USAGE OF EXPIRED MATERIALS, NAFDAC FINES GUINNESS N1BN Usage Of Expired Materials, NAFDAC Fines Guinness N1bn Unaware that regulatory agencies had been firmer with the enforcement of laws since President Muhammadu Buhari took over as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc may have gotten itself into trouble for allegedly re-validating expired raw materials without approval. Accordingly, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has imposed a fine of N1 billion on Guinness for also maintaining poor documentation and not complying with some of its regulations.A letter written by the regulatory agency noted that the local unit of the company which had been operating in Nigeria since 1962 was given a two-week ultimatum to pay the fine. The Central Bank of Nigeria had imposed sanctions on at least three commercial banks for breaches in the last two months. Just last month,