CCESSA lauds Govt partnership with China
National President of the association of Construction & Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association CCESSA Comrade Augustine Etafo has lauded government initiatives to partner with countries that...
View ArticleCBN and challenges of cash-less policy
As the cash-less policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN begins its nationwide journey, extending to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and five other states, KEHINDE IBRAHIM examines the...
View ArticleForeign reserves down to $47.11 bn
NIGERIA’s foreign reserves fell 2.78 percent month-on-month to $47.11 billion by July 11, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, data showed Friday. Reserves at Africa’s second biggest economy stood at $48.46...
View ArticleExploring Ramadan
Ramadan is the holiest festival of the Muslim Umah. It is a month dedicated to spiritual rejuvenation through fasting. Ibrahim Mohammed explores the many ways Ramadan benefits Muslims all over the...
View ArticleMorsi’s downfall hammers Hamas
Analysts say Gazan rulers face increased political pressure in wake of Egypt’s coup, writes Dahlia Kholaif. The Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt strengthened the hand of Hamas, but the...
View ArticleNUJ vows to fish out quacks
The FCT chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ, says it had concluded plans to fish out persons using the name of journalism to intimidate and extort money from Nigerians. President of the...
View ArticleLiberating the African woman
Over the years, the African woman has been at the receiving end of unfair policies that restrict her from unleashing her God-given potentials. In this write-up, Victor Effiong looks at the plight of...
View ArticleAPC set to discuss power rotation in Kogi
The interim chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, loyalists group in Kogi State, Dr Goodman Akwu has said the party would initiate move that will put to rest the volatile power rotation issue...
View Article44 candidates score 300 in OAU post-UTME
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have released the results of its post-UTME screening examination conducted last Saturday with 44 of the candidates scoring 300 marks and...
View ArticleThird Mainland Bridge: LASTMA goes tough on indiscriminate packing
Henceforth, motorists who stop to either pick or drop passengers on the Third Mainland Bridge axis would have themselves to blame as the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said those...
View ArticleRamadan: Clerics warned against sensational preaching
Clerics in Nigeria have been cautioned to be guided by the principles of Islam in their preaching and to shun comments that could incite people against one another with a view to ensuring better...
View ArticleDisaster management everybody’s business –NEMA
The director general, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mohammed Sani Sidi has said that the agency was ready to partner with as many people as possible in addressing disaster, declaring that...
View ArticleDangerous dimensions to leadership deficit
Leadership is one word that is difficult to aptly define because of the many responsibilities a leader holds. As difficult as it may seem, there are three famous ways of giving a definition of...
View ArticlePolice accelerate action on kidnap, baby racketeering in Enugu
Worried by the avalanche of kidnap cases pending at the Enugu State Police Command, the state Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Adamu Mohammed has vowed to conclude investigations into them with a...
View ArticleUduaghan leaving big shoes for successor – DIRB boss
The executive chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, DBIR, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas has said that anyone planning to succeed Governor Emmanuel Udughan of Delta State must be prepared to wear...
View Article7 killed in Lagos Police, robbers’ gun duel
Two policemen and five members of an armed robbery gang which invaded a hotel in Ajah area of Lagos State last week, were killed yesterday during a gun shootout between the police and the robbery gang....
View ArticleLawyer drags judge to court over detention …Seeks N5m damages
A judge of a Lagos Federal High Court, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia has been dragged before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, over alleged abuse of judicial power. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia was recently...
View ArticleElectricity sector reform and matters arising
Recently, there were reports in which the authorities of the Nigerian Electric Regulatory Commission, NERC, projected that with the ongoing aggressive privatisation of the distribution of electricity...
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cjn, efcc investigate 27 judges’ accounts
Determined to cleanse the Nigerian judiciary of corruption, not less than 27 judges are under probe by the National Judicial Council, NJC. Bank accounts will be checked by the Chief Justice of Nigeria,...
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Group blasts Soyinka over Rivers crisis
National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has hit hard on Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, over his comments in the face off in the Rivers State House of Assembly. President of the Council,...
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