Monarch decries quality of Bayelsa Assembly aspirants
Paramount ruler of Torukongo community, Okrika local government area, who is also the national president of the Concerned Youths of the Ijaw Nation, Chief John Ochi, JP has sent a Save Our Soul message...
View ArticleNo PVC, no transaction with govt – Amosun
Ogun State Government has said that it will, henceforth, not transact business with any individual except with the presentation of Permanent Voters Card as a pre-requisite. The State Government in a...
View ArticleStakeholders urge action on access to water, sanitation
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH sector practitioners have urged the removal of bottlenecks to accelerate water and sanitation coverage in the country. The practitioners, who recently participated...
View ArticleAl-Mustapha Foundation moves to end insurgency
In a bid to end insurgency in Northern Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, Al-Mustapha Peace, Unity and Development Initiative has developed five strategic plans of action to achieve peace in the...
View ArticleGroup faults withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides
Kaduna based lawyer and Executive Director of Human Rights Monitor, Barr Festus Okoye has counseled the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Abba to restore the security details of the House of...
View ArticleNo going back on women empowerment – Dame Jonathan
Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday explained that her pet project, Women for Change Initiative and Development, WCID was established to promote the welfare of Nigerian women...
View ArticleNigeria won’t disintegrate – Cleric
General Overseer of Abundant Life Gospel Church, Reverend (Mrs.) Jane Onaolapo, has disclosed that those who are expecting that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015 will be highly surprised by the wonders...
View ArticleRivers guber aspirant asks Tambuwal to resign
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to be honourable enough to resign...
View ArticleScores injured, vehicles vandalised in Nasarawa APC, PDP clash
Scores of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were injured yesterday when they clashed in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Eight vehicles were destroyed during...
View ArticleNew method of teaching, reading discourage children – Expert
An educationist and literacy coach, Mr Gupar Hosea has said the modern method of teaching phonics would discourage children from cramming words. The coach who stated this in Jos at a workshop...
View ArticleOsun LG boss opposes proposed LG autonomy
Proposed granting of autonomy to local government by national assembly has been identified as means of creating crisis at grassroot administration. The Executive Secretary, Ede North local government...
View ArticleShell admits misjudging Nigeria oil spill
International oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has admitted that the 2008 Oil spills in Bodo, Nigeria were larger than initially anticipated. In the run-up to a high-profile compensation case in England’s...
View ArticleWorld leaders gather for G20 summit
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott have arrived in Brisbane for the G20 leaders summit, where the crisis in Ukraine is expected to take centre stage. The...
View ArticleOgun to tackle environmental challenges with N1.3bn
Ogun State government has unveiled plans to spend N1.3billion on the procurement of waste equipment, identify high concentration of manufacturing facilities and growing population to check the...
View ArticleFemale bombers, horrible devt in terrorism – Gov Aliyu
Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babanguda Aliyu, has expressed concern over the use of women as suicide bombers. Aliyu, who was still shock over the suicide attack at the Federal College of Education,...
View ArticleGroup urges better management of respiratory conditions
Nigerian Thoracic Society, NTS, has called for better management of respiratory and lung conditions to reduce cases of respiratory system diseases. Its national president, Prof. Etete Peters made the...
View ArticleCech confirms Chelsea stay
Petr Cech has suggested he will stay at Chelsea for the rest of the season despite no longer being first-choice goalkeeper. Thibaut Courtois has taken the Chelsea veteran’s place in the team and...
View ArticleEverton: Man City must spend £60m to land Barkley
The England man has been linked with the champions in the past and according to the Manchester Evening News, City are willing to match his asking price Manchester City have been told they will have to...
View ArticleNo anointed candidate in Kwara – PDP Chairman
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State yesterday said that it had not anointed any of the 12 aspirants jostling for the party’s governorship ticket, stressing that “there is no zoning in our...
View ArticleEbola: Liberia lifts state of emergency
Liberia lifted its state of emergency yesterday, announcing huge gains in the fight with Ebola as Africa pinned its hopes on trials for a “miracle drug” to be tested on patients in Guinea. The end of a...
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