The dilemma of child adoption
Though it is fast becoming a viable alternative to childless couples, child adoption in Nigeria is still comparatively unpopular given the cultural beliefs, then the many hiccups to successful...
View ArticleNATCOMS raises alarm over NAMA threat on Qos
Ailuorio, Lagos Following a recent report that the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, is allegedly terrorizing the telecom industry with its recent ultimatum to owners of telecoms masts at...
View ArticleYobe Desert FC decries injustice in NFF
Yobe Desert FC has raised alarm over the alleged injustice meted to them by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, disciplinary committee on the protest against it by the Kaduna Babes FC. The Yobe...
View Article146 goals scandal: NFF bans Akurba FC, Plateau Feeders for life
The Organizing and Disciplinary Committee, O&D, of the Nigeria Football Federation has banned for life all four clubs, owners and officials involved in the 146 goals score line that has rocked the...
View ArticleNUJ mourns member
The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara State Chapter, has described the death of its Assistant Secretary, Mr. Olusola Owolabi, as shocking and a colossal loss. Mr....
View ArticleWorld’s 2nd longest serving monarch gets successor
Idumuje-Unor Community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State has installed Mr. Charles Anyasi to succeed the late second longest monarch in the world, Obi James Ikechukwu Anyasi. The...
View Article$92,000 Scam: EFCC arrests alleged serial fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Dr. Princewell Arinze Chukwueze, an alleged serial fraudster, over a $92,000(Ninety-Two Thousand United States Dollars) scam. Chukwueze...
View ArticleMaintenance culture: Facelift for Abuja roads
The ongoing road rehabilitation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is a departure from the past where infrastructure were allowed to dilapidate, writes NNAMDI ESEME A drive through major roads in...
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NASS wants 10-year jail term for human trafficking
The National Assembly yesterday prescribed a minimum of 10 years imprisonment for persons convicted of human trafficking in addition to paying fines while revealing that the country records a minimum...
View ArticleThe plight of Nigerian youths
Youths in Nigeria are faced with the twin dilemma of surmounting many hurdles of growing up to be responsible citizens, and leaving up to the billing of being ‘leaders of tomorrow’ as constantly...
View ArticleJonathan resolves Tukur, Gana rift
President Goodluck Jonathan has resolved the rift between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur and members of Prof. Jerry Gana-led special national convention...
View ArticleThe Senate and legalisation of child marriage
For real, the Nigerian Senate is presently under its first major fire since the commencement of this Seventh National Assembly. Last week, senators passed a resolution which legalises and promotes...
View ArticleHajiya Dankwambo tasked on championing polio eradication in Gombe
Wife of Gombe State governor, Hajiya Adama Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has been saddled with the responsibility of championing the course of polio eradication in the state, following her appointment as...
View ArticleINEC should stop the current campaign for 2015 election –Hon. Madaki
Hon Ahmed Madaki Gololo is a member of the House of Representatives and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from Bauchi State. In this encounter with IGNATIUS OKOROCHA, Hon Gololo...
View ArticleEcobank opens an affiliate in South Sudan
ECOBANK Transnational Incorporated, one of the leading pan-African banking group has yesterday announces the opening of its South Sudan banking affiliate. This new banking affiliate, the 34th on the...
View ArticleWarri Crisis: Probe militant group, reps urge Police
The recent mayhem unleashed on some Itsekiri villages in Warri Local Government Area of Delta State by a group named Egbema Revolutionary Council has drawn the ire of members of the House of...
View ArticleGroup blames Amaechi over Rivers crises
The Niger Delta Democratic Movement (NDDM) has blamed Governor Rotimi Amaechi over the crises that rocked the Assembly and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. In a release issued in Port...
View ArticleHiddink resigns as Anzhi Makhachkala coach
Guus Hiddink has resigned as manager of Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. The 66-year-old will be replaced by former Manchester United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen. “I’ve always said that my mission...
View ArticleCBN, SEC urged to compensate shareholders of nationalised banks
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Union Securities Ltd., Mr. Sehinde Adenagbe, has called on capital market regulators to compensate shareholders of the three banks nationalised in 2011. Adenagbe said...
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Child Marriage: Forgive me, Senator begs Nigerians •Raging angst against...
Senator representing Ondo State Central at the National Assembly, Senator Ayo Akinyelure yesterday made a U-turn and begged the people of the state to forgive him for his decision to support the...
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