Mailafia unveils wealth opportunities in environment sector
Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia has unveiled opportunities for wealth generation and private sector participation in the environment sector. A statement issued by deputy director...
View ArticleMDGs: Yobe Govt attains 85% water supply by 2015
Yobe State Government says it has put in place the necessary machinery to provide 85 per cent of the people’s water needs by 2015. Alhaji Sidi Karasuwa, the Commissioner for Water Resources, gave the...
View ArticleGov Obi wades into Catholic, traditionalists rift
Anambra has waded into the rift between the Catholic Church and some traditionalists in Awka. No fewer than 30 persons were injured on July 24 when the two groups clashed over burial rituals. The...
View Article8 die in fresh attack by Fulani herdsmen
Less than two weeks after the governors of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Tanko Almakura, met in Lafia to find lasting solution to the invasion on Tiv farmers by...
View ArticlePress centre gadget disappears at Presidential Lounge
It was a big shock for the aviation journalists whose computer laptops, cameras and other working tools locked up at the presidential lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, since February 2012...
View ArticleMrs Wada charges media on awareness creation
Kogi State governor’s wife, Faridah Wada has called on the media to support non-governmen- Wada Foundation, FWF, an NGO based in Abuja. Mrs Wada, who is chief executive of FWF, also urged the Nigerian...
View Article2013 pilgrimage: NCPC selects 148 medical personne
By Peter Usman 2013 pilgrimage: NCPC selects 148 medical personnel A total of 148 medical personnel will be selected from all the states of the federation and Abuja to participate in this year’s...
View ArticleBauchi records 5 polio cases in 2 LGs
Five polio cases were recorded in two local government councils of Bauchi State from January to July this year. The state immunisation officer, Mohammad Musa disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi, saying...
View ArticleMan bags 8yrs imprisonment for defiling 12yr old girl
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a middle aged man, Innocent Eze, to eight years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl last Friday. Eze, who was found guilty on a two-count charge, was...
View ArticleEast-West Road and Jonathan’s future
ELSON OLUNARI was Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was the governor. He went to Port Harcourt on official assignment but never returned. He died in a ghastly...
View ArticlePlaudits pour in for Okagbare, Africa’s fastest woman
Ogunkoya tips her for World Athletics Championship gold PLAUDITS have been pouring in for Nigeria’s sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare after she wiped out her London 2012 Olympics tears at the same...
View ArticleThe demand for peace and stability
Last Saturday, July 27, 2013, in Abuja, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, made a sobering statement. At the Ramadan Interfaith Youth Seminar entitled:...
View ArticleWhy prayer alone will not change Nigeria
t not much came through. Take the example of power. Paradoxically, most people were unable to watch the president’s Independence Day speech due to power outage and those who did paid dearly for it,...
View ArticleDangote Sugar records 21% pretax profit
DANGOTE Sugar has posted a 21.33 percent increase in its halfyear pretax profit to N9.84 billion, compared with N8.11 billion same period last year. Turnover at the sugar refiner jumped to N55.03...
View ArticlePrices of building materials rise in Asaba
PRICES of some building materials in Asaba and its environs have increased in the last two months, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, has shown. The survey showed that prices of building...
View ArticleCan PIB take Nigeria to the next level?
As Nigerians await the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, David Odama of our Politics Desk examines ways of adding value to the various steps being taken by the Federal government to ensure...
View ArticleNo law to empower Interior Ministry on Domestic Security-Sen. Bagudu
Senator Atiku Abubakar Bagudu who is chairman Senate Committee on Interior, representing Kebbi Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, has blamed security lapses at the nation’s border to...
View ArticleWhy Govs, Senators are against LG autonomy – Yakasai
There has been clamour for local government autonomy with some in favour while others are against. In this interview with our North West Bureau Chief, Bello Fagge, a former Kano State Commissioner for...
View ArticleSuleja Abattoir: Place where division of labour is sacrosanct
years after the commissioning of Suleja Modern Abattoir, activitiea in the place have reached a crescendo with operators paying great diligence to the practice of division of labour as IBRAHIM MOHAMMED...
View ArticleCommunity healthcare: Abia, Imo examples
Women of Mbeke community in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo heaved a sigh of relief when their health centre opened for operation this year. Mrs Ogechi Ezala was particularly happy as she...
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