FG plans rapid expansion in sugar production
The federal government has planned a huge jump in domestic sugar production over the next six years to cut dependence on imports and satisfy growing demand from a population with rising incomes but...
View ArticleInvestment centre‘ll enhance Nigeria’s competitiveness – Minister
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga said yesterday in Abuja that the One-Stop-Investment Centre, OSIC would enhance the competitiveness of Nigeria as investment destination...
View Article2015: Struggle for control of South-East zone
T he strength of every registered political party involved in any democratic process all over the world is measured by the number of wards, council areas, municipalities, constituencies, states etc it...
View ArticlePDP applauds FG’s approval of funds for Lekki Deep Sea Port
The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday commended the Federal Government’s approval of 1.345 billion dollars for the development of the Lekki deep sea port in the...
View ArticleWe’re not Lagos PDP caucus –Group
The Atoona Collectives — Youth Supporters of Olabode George of the PDP yesterday said that the group was not a caucus in the Lagos State Chapter of the PDP. Controversy had continued to trail the...
View ArticleAPC not marketable in the North –PDP Chieftain
A ll Progressive Congress, APC, was yesterday described as a seasonal party that cannot stand the test of time and not marketable to Nigerians most especially in the north. A chieftain and founding...
View ArticleDelta prepared for Legislative autonomy –Speaker
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), Rt. Hon. Victor Onyeka Ochei, on Monday fielded questions on a television programme, monitored by Nigerian Pilot’s correspondent, ANASTACIA AGUNWA in...
View ArticleJonathan and political will: The national question
W hat is now referred to as the “National Question” arose from the diverse characters of Nigeria as a plural and multi-ethnic society. The notion is traceable to the structural defects and imbalances...
View ArticleSenate postpones briefing by service chiefs
…. Ihejirika, Ezeoba, IGP Abubakar absent Senate yesterday differed the planned briefing by the service chiefs, security agencies and the Inspector-General of Police to another legislative date because...
View ArticleIbadan notorious drug cartel leader jailed 15 yrs
The Federal High Court sitting in new Adeoyo State Specialist Hospital presided over by Justice Abimbola Adejumo Obaseki yesterday sentenced the notorious drug dealer and leader of a drug cartel in...
View ArticleMaku inaugurates boards of NBC, NAN, NFC
Minister of information, Labaran Maku yesterday inaugurated the boards of three federal government parastatals under his ministry. The parastatals are the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC; News...
View ArticlePanic in Abuja •Explosion grounds activities at Central Business District...
Fear and panic gripped Abuja residents yesterday as two incidents crippled business and economic activities. First was a Saudi Arabian Cargo plane that overshot the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
View ArticleAward aimed at restoring primacy of Ekiti values – Fayemi
Foremost educationist and first African Professor of Physics, late Prof. Daniel Ojo popularly called Ojo Ugbole, literary giant, Prof. Niyi Osundare, first female Plant Nematologist in Africa, Prof....
View ArticleUPP condemns attack on military base
T he United Progressive Party, UPP, has strongly condemned the Boko Haram attack on the military base in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in which dozens of people were killed. It would be recalled...
View ArticleConfab: Yoruba raise committee to harmonise position
P rominent Yoruba leaders and socio-cultural organisations from the South-West have constituted a Committee to harmonise Yoruba position at the planned National Conference. In a communiqué issued at...
View ArticleFG should take over payment…
Sir, can you explain to Benue people the true position of the welfare of primary school teachers with regards to payment of their salaries? Recently, so many journalists in the state were asking me...
View ArticleCholera and sundry pestilence
O ur obsession for squalid living is amazing. The recent outbreak of cholera in some communities which claimed many lives is a compliment to our survival instinct. The death toll could have been worse....
View ArticleChild labour: Are Nigerian children safe?
T he plight of children all around the world remains a frontline topic at big and small conferences, in the families and at different institutions. In all countries that are ravaged by war or civil,...
View ArticleRe: The contradictions of Mandela
I ’ve just read the New York Times article by Professor Zakes Mda and his convenient bifurcation of complex human and political issues in order to show the ‘contradictions’ of Nelson Mandela rankles...
View ArticleCourt grants Ex- Bayelsa Gov Permission to travel for medical checkup
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipreye Sylva, has obtained the permission of an Abuja Federal High Court to travel to South Africa to receive medical attention for an unspecified ailment. It was...
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