Sambo, Kukah, Ekweremadu, others eulogise late Lar
Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has said that Nigeria needs good institutions and not necessarily good leaders to advance from our present levels of development and status. He said that...
View ArticleAlleged N4.7bn fraud: Babalakin challenges court jurisdiction
Chairman of Bi-Courtney Limited, Mr. Wale Babalakin, yesterday challenged the jurisdiction of an Ikeja High Court to hear a N4.7 billion fraud charges suit preferred against them by the Economic and...
View ArticleGov Dickson promises oil thieves hard times
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has warned oil thieves to desist from the unwholesome practice or face dire consequences as from 2014. This is just as he presented a cheque of N105m to women...
View ArticleMinistry partners UNDP to launch Junior Professional Officers Programme
In a bid to create jobs for young Nigerian professionals, the federal government through the Ministry of Youths and Development is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, to...
View ArticleHenshaw Foundation begins creative art talent hunt
A non-profit organisation, James Ene Henshaw Foundation has concluded plans to commence talent hunts in creative art in the six geo political zones of the country as part of efforts to boost literary...
View ArticleMinister harps on attitudinal change to achieve FG’s goals
Minister of Culture, Tourism, and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke has reiterated the need for Nigerians to imbibe positive attitudes, noting that value reorientation was pivotal to the attainment...
View ArticleCommissioner dumps Amaechi
Commissioner for Urban Development, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, yesterday defected from the camp of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi that joined the governor in solidarity when he defected from the ruling...
View ArticleUtuama advocates overhauling of electoral process …As Olanipekun, Daudu,...
Delta State deputy governor and eminent professor of Law, Professor Amos Utuama, SAN, has advocated a review of the nation’s electoral process to make its outcome more credible. Utuama, who spoke at...
View ArticleGov Kwankwaso urges rededication in fight against drug abuse
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged leaders from different walks of life to rededicate themselves in the fight against drug abuse. He made the call recently at the public destruction of...
View ArticleNon-Remittance of $49.8bn: CBN understated actual crude lifting by 4.13% – NNPC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has refuted reports credited to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleging that it withheld the sum of $49.8bn...
View ArticleJonathan: Breaking barriers via Lekki Port
Many issues naturally arise from the approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week, of a deep sea port for Lagos. The most prominent is the political significance of the decision against...
View ArticleLar was an emancipator, even in death- Plateau citizens
Since the death of the first executive governor of Plateau state, and the Pioneer chairman of the Ruling Peoples Democratic party PDP popularly called the emancipator, Chief Solomon Lar , Jos the...
View ArticleFred Amata awarded for directing Ripples
Nollywood actor and director, Fred Amata was recently honoured by organisers of the The Legends of Nollywood Awards for directing popular soap opera, Ripples. Fred won himself the best director for the...
View ArticleNigerian musicians stand up for Mandela
A s tributes continue to pour in for late South African president, Nelson Mandela, Nigerian entertainers are adding their voice to honour the man who is believed to have inspired many. It is in this...
View ArticleEkiti 2014 guber: Comrades at loggerheads
T he window to the gubernatorial contest in Ekiti State in 2014 is becoming clearer now as the main challenger in the All Progressives Party, APC, against the incumbent governor of the state, Dr....
View Article‘A Gov has no right to dissovle LG council’
Hon Eke Emenike Geoffrey is a politician and constitutional lawyer, strong advocate of constitutionalism and federalism. He bares his mind on the judgment of Obio/Akpor LGA case reinstating its...
View ArticleBayelsans urged to embrace prayers
Bayelsa State government has called on the founding fathers to embrace prayers and seek continuous support for the growth and development of the state. Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John...
View ArticleNFIU autonomy and war against corruption
O n Monday, 16th December, 2013, stakeholders shall assemble at the Senate Committee Room 022 of the National Assembly for a public hearing on the Bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Financial...
View ArticleSpeaker canvasses for Dickson’s re-election
B ayelsa State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Konbowei Friday Benson, has expressed the desire of the people of Southern Ijaw to return the governor for a second term in office, describing the...
View ArticleINEC reads Riot Act, says Anambra cannot repeat in Ekiti
Nigeria’s electoral management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has read what is described as Riot Act to politicians in Ekiti State, warning that they cannot allow the...
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