Mrs Imoke urges students to embrace science subjects
C ross River State governor’s wife, Mrs Obioma Liyel-Imoke has called for the enrolment of more students in science and technology subjects at the basic and senior secondary school levels of education....
View ArticleAlleged Agip bribe: Bayelsa communities write Jonathan, EFCC
Angry elders and youths of six communities of Ewoama, Dieama, Opuorubou, Akabele, Igbabele and Mbikiri in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have sent a save-our-soul letter to President...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches student advantage programme in Africa
Microsoft has officially launched its Student Advantage programme on the continent of Africa. Launched during the visit of the vice president of education, Anthony Salcito’s to Tunisia, it was an...
View ArticleDelta PPRO dies in auto crash
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, on Sunday, died in a ghastly motor accident in front of Mopol 31 Base, Ogwashi-uku in Aniocha South Local Government Council Area...
View ArticleStill on the economic intervention in North-East
Basically, with a mere mention of Borno and Yobe States, what comes to the mind of Nigerians is virtually the same. The two states, including others in the North-East, are synonymous with insecurity....
View ArticleIs APC rejected by the South-East?
I am writing this article to correct some misconceptions of the APC in the South-East and its consequences. This is my personal opinion despite being aware that some people from this part of the...
View ArticleGroup urges construction of Lokoja-Shintanku Bridge
Dekina District Development Association, DDDA, has appealed to the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, to hasten the planned construction of Lokoja- Shintaku Bridge for rapid and sporadic...
View ArticleKeshi frees Iheanacho for Man City deal
Victorious UAE U-17 World Cup, Golden Eaglets revelation, Kelechi Iheanacho, has left the Super Eagles camp for a trip to England for contract talks with EPL side Manchester City. Head Coach Stephen...
View ArticleSuswam tasks ECOWAS on economic downturn
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has tasked the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to do something urgently about the economic downturn bedeviling member states in the region. The...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: From long walk to long rest
As South Africans gather to pay tribute, anger simmers in some black villages which haven’t benefited economically. From Johannesburg’s streets where anti-apartheid supporters rose up to a clump of...
View ArticleSordid plight of Nigerian youths
I departed Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, yesterday a worried man. Not because of being in conflict with myself, but due to the plight of ordinary Nigerians, who toil daily to earn a living. The...
View ArticleEnyeama emerges from the shadows
In 2002, when Vincent Enyeama was handed a starting place in the Super Eagles’ goal against England at the Fifa World Cup in Japan and South Korea, it turned out to be the start of good tidings to come...
View ArticleCivil society groups, CBN back passage of NFIA Bill
Apparently worried by the absence of Financial Intelligence Agency/ Unit in the nation financial sector, civil Society groups and authorities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday stormed...
View ArticleBauchi set to conduct LG elections
At last the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission, BASIEC, has expressed its readiness to conduct local government elections in the state next year. The revelation was made by the chairman of...
View ArticleDelta 2015: Amori canvasses for Olejeme
The political adviser to the Delta State Government, Chief Ighoyota Amori, has said that with the track record and outstanding performance of Dr. Ngozi Olejeme so far, she has all it takes to pilot the...
View Article3RD ANNUAL LECTURE; 2013 Award winners
Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Con, FaBS (kauran BauChi) hon. Minister oF FCT Senator Bala abdulkadir Mohammed, an illustrious nigerian statesman, was born on 5th october, 1958 at duguri town in...
View ArticleCBN pledges to promote sound, stable financial system
The Central Bank Of Nigeria, CBN, has stressed that it is determined to promote a sound and stable financial system as enshrined in the CBN Act The Director, Consumer Protection Department ,of the apex...
View Article3RD ANNUAL LECTURE 2013 Award winners
Governor Godswill OBOT AKPABIO Obong (Barr.) Godswill Obot Akpabio, was born on 9th December, 1962, to Obot Akpabio and Madam Lucy Obot Akpabio (Nee Inyang Etoh) of the Okuku Udo Akpabio family of...
View ArticleEkiti 2014: Don’t pick controversial candidate for PDP –Aluko
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, has warned the leadership of the party against picking any controversial candidate for the 2014...
View ArticleDon’t pull down Nigeria, Jonathan warns opposition
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned opposition political class against actions and utterances capable of pulling down thenation. Speaking at the 3rd Annual...
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