Kaduna to train 2,000 graduates under SURE-P
Kaduna State Government has yesterday disclosed plans to engage 2,000 graduates in internship training under the 2013 Subsidy Reinvestment Program, SURE-P, and subsequently employ them into the civil...
View ArticleWe’ve changed political mindset –Gov Aliyu
Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu said his administration has in the past seven years changed the mind-set of politicians in the state, which hitherto saw politics as a profession and an...
View ArticleIFC increases training capacity to support SMEs
International Financial Corporation, IFC, announced weekend an expansion of its support for the business sector in Ghana through an initiative to increase the capacity of trainers to provide...
View ArticleOscar: The secret of our samba success
Oscar’s Brazil, by Chelsea’s young Brazilian star and author Tom Watt, will be published next month to celebrate Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup. The book offers an insight into both the country and...
View ArticleProbe: We’re not witch-hunting Executive – Reps
House of Representatives has said its frequent summons of ministers and probe of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, were not a witch-hunt of the Executive arm of government. It however stated...
View ArticleContaining ethnic, religious and sectional manipulation
One of the very important values accepted by most people and nations in the world today is the equality of all men. The idea presupposes that everyone is born equal and should be treated as such...
View ArticleConfab and Nigerian federalism
For several years now, sections of Nigerians have been clamouring that the country’s federal system needs urgent restructuring. The proposal covers fiscal federalism, reduction of powers at the centre,...
View ArticleKABIRU SOKOTO: I’M READY TO NAME B/HARAM SPONSORS
APC declares sect worst enemy of Nigeria Cameroun kills 40 terrorists There are indications that convicted Boko Haram sect member, Kabiru Umar (aka Kabiru Sokoto) is ready to name organisations and...
View ArticleBayelsa reburies Isaac Boro
The remains of late Ijaw hero, Major Isaac Adaka Boro, who was killed during the Nigerian Civil War, were reburied on Sunday at Ijaw Heroes Park in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. Boro was killed in...
View ArticleCombating public sector corruption in Nigeria
It was former President Olusegun Obasanjo who once said that 90 percent of high rise mansions and deluxe houses in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt belong to public servants. My investigations have not...
View ArticleNSCDC prosecutes 50 offenders in Akwa Ibom
Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Pedro Ideba, said the command prosecuted 50 offenders in the state in the first quarter of the year. Ideba said the...
View ArticleFCT Police CP Mbu bans Chibok girls protests
Police in Nigeria’s capital have banned all protests planned in support of the more than 200 girls kidnapped in April. Commissioner Joseph Mbu said the proliferation of such protests “is now posing a...
View ArticleKeshi drops Nsofor,Mba,Igiebor,others
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has named his 23-man squad players for the Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The likes of Daniel Akpeyi, Ejike Uzoenyi, Nnamdi Oduamadi,Joel Obi,Nosa Igiebor,Sunday Mba and...
View ArticleAfrica’s agric to hit $1trn growth by 2030 — Adesina
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the size of Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness was expected to grow to one trillion dollars by 2030. Adesina said...
View ArticleFIFA investigation into Qatar 2022 to report within weeks
The fate of the 2022 soccer World Cup could be decided within weeks, when the man leading the internal investigation into how Qatar won the right to host it makes his announcement. Former U.S....
View ArticleBoat mishap claims 11 lives in Niger
The Niger State Disaster Management Agency has confirmed the death of 11 persons in a boat mishap between Garafini-Kodo and Garafini riverine area of Borgu Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji...
View ArticleEmefiele, new CBN Governor, to unveil plans on Thursday
Mr Godwin Emefiele, the new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would, on Thursday unveil the new strategies to be adopted by the bank under his leadership. A statement, signed by Mr Isaac...
View ArticleReps want INEC to extend Continuous Voter Registration
The House of Representatives has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend by one week the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration. INEC had extended by two days the...
View ArticleThere’s no ban on peaceful protest – FCT Police
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View ArticleSenate passes FCT internal revenue board Bill
The Senate on Tuesday approved the establishment of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Board (FCTIRB). The approval followed the passage of the (FCTIRB) Bill on the floor of the Senate The...
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