Caverton not managing Rivers govt's aircraft - NCAA
Controversy surrounding the status of the aircraft, Bombardier BD 700 Express jet owned by the Rivers State Government was further stoked, yesterday, as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA,...
View ArticleMay Day: NUT Calls for UNESCO's 26% budget to education
... sector to long years of neglect and poor funding, said it became imperative for all the three tiers of government in Nigeria to begin implementation of United Nation's Educational, Scientific and...
View ArticleDay Afenmai Masquerades adorned Auchi Kingdom
RECENTLY, Ikelebe Sports Arena Auchi, the Edo North Senatorial District Headquarters was a melting point for over a dozen Masquerades and casts of traditional troupes at the beacon of the Centre for...
View ArticleS-h-o-c-k-e-r! Anichebe turns back on Eagles
Everton striker Victor Anichebe has put his international career with Nigeria on hold so he can "manage his body accordingly". Lagos-born Anichebe, 25, has told BBC Sport that for the time being, he...
View ArticleNigerian Army hosts combat sports in Kaduna
The Nigerian Army will on May 20th, 2013 declare open a combat Sports championship at the old Nigeria Defence Academy in Kaduna.
View ArticleAfrica: Can Economic Development Restore Lost Biodiversity?
... Akeem, associate professor in the department of wildlife and fisheries management at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, says: "Conservation of biodiversity and a country's economic development are...
View ArticleMalaysia LNG Terminal Receives Shipment From Nigeria, Data Show
... peninsular Malaysia, according to ship transmissions captured by IHS Fairplay on Bloomberg. The tanker sailed from Nigeria LNG Ltd.'s Bonny Island terminal, where it loaded the supercooled natural...
View ArticleFG Accepts Responsibility
THE Federal Government appears to be in a giving mode. Its announced N5.747 billion for disbursement to victims of post-2011 election violence in nine States is another of the series of government...
View ArticleAnalysis: Nigeria tries to throw off shackles of power shortages
In an unwanted daily routine that has lasted 17 years, Phillip Cleatus sits in the dark doorway of his shoe-making shop in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna, waiting for the lights to come back on.
View ArticleMalaysia LNG terminal receives shipment
... peninsular Malaysia, according to ship transmissions captured by IHS Fairplay on Bloomberg. The tanker sailed from Nigeria LNG Ltd's Bonny Island terminal, where it loaded the supercooled natural...
View ArticlePrestigious award for 'the mother of the navy'
THE only female sailor on board the Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll has received a rare honour after a recent stopover in Nigeria.
View ArticleLady Mechanic Initiative Trains Women For 'The Best Job'
The young women training to be mechanics at Nigeria's Lady Mechanic Initiative wear navy overalls and work boots and their hair is tucked under customized red caps as they repair vehicles in a garage.
View ArticleNigerians Hold The Key To Better Global Image- Envoy
The Head of the African Union Diaspora Forum, Ambassador Erieka Bennett has asserted that the negative image which Nigeria seem to have outside its shores can only be changed by Nigerians who should...
View ArticleFood for thought
... play the ostrich game refuse to face painful facts and unpleasant truthsa "a As a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is the constitutional right of the President to vie for another term...
View ArticleNo going back on strike, ASUP declares
... serious challenge to motivate research and learning. Government's budgetary provisions for the polytechnic sector in Nigeria reflect a deep neglect of the sector. The indicators of this abysmal...
View ArticleABU to admit 50,000 students in 10 years
... signed by Alhaji Garba Kumo, Principal Assistant Registrar, Public Affairs, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Zaria, yesterday, said part of the plan was the introduction of...
View ArticleRivers students pledge support for Amaechi
NATIONAL Union of Rivers State Students, NURSS, has urged Governor Chibuike Amaechi to disregard efforts by some mischievous politicians to distract his administration from delivering the dividends...
View ArticleSecurity beefed up, tension rises as tribunal rules on Ondo guber
... communicated to the three parties- Labour Party, LP; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN- that the judgment will be delivered today. Security operatives were noticed...
View ArticleGovt not anti-labour - Anambra SSG
THE government of Anambra State is not anti-labour and would continue to do everything posible to give workers a sense of belonging, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr.
View ArticleFare disparity by foreign airlines: Why it persists
THE issue of fare disparity by foreign airline operating in Nigeria has once again come to the front burner as Nigerians who travelled recently on these foreign airlines complained bitterly about...
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