Tinubu adopts Fayemi for 2nd term
The National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, yesterday, adopted Dr. Kayode Fayemi to run for 2014 governorship election.
View ArticleReposition education sector, Rep tells stakeholders
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Education, Honourable Aminu Suleiman while using the results of WASC and NECO candidates in recent past as yardstick for evaluating quality of education...
View ArticleNYSC assures corps members of adequate security
... in one form or the other. It has become glaring that violence is now a global threat and nowhere; whether in Nigeria or other parts of the world can be considered absolutely safe today. Therefore,...
View ArticleSheltering African First Ladies
... the plan of the country's First Lady apparently to build a hotel complex for herself with public funds. Suddenly, Nigeria's First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is asking for a whopping sum of N13...
View ArticleLori-Ogbebor condemns killing of 4 Itsekiri by Ijaw youths
Social critic and activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has condemned the killing of four Itsekiri youths by suspected Ijaw youths, Tuesday in the riverine areas of Warri, Delta State.
View Article80% of teachers in North unqualified - NTI
National Teachers' Institute, NTI, has said that about 80 percent of all school teachers in most states in the north were not qualified for the job.
View ArticleACN accuses Presidency of moves to usurp INEC's role
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday, slammed the Presidency for seeking to usurp the role of INEC by describing the rerun election to Imo House of Assembly in Oguta as inconclusive.
View ArticleNLC cautions FG over ASUU strike
AS the ongoing nationwide strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, enters the third day, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned of the impact of the strike on students and the...
View ArticleNigerian president to visit China next...
... deals and boosting trade between the Asian power and Africa's biggest oil producer, officials said Wednesday. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has borrowed money from China to finance...
View ArticleFreeing trade between South Africa and Nigeria
If a Free Trade Area were to be negotiated between Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, it would have a powerful effect on trade across the sub-continent and would challenge other...
View ArticleFG to link geo-political zones with dual carriage ways
... by the Minister of Works, Mike Onelememen when he received members of the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria in his office. The luxury bus owners who were forced out of transport business...
View ArticleAnother Jail Break, Same Reaction
... needs to be treated as emergency. Once criminals know they can stroll into any prison and set their colleagues free, Nigeria would be on a free fall into more insecurity. Akure should not be...
View ArticlePolice parade gay pastor for alleged rape of member
THE Edo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded 26 suspected criminals including a pastor identified as Philips Ogbebor, alleged to have had carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old male member of his church .
View ArticleInsight: Nigeria seeks farming revival to break oil curse
Down a winding dirt track in this sleepy village in northern Nigeria lies a corn farm which looks much like the dozens that surround it.
View ArticleTechnip Awarded Umbilical Supply Contract for the Egina Field in Nigeria
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd was awarded an important contract by Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd to supply umbilicals to the Egina field offshore Nigeria.
View ArticleStop playing politics with Gov Suntai's health, Suswam warns
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State Thursday warned those he said were playing politics with the health condition of Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State to desist forthwith.
View ArticleSenate rejects motion to ban armed vigilance groups
... Senate, however, resolved that "the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria be urged to deploy more security personnel to Zamfara and other states...
View ArticleReps begin constitution amendment, scrap SIECs
... alter Sections 7 and 162 of the Constitution to provide for independence and financial autonomy of local councils in Nigeria, and for related matters; 2011 (H.B 122); . A Bill for an Act to alter...
View ArticleStar Trek: M.I crowns new Mrs Abaga
Emotions ran high on Saturday as headliners for the 4th leg of the Star Music Trek which held at NnamdiAzikiwe stadium Enugu, stormed the concert venue and delivered a superlative performance that...
View ArticlePDP to Tinubu: Allow Ekiti people decide for themselves
National leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, urged the national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to leave the people of Ekiti State to decide for...
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