President Dawn Dekle of American University of Nigeria, on Monday, September 3, urged new students to strive to overcome personal circumstances of their birth and challenges in childhood, including economic and social class expectations, to achieve greatness. Welcoming students and parents to the University’s Fall Semester Convocation and Pledge …
Read More »Restructuring: The message and the messenger By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Of late, former Vice-President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has been in the news crusading for the restructuring of the country’s political system. Though many had commended him for this new passion, one would want to take the genuineness of the former Vice-President’s current clamour for restructuring with a pinch of salt. …
Read More »Buhari’s China trip: Stop piling our debt profile….PDP stalwart tells FG
WILLIAM ATTAH, GOMBE The National Publicity Secretary of the Restore Back PDP Initiative, Dahiru Hassan Kera, has warned the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government against mortgaging the country with huge external debts from China and the World Bank. Reacting to the recent signing of a $328 million loan deal with …
Read More »President Buhari seeks support for Mambilla project as Nigeria, China seal $328 million deal
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Beijing won the crucial support of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, for the country’s aspiration to build the 3050 Megawatts Mambila hydroelectric power project, just as the two countries signed the agreement of $328m for the Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase II (NICTIB …
Read More »Diplomats visit Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd plant
Bishop Mike Okonkwo celebrates 73rd birthday; Femi Falana speaks on Nigeria’s unity
It was celebrations galore as Bishop Mike Okonkwo marked his 73rd birthday in Lagos with his Annual Lecture and award of prizes to winners of the Essay Competition he instituted to advance the course of education in the country. Dignitaries from far and near graced the event which held at …
Read More »Raid: IGP apologises to Chief Edwin Clark; Says fake informant misled Police
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has tendered apologies to elder statesman and one-time Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark for the raid on his residence in Abuja by Police operatives. The IGP, in a statement by Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, said that the Police …
Read More »Forex: CBN gives Market $210m boost
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available the sum of $210million, to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the foreign exchange market. The CBN, in its quest to meet customers’ needs in the various segments of the market offered $100million to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment …
Read More »Nollywood, next biggest wealth creator in Africa – Ekeh
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has identified the Nigerian movie industry as the next biggest wealth creator in Africa. He made this declaration at the 6th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) held at Eko Hotel & Suites on Saturday September 1st, …
Read More »FOCAC: Nigeria has benefited over $5bn in projects, says President Buhari
Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects across the country, valued at over $5 billion in the last three years of the current administration. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in Beijing at the FOCAC Round …
Read More »SNEPCo upgrades Pacelli School for the Blind
A major face-lift came the way of Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Lagos on Friday when Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) made donations of furniture and air conditioners to the school. This came barely a year after the staff of the company under the …
Read More »Gombe Youth Movement decries high cost of parties’ nomination forms
The Not To Young To Run Movement in Gombe state has taken a swipe at political parties in the country over the high cost of forms for expression of interest and nomination for the 2019 general elections. A national leader of the movement expressed their disappointment during a press conference …
Read More »Green Hornets’ third place finish at Hockey Nations Cup, best sporting moment of 2017- Dalung
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has picked the third place finish of Nigeria’s women national hockey team (Green Hornets) as the best sporting moment of 2017 in Nigerian sports. Solomon Dalung declared this on Saturday at the Abuja National Stadium while speaking as the special guest …
Read More »Bafarawa says no president can succeed without ingenuity of Ndigbo
Enugu, Sept. 4, 2018 Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, has said that nobody can rule Nigeria without tapping the education and business ingenuity of Ndi Igbo. Bafarawa, a two time governor of Sokoto State, made this known when Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi hosted him in Enugu on Tuesday. …
Read More »PDP: Agbaje advocates free, fair, credible convention … Commends Dickson for promoting internal democracy
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Governorship candidate in the 2015 elections in Lagos Lagos State, Dr. Olujimi Agbaje, on Monday advocated the conduct of a free, fair and credible convention for the PDP ahead of the 2019 elections. A statement by Mr. Fidelis Soriwei,the Special Adviser on Media Relations to …
Read More »Top 50 Brands: Dangote now the most valuable brand in Nigeria
Dangote has emerged as the most valuable brand among the top 50 brands in Nigeria for 2018 unveiled at the weekend in Lagos. This is coming barely three months after the brand was adjudged the most admired brand of African origin by Consumers in a brand rating coordinated by South …
Read More »Going to celebrate the Monk By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Monk Bede-Gabriel Chika Mary Anabidom (OCSO) owns a story that spins the head. It is well-nigh impossible seeing a first son abandoning all his inheritance to devote his life entirely to the service of God through solitude, silence and prayer. When I got the invitation that St. Patrick’s Catholic …
Read More »NUJ commiserates with David Amusa over father’s death
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers state council has commiserated with a veteran journalist, Mr. David T.J. Amusa on the death of his father. Amusa was a former Port Harcourt Correspondent of National Mirror and Daily Independent newspapers and now writes for Global Patriot Newspapers, Lagos. A statement issued …
Read More »Umahi canvasses amnesty for treasury looters
By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, Sept. 3, 2018 Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has called on the Federal Government to grant amnesty to political office holders accused of looting the nation’s treasury. Umahi made the call on Monday in Abakaliki when he declared open the anti-corruption, ethics and integrity training organised …
Read More »Pastor (Dr) Toyin Laoye of RCCG Dominion Cathedral, New Jersey, celebrates 60th Birthday in grand style
It was a glorious day of great joy for all who were part of the Diamond jubilee celebration of the birth of Pastor (Dr.) Toyin Laoye, the Senior Pastor in charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, USA. It was more so for …
Read More »2019: Corrupt people plotting to install Buhari, APC – Secondus …….says vote buying and rigging, worst form of corruption
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has alerted the nation that corrupt persons are mobilizing and ganging up to use their illicit wealth to install President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, come 2019. Prince Secondus said that the APC has made …
Read More »Removal of Ag.DG DSS may be last straw – Southern, Middle Belt leaders tell Buhari; Want Abba Kyari called to order
Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari to order concerning his role in the reversal of the re-organisation of the Department of State Services, DSS, embarked upon by the Acting Director General of the Agency, Mr Matthew …
Read More »2019: Multiple aspirants won’t cause implosion in the PDP Says Shekarau
Former Minister of Education and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Sunday, said the multiple number of presidential aspirants vying for the PDP ticket in the 2019 Presidential election would not lead to the party’s implosion. A press statement signed by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson’s Chief …
Read More »Police confirm killing of 11 in Jos
By Polycarp Auta Jos, Sept. 3, 2018 Gunmen have killed 11 persons at Lopandet Dwei community in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, the state’s Police Command confirmed on Monday. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, told the News Agency of …
Read More »Xi announces $60bn financing for Africa
Beijing, Sept. 3, 2018 China will extend a total of 60 billion U.S. dollars of financing to Africa, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Monday. The financing will be provided in the form of government assistance as well as investment and financing by financial institutions and companies, Xi said in a …
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