Lecturers of the Gombe State University (GSU) are said to be leaving the institution in search of greener pastures   following alleged poor working conditions. The thirteen year old University, currently undergoing accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC), reports have it, is facing a dearth of academic staff following what …

The Acting president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday, commissioned the ultra-modern garment factory as well as the first monorail in sub Saharan Africa in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Osinbajo, who was on an official visit to the state, also performed the groundbreaking for the Ayade industrial park which houses …

  For physical and rapid development of oil producing communities in the Niger Delta, Governor Ser‎iake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called for effective collaboration between governments in the region and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) especially in ‎areas like security and the Brass LNG‎.  Dickson made the call …

The convoy of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nsima. U. Ekere has been involved in a road mishap. The incident occurred at Essene Junction, opposite Regina Caeli in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, when a fuel tanker ran into the …

The iconic Maggi brand is on a mission to champion the goodness of home cooking, renewing its global product portfolio with simple, recognisable ingredients that people are familiar with, like those they might find in their kitchen cupboards. The goal is to transform the Maggi range globally by 2020, removing …

A socio-political organisation, Save Ijaw Nation, has showered Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson and Chief Edwin Clark with praises for their efforts in inaugurating the Joshua Fumudoh reconciliation committee.   The committee brokered peace among the feuding factions of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) which had lingered and almost taken a …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up in the latest FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. Gernot Rohr’s men who previously occupied the 40th position in the world moved two places and are now 38th while they sit pretty in the 4th position on the continent. Egypt 20th, Senegal 29th, …

Nigeria’s Capital Market operations are changing, and nothing symbolises this better than the electronic dividend payment (e-dividend) initiated since last year. By end of June this year, the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, has said that issuing of dividend warrants would stop. Before registration for e-dividend started, over N90 billion …

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has challenged the competence of the Judicial commission of enquiry set up by Governor Ayodele Fayose to probe his administration, urging an Ado-Ekiti High Court for an injunction to restrain the state government and …

 The Office of the Public Defender (OPD), under the supervision of Lagos State Ministry of Justice was created by the erstwhile Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration in 2000 to provide free legal services to indigent persons in the state. It was a product of innovative and creative thinking and was …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerian teachers that the National Assembly will increase their retirement age from 60 to 65 years to retain more experienced teachers in public schools. Speaking when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) who paid …

  The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev. Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, has urged the Northern Governors to emulate former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, and return mission schools to their owners as that is the only way to restore the glory of the education sector. The cleric spoke in …

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly called for dialogue with those agitating for Biafra. Speaking at the event,  ‘Biafra, 50 Years After’ at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre recently, Obasanjo was quoted by the Vanguard of May 25, 2017 as saying: “But I think, we should even appeal to those …

  The National Cyber Security Awareness Movement (NASCAM); a not for profit organisation, is organizing a Master Class programme for Nigerian journalists in order to acquaint practitioners with the provisions of the Cybercrime Act 2015, as it relates to media practice, particularly online journalism. The Executive Director, NASCAM, Mr. Aaron …

  The leadership crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has finally been laid to rest with the inauguration of the Owelaemi Roland Pereotubo led executives.   Their inauguration came after due and intense deliberations by very eminent persons, elders and leaders of the Ijaw nation, arising from the report …

  GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Plc held its 46th Annual General Meeting in Lagos on Wednesday with shareholders approving a total of N359 million or  30 kobo dividend per share, amidst a profit before tax decline of 83 percent. Mr. Edmund Onuzo, Chairman, Board of Directors, attributed the company’s decline in profit …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that aside the planned reliance on the security agencies to rig elections in 2019, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has no electoral value.  He said the disgraceful poor performance of the APC has totally devalued  the party. He said  Nigerians have discovered that the …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) distributors, Technology Distributions Ltd. is set to storm Computer Village, Ikeja – Nigeria’s ICT and accessories hub – for the second edition of a market place evangelical initiative tagged Praise Flame. The event scheduled for Thursday June 1stat Otigba Street, in the …

  The attendant issues and problems associated with land acquisition and ownership including land registration, obtaining title documents for landed properties such as certificate of occupancy and the likes are fast becoming  things of the past in Lagos as the State’s Lands Bureau is now better repositioned to manage land …

The Oyo State chapter of the African Peoples Alliance Party (APA) has described the announcement recently made by the current Oyo state governor, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi that he would return to the Senate in 2019 as the joke of the century. The state chairman of the party, Mr. Tolulope …

   The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) on Tuesday joined other eminent writers across the country to mourn the death of  Chief Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu (1953-2017), the author of “Ifeanyi and Obi” and “Triumph of Destiny.” The President of the SYNW , Mr. Wole Adedoyin, in a statement, described …

  The Peace and Reconciliation Committee of eminent personalities recently set up by Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson   to look into the succession crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC)‎ on Wednesday submitted its report.  The report of the committee chaired by Chief Joshua Fumudoh, was submitted to  Dickson …

  Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has promised to continue with his vision to provide good governance and other basic needs of the people of the state in order to “build the Enugu State of our dreams”, notwithstanding the economic difficulties in the country.   Gov. Ugwuanyi while thanking …

As part of an effort to alleviate the hardship faced by commuters in the state, the Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday flagged off a N257million Maigida Soludero Mass Transit Scheme. Speaking during the flag off ceremony in Ilorin, the state capital, Governor Ahmed said the scheme builds on the …

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that the State and the Province of Gauteng in South Africa both possess the capacity to drive the desired industrial and economic growth in the African continent. Governor Ambode, who addressed Government House Correspondents shortly after a meeting with the …