Anambra State governor Chief Willie Obiano has said that small business owners in the state now have cause to cheer. The governor gave the assurance in Awka, Monday, following the inauguration of the Anambra Small Business Agency (ASBA) and the commencement of the disbursement of the N2bn Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMEs) Development […]
The Super Eagles captain has been queried for speaking out against the choice of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium for last Saturday’s game against Chad Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama has been also queried by the NFF for speaking out against the use of Kaduna as host city for last weekend’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations […]
Governor Nyesom Wike has announced plans by his administration to overhaul the educational system in Rivers State through effective Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development. He made the plans public, Tuesday, while declaring open the 30th Conference of Association of Vice Chancellors of (Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) held at the State University of Science and Technology, […]
The continued fight to stamp out polio will receive an additional $40.3 million boost from Rotary to support immunization activities and research carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The funding commitment comes at a critical time as Nigeria, the last polio-endemic country in Africa, approaches one-year since its last case of polio. According […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Monday, June 15, 2015, arraigned Ebiechina Chikeluba (aka Lisa T. Jackson) before Justice O. A Ipaye of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja on a 17-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, impersonation, forgery and using false document. Chikeluba who met his victim on Facebook […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase NPM, has expressed displeasure over continued reports of increasing trends of kidnapping and violent crimes in Zone Six (6) Police Command, despite several directives on anti-crime activities. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, Monday, the IGP has therefore issued […]
Youths for Change Nigeria, an umbrella group of Nigerian youths, has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari remains the leader of Nigeria, not just of the All Progressives Congress (APC), hence it will be wrong to cloak him in a partisan toga. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, the organization’s National Leader, Mr. Seun […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has lamented the poor remuneration paid to media practitioners in the country, even as the group urged journalists who have attained top political positions to lobby for a good work environment for active journalists to be created by effective legislation and enforcement of media practitioners’ friendly laws. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, explained that the delay in appointment of ministers to his cabinet was due to the submission of the transition committee’s report on the previous administration to him. President Buhari who made this known while speaking to journalists at the Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, stressed that […]
NEDU WOSU, Yenagoa Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa state, a non-governmental organization based in the state has vowed to mobilize supporters and throw its weight behind any visionary leader who would take the state to a greater height. The group, under the aegis of the Bayelsa Democracy and Development Initiative called on […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has approved the constitution of the Adhoc Committee on Welfare. This is, according to Hon. Jerry Manwe, Chief of Staff to the Speaker, in line with relevant provisions of the House Standing Rules. In a statement Monday, Hon. Manwe also said that members of […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday approved the dissolution of all Boards of Parastatals and Agencies of Government in the State. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, the Governor while stating that the dissolution takes immediate effect, however disclosed that the Civil Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and […]
Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV is set to host 100 young leaders to an exclusive meeting with Professor AttahiruJega, the recently retired chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Coming after Nigeria’s most successful electoral seasons to date, the participants will be able to meet and converse with Jega […]
It is an indisputable fact that religion plays a central role in human affairs. Apart from being a veritable means of worshipping, praising and adoring God as our Creator and the overall sovereign of the whole universe in order to gain salvation and the implicit eternal life, it also provides us with the great opportunity […]
The theme for this year’s celebration of the Day of the African Child, “25 Years after the Adoption of the African Children’s Charter: Accelerating our Collective Efforts to End Child Marriage in Africa,” is timely. Child marriage is increasing in Nigeria. The Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS 4) 2011 shows that there is a five […]
Justice J.T. Tsoho of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has vacated the restraining order issued on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preventing it from arresting and prosecuting Chairman of Bi- Courtney Highways Services, Mr. Wale Babalakin. In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Tsoho said that the ex-parte order granted […]
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has asked the Police to produce three of its operatives guarding petroleum pipelines for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Shagamu, Ogun State. According to a statement Monday by the organisation, those missing are: Babatunde Adeyemi, Roland Ajayi and Orungbeja Dele-Osagie. The trio reportedly went missing after a confrontation […]
African leaders gathered Saturday morning at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa for the 33rd NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation meeting. Welcoming the delegation to the Opening Session, South African President Jacob Zuma commended NEPAD for keeping the dreams and potential of the African continent alive. He said, “the continent is […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on “the International Criminal Court (ICC) to refer South Africa to the UN Security Council for allowing Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country, ahead of a court ruling on whether he should be transferred to the ICC to stand trial on genocide and war crimes […]
Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Monday, June 15, 2015 dismissed the bail application brought by six former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The accused persons: Patience Okoro Eye, Afolabi Olufemi Johnson, Ilori Adekunle, Sunday Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf, are being […]
AKHERE Godwin, Benin There are indications that tension might be heightened in the Niger Delta following what sections of the region consider as marginalisation as reports emerged of plans to remove the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Reacting, the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Movement (NDENYLM) has urged President Muhammadu […]
NEDU WOSU, YENAGOA Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa state, a non-governmental organization based in the state has vowed to mobilize supporters and throw its weight behind a visionary leader that would take the state to a greater height. The group, Bayelsa Democracy and Development Initiative, therefore, called on all workers, students, professionals, […]
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has dissolved all Boards and Parastatals in the state. According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, the dissolution is with immediate effect. The dissolved boards are to handover to their various authorities. However, the boards of Rivers State Waste Management Authority […]
AKHERE Godwin,Benin Tension is heightening in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria following what is being interpreted as serious marginalization of the area in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, following alleged plans to remove Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as national chairman of the party. One of the very active groups in the region, […]
Despite coach Edwin Okon’s spirited defence of her player Ugo Njoku for elbowing an Australia striker, Sam Kerr, and the growing calls from the Australian media and the team for a ban on the defender, FIFA Monday handed down a three-match ban on the Nigerian Super Falcons player. In a statement issued by FIFA, Monday […]
