ZTE completes NPSCS project, hands over to govt
A CHINESE firm that specialises in security communications, ZTE Nigeria has said that it has completed the National Public Service Communications System (NPSCS) contract awarded it, adding that the...
View ArticleBoko Haram has destroyed Nigeria’s reputation- FG
THE Federal government Tuesday raised alarm that the lingering Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the north where thousands of persons have been brutally killed and property worth millions of naira...
View ArticleCertificate verification: Edo teacher fails reading test
A teacher in Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state, Edo State, on Tuesday, could not read a sworn affidavit she purportedly tendered as part of her credentials during...
View ArticleNew generation leaders have failed Nigerians – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said that the younger generation of leaders in the country have failed the citizenry.
View ArticleJTF claims killing of Boko Haram ‘number two’
Nigeria’s military said Wednesday it had killed the second-in-command of Islamist group Boko Haram while repelling an insurgent attack earlier this month. A military statement said there had been a...
View ArticleNavy arrests 6 suspected oil thieves in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy said in Yenagoa on Wednesday that it arrested six persons, who allegedly attempted to tow a distressed barge laden with crude oil. The suspects were arrested while using a tug boat to...
View ArticleI am not a tribalist, says Femi Fani Kayode
THOSE that call me a tribalist and an Igbo-hater are simply misguided and ignorant. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of those words or the true import of their meaning. Those that know me well like...
View ArticleStiffer penalties for human traffickers – Guardian
The move by the National Assembly (NASS) to prescribe stiffer penalties for persons involved in human trafficking is most desirable against the backdrop of the worsening scourge. Human trafficking has...
View ArticlePDP clears 2 more aspirants for Anambra guber polls
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday announced that two more aspirants have been cleared to participate in its August 24, 2013 primary elections.
View ArticleJonathan is a drowning President – El-Rufai declares
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a drowning President, who distorts facts.
View ArticleCameroun finally takes over Bakassi
The Republic of Cameroun Wednesday took full sovereignty over the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, signalling the end of a bloody conflict over the land.
View ArticleNGF crisis lingers as Obasanjo peace initiatives hit the rocks
The peace initiatives of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to douse the tension among the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party were botched as both Rivers State Governor,...
View ArticleASUU faults Okonjo-Iweala over demand by lecturers …says union asked for...
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday criticized the statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, that the union demanded for N92bn, describing the...
View ArticleJonathan, Obama to meet soon – US envoy
The United States President, Barack Obama, may soon meet President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss matters of mutual interest to both countries.
View ArticleNUC misapplied universities’ money, bungled courses accreditation – ASUU...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, in this interview, blames government for the dwindling fortunes of education and the National Universities Commission (NUC) for...
View ArticleDPP will win a free and fair election -Edijala
After several weeks of consultations, Olorogun Abel Edijala, a two-time governorship flagbearer in Delta State, finally declared interest in the race for the bye election to fill the vacancy left by...
View Article2015: Day South-South leaders rose for Jonathan
ATURDAY, August 3, 2013 was a special day for the people of Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State. It was a day South-South leaders and eminent Deltans stormed the area to mobilize support...
View ArticleThe story of Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar
This is the story of how former President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President, Turaki Atiku Abubakar, first met, and how their relationship blossomed before...
View ArticleAn ex-governor’s help runs deep
Many people may not be happy with the achievements of Chief Lucky Igbinedion while he was governor of Edo State, but there are thousands of persons whose lives he has touched through charity. Since he...
View ArticleRivers rejects judgment against Commission of Inquiry, vows to appeal
RIVERS State government has vowed to appeal against the judgment of a Port Harcourt High Court that prohibited the Commission of Inquiry into the fracas that rocked the state House of Assembly from...
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