For me, acting has made me realise myself. It has equally brought out the “me-in-me”; made me discover myself and learn to control certain things around me. It has also opened doors for me. At least, it has become my career.
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The Federal Government will pay N177 billion as subsidy for electricity consumers nationwide in the next three years.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslims in the country to commence the Ramadan on Saturday, Aug. 22, which is equivalent to First Ramadan 1430 A.H.

AGGRIEVED Primary School teachers in Isoko South local government council of Delta State yesterday hauled stones at Chairman of the local government council, Chief Askia Ogieh, in protest against their outstanding salaries and sacking of some of their colleagues.

Gusau – The  Zamfara State Government has approved N23 million for the payment of bursary to indigenes studying at various institutions of higher learning in the country. Executive Secretary, State Scholarship Board, Alhaji Musa Anka, who disclosed this in Gusau yesterday said the bursary was for the 2008/2009 academic session and would be given to […]

Katsina – The Federal Government is to pay N177 billion as subsidy to electricity consumers in the next three years. The amount is expected to come from savings accruable from the N5.20 tariff increase to be paid by consumers during the period, according to Imamudeen Talba, the Administrator of Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC). He […]

The only authorised person to officially announce the report of sighted moon for commencement and termination of Muslim Ramadan fasting for 2009 is the leader of the Muslim Ummah, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). This was contained in a statement […]

Awka – The Diocese On The Niger, Anglican Communion, has commended the various on-going development efforts in Anambra state, attributing it to the leadership ingenuity of the State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi. In a communique at the end of its synod in Onitsha, the Church commended the Governor for the unprecedented zeal with which he […]

MANAGEMENT of the University of Benin yesterday insisted that the Post University Matriculation Examination exercise scheduled for Tuesday next week would take place as scheduled, saying that both the Governing Council and management of the institution had directed that it must hold.

After series of denials and name calling, Bayelsa state government yesterday said it was going ahead with the floating of a N100 billion bond from the capital market to meet its infrastructural development obligation.

A total of 69 militants yesterday formally embraced amnesty at Okrika, Rivers State, surrendering over 50 arms.

By Chris Ochayi Abuja – The National Association of Nigerian Female Students (NANFS) yesterday appealed to striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to resolve their differences to enable them return to class, lamenting the stalemate is already turning some female students into prostitution. President, NANFS, Miss Ifeoma Ofo who made […]

HILARY Rodham Clinton the 67th American Secretary of State swung through seven African countries in 11 days ending August 14. She was like an old conservative headmistress scoring her pupils in examinations she had not conducted, and making remarks on their moral conduct and fitness.

HARARE—Health officials in Zimbabwe said yesterday, that swine flu had broken out at a school in the east of the country, prompting a combined emergency response by the local health services and the World Health Organisation, WHO .

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, annulled the revocation by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of OPLs 321and 323, two oil exploration licences awarded by the Federal Government to a South Korean consortium led by Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) about four years ago.