Ado Bayero tasks NOA on civic education
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has tasked the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to pay more attention to civic education in Nigeria, stressing that it was the only way the country could regain its fast eroding value system. The Emir, who made this call at a workshop organised by […]
Gunmen abduct ex-Senator’s wife
Wife of Second Republic senator, Francis Okpozo, was abducted yesterday by gun men suspected to be kidnappers who are demanding N5 million as ransom before she can be freed.
Court strikes out gun running suit against Sylva’s former aide
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa yesterday struck out the case of illegal possession of firearms instituted against Mr. Famous Daunemigha, a former Special Adviser to Governor Timipre Sylva on youths and mobilisation.
NDDC partners Unitar on N-Delta Devt
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has gone into partnership with the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) on the implementation of a set of programmes targetted at training and capacity building for good governance and sustainable development in the region.
Why we dumped PDP for Edo AC, by decampees
FORMER members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, who defected to Action Congress (AC) last weekend, yesterday gave reasons they dumped the party, saying it became “a private estate of one manâ€.
Deregulation: Inflation rate worries CBN
The Central Bank, CBN, has expressed concern over the anticipated inflationary effects of the proposed deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the nation’s oil industry.
