PPA: Nkire to vie for national treasurer
By Tony Edike ENUGU – PIONEER National Secretary of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), Chief Sam Nkire has indicated interest to vie for the vacant position of National Treasurer at the forthcoming national convention of the party. At the party’s national convention slated for next month, three major positions, which became vacant on account of […]
Sony Corporation portrayed Nigeria as home of fraud – FG
…demands apology ABUJA— The Federal Government yesterday asked the Sony Corporation to withdraw with immediate effect and tender an unreserved apology for posting an advertisement on the internet portraying Nigeria as a home of fraud where its citizens hardly do genuine business. The advert in question is currently circulating on youtube.com, facebook.com and other international […]
NBA, Lagos hold special court session for Gani
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), will tomorrow, in conjunction with the Lagos State Judiciary organise a valedictory court session for its former National Publicity Secretary, the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), at the Lagos High Court, Igbosere.
Guinea-Bissau: Yar’Adua attends Sanha’s inauguration
DESPITE his earlier disapproval of the unconstitutional process that led to the emergence of the new leadership in the country, President Umaru Yar’Adua will today leave for the inauguration of the elected president of Guinea Bissua, Bacah Sanha.
46m Nigerians are illiterates — NMEC
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA – The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) disclosed yesterday that a total of 46,340,000 Nigerians are illiterates. Acting Executive Secretary of NMEC, Alhaji Jibrin Paiko, who stated this in Abuja at a press briefing to mark today’s International Literacy Day celebration, said, the figure represented the […]
In Nigeria, cancer management is underplayed
The demise of re-nowned lawyer and frontline human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi to lung cancer over the weekend, once again brings into sharp focus the growing burden of cancer in Nigeria on one hand, and the challenges of control and management options available on the other.
