Voters’ register: It’s now N84bn, says Jega
NATIONALChairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said what the commission needed to compile a credible Voters Register was N84 billion and not N74 billion as he earlier said
PENGASSAN women laud Dame Amaechi
FEMALE unionists in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have commended the wife of the Rivers State Governor, Judith Amaechi, for her women empowerment programmes in the state.
A-Ibom partners UK publisher, NGO on literacy initiative
A NEW initiative to boost literacy level in Nigeria will take off in government schools in September this year in Akwa Ibom State.
NAWIS salutes Falconets
More encomiums have continued to pour for the nation’s women’s U-20 team, the Falconets over their feat so far at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Nigeria benefits from London 2012
Nigeria joined twelve other countries in the world when she launched the British Council International Inspiration, a United Kingdom led school sports development programme inspired by the 2012 London Olympics.
E-payment has been a blessing to revenue generation, Azarema
COMPTROLLER of Customs in charge of Apapa Area Command, Abdulkadir Azarema, has dismissed claims that e-payment is frustrating payment of custom duties, describing the process as a boost to efforts of Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, at meeting revenue targets.
Injury stops Uche, again
Ikechukwu Uche has suffered a setback in his bid to return from injury and will miss his country’s forthcoming friendly with South Korea.
African Championships: Nigeria set to sweep sprint medals
Nigerian women sprinters lived up to their rating in the opening day of the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday.
Omo-Agege guber ambition gets boost
OGBE Political Change, a socio- political pressure group, has urged Deltans to support the 2011 governorship ambition of Chief Ovie Omo-Agege.
FCT Customs impounds textiles, fake drugs at Abuja Airport
OPERATIVES of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) recently intercepted and impounded a consignment of textile materials and 12 bags of Cipro brand of tablet medicaments suspected to be fake from a woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Maritime Security Bill won’t affect NIMASA’s operations, Varsity don
Dr. Adebambo Somuyiwa is the Head of Department (HoD), Department of Transport Management, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The well travelled scholar who has attended several transport seminars and workshop both locally and internationally, in this chat with Vanguard’s Godfrey Bivbere and Ifeyinwa Obi spoke on the dearth of professionals in the […]
