By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI — GOVERNOR Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State has said that his administra-tion will, this year, strive hard to ensure that education which is the bedrock of any society is given priority, in view of the brain drain which has seriously affected the state. The governor, who stated this while presenting […]

By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI — THE Raw Materials Research and Development Council, RMRDC, is to train over 50 farmers associations in Borno State on how to produce animal feeds using local raw materials to enhance fish, poultry and livestock farming  in the state. The Borno State coordinator of the council, Alhaji Muhammad Ishaku Ganu, who […]

By Emeka Mamah KAZAURE (JIGAWA) —Jigawa State Agricultural Research Institute has commenced soil survey and analysis across the 27 Local government areas of the state, aimed at complimenting the state government efforts towards making fertilizer available to peasant farmers. The Director-General of the Institute, Alhaji Mahmud Da’u Aliyu who disclosed this in his office said […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA—THE Kaduna State government yesterday said it had so far completed about N15 billion road projects which it inherited from the previous administration. The government also assured that it would provide more road networks and bridges, including a fourth bridge across the Kaduna River soonest to link the north and the southern […]

By  Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—ANAMBRA State Government is to erect a befiting secretariat for members of the Nigerian Legion in the state, the Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has said. Speaking at the launching of the Emblem Appeal Week of the Armed Forces in Awka, Governor Obi charged Nigerians to appreciate the enormous sacrifices made by the  […]

Enugu—AN early  morning fire Wednesday, gutted the residence of Enugu State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Vivian Eze. An eye witness, who preferred anonymity, told newsmen that the inferno started at about midnight and raged until about 4 a.m., reducing the building to rubbles. Although no live was lost, the fire was said to have been […]

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—The Action Congress, AC, candidate in next month’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige and his wife Evelyn, have called for the promotion of the use of Igbo language among children in the state. The couple who expressed worry on the diminishing use of Igbo language among the Igbo,  cautioned […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA – THE House of Representatives, next Tuesday, will debate a motion that seeks to immortalise the late former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida by re-naming the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Abuja after her. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Defence, Oluwole Oke, said Late Maryam Babangida worked […]

THE challenges that reforms pose are not new to these parts. With a little hindsight, we can remember that the re-structuring of this economy, otherwise called reforms started most emphatically in the public’s mind with the structural adjustment programme, SAP.

SHEHU Musa Yar’Adua’s personality, even from his days as the Governor of Katsina State, coalesced as blithely tepid, if not altogether innately colourless.

…releases N32bn to marketers for product importation By Yemie Adeoye & Oscarline Onwuemenyi LAGOS—FOLLOWING the perennial scarcity of petroleum products that is currently rocking the nation and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, incessant claims of having enough products to saturate the market, the Federal Government has finally succumbed to pressure and announced that there […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday condemned the on-going mass retrenchment of workers in the banking industry, saying it was designed to cause more hardship for Nigerian workers and deepen the country’s economic crises. The NLC, therefore, said it would soon encourage an indefinite strike […]

IN the wake of the failed attempt by a young Nigerian to blow up a Detroit-bound Delta Airlines’ aircraft on 25 December 2009, the Federal Government has been called upon to keep a tight rein on religious groups and individuals with violent tendencies. This is to protect vulnerable Nigerian youths from their pernicious influences.

ABUJA—The Peoples Progressive Alliance, PPA, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party  led Federal Government for not doing enough to defend Nigeria in the face of the latest action by the US, which branded the country a terrorist nation. According to  PPA, the failure of the government at the   centre to react strongly against the accusation […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Enugu State Government has waded into the communal conflict between Amokwu Affa and Umuoka communities in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State with a directive to the warring parties to maintain peace, while the government finds a lasting solution to the land dispute. Already, about 10 persons including the Administrator […]