Ndigbo to mobilise support for ACN in Lagos
LAGOS State Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning, Mr. Ben Akabueze, has constituted a 15-man committee, headed by Chief Christian Nwachukwu, to mobilize support amongst Ndigbo in Lagos State and organise rally in support of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, come March 17 in Lagos.
Don makes case for African female playwrights
A female play-wright and university don, Professor Irene Agunloye, has made a case for African women playwrights to be accorded due recognition for their contribution to dramatic literature, calling for a departure from the long standing discrimination against them.
NIMC staff petition Jonathan over 8 yrs salary arrears
OVER 2,000 officers of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, have petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over their eight years’ unpaid arrears, urging him to impress it on the management to pay them and save them from further suffering and starvation.
FG evacuates 499 Nigerians from Libya
The Federal Government has evacuated 499 Nigerians, out of the about 2000 said to be stranded in Tripoli over the political crisis in Libya. The returness arrived the Abuja International Airport at 1:30 am on Sunday, via a chartered flight.
Energy: FG seeks more private sector participation
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Kaduna, called on the organised private sector (OPS) to support the Federal Government’s energy sector reform to rejuvenate the economy.
Making insecticide has been good business
Four year ago, Mrs. Ojuolape Otegbade told her family members she wanted to go into the production and sales of insecticide. They discouraged her. Their contention was that she was illiterate and would not be able to communicate well. Their fear was understandable. But she was determined
