Bitumen wrecks Okotie-Eboh’s house
LARGE quantity of bitumen from Asca Bitumen Company’s pipelines Tuesday night, spilled into the sprawling residence of Nigeria’s first Finance Minister, late Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh in Ogorode, Sapele, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
Ekiti House summons IRS boss over tax hike
Ekiti State House of Assembly has summoned the chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service, Mr Kolade Emmanuel Ayodele, to explain the current tax regime being paid by the public servants in the state.
All Africa Games: Popoola hails SCSA dissolution
Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Honourable Tunde Popoola has applauded the dissolution of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa as he said that the organisation of the All Africa Games would bring out the best in African athletes.
General Yakubu Gowon: A patriot @ 77
SOON after the Nigerian civil war in 1970, General Yakubu Gowon, as Nigerian Head of State, commenced a nation-wide visit of the then 12 states of the Nigerian federation. As a 10-year- old, primary five kid in Ilorin, I was very active in the scouting movement.
Health officers task NASS on passage of Health Control Bill
Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, EHOAN, has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of the Environmental Health Control Bill before it, saying that it would enhance environmental health practice in the country.
Anenih, Akhigbe, Ogbemudia reconcile
THE long running crisis that factionalised Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State was resolved, yesterday, as former governor of old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia and former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, withdrew as patrons of the rival factions opposed to the mainstream leadership headed by Chief Dan Orbih.
