Presidential polls: Tribunal confirms Jonathan’s victory
Respite came the way of President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, in a unanimous judgment, upheld results of the April 16 presidential election that brought him into power.
Defence Minister tasks Navy on security
Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Olusola Obada, has called on Nigerian Navy to do its best to protect all Exclusive Economic Zone, EEC, in the country’s waters.
Reps to investigate NHIS
The House of Representatives, Tuesday, declared that the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, over its six years of existence had failed to live up to expectation, describing the scheme as a national embarrassment, disaster and colossal failure.
Abia’s poly e-voting wins ISPON contest as quest for global relevance begins
LAST weekend at Tinapa Resort, Calabar in Cross River State, Abia State Polytechnic beat 19 other tertiary institutions to clinch the first prize in the National Software Competition floated by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON).
Ojukwu’s 78th birthday to be celebrated in absentia Nov 4
ARRANGEMENTS have been concluded for the celebration of the 78th birthday of former Biafran leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who is still recuperating in a London hospital.
President tasks Nigerians on environment
Worried by environmental degradation in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, challenged Nigerians to collaborate with the Federal Government to ensure the protection of the environment.
Keshi steps in as Eagles boss
Former Eagles captain and one time assistant coach, Stephen Keshi will be announced new Eagles head coach today when the Technical Committee of the football federation will formally announce him as their choice.
In the next 30 years, our language will suffer if nothing is done – Comrade Evah
IT is true that what we sometimes call civilisation is nothing but destruction. Take a people’s language, for instance; it is part of their identity and so societies that have lost their native tongue have inadvertently lost part of their identity.
Ebonyi reads riot act to contractors handling pilot schools
EBONYI State Government, Tuesday, said it would not deal with any contractor handling the construction of pilot schools across the state who failed to complete the project within the specified period allotted for it.
Why Senate should screen NHRC council members
In February 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law an amendment to the National Human Rights Commission Act to strengthen the independence, powers and funding of the Commission.
Abuse of Protocol: Presidency summons Aregbesola
President Goodluck Jonathan may have decided to kill two birds with one stone in his attempt to ease the tension generated by the Lokoja saga where Policemen stopped 29 Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, members travelling in an Osun State Government vehicle from proceeding to Abuja in solidarity with the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
