“Only 25% of Nigeria’s medicinal plants being utilised”
Only 25 per cent of Nigeria's 8,000 medicinal plants are being utilised, says Mrs Zainab Shariff, the Managing Director, Nigeria Medicinal Plants Development Company (NMPDC).
Oyo N1.6bn pension fraud: Court remands 10 in prison
ALL the 10 suspects alleged to have defrauded the Oyo State Local Government Pension Board of N1, 590, 783, 671. 47 have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan.
7 Nigeriens arrested over tree felling in Kwara
Fifteen Niger Republic nationals have been apprehended in Kwara State over alleged involvement in illegal felling of trees.
Kwara rainstorm victims get N11m relief materials
Kwara State government, yesterday, gave relief materials worth N11 million to the victims of rainstorm in Ilorin.
EFCC re-arraigns Akingbola
FORMER Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Plc, now Access Bank, Dr Erastus Akingbola, was yesterday re-arraigned before an Ikeja High court over alleged theft of N47.1bn belonging to the bank.
Key Lagos MDAs ‘ll commence Saturday work in March – Fashola
LAGOS State Government yesterday said from first week of March, it would commence Saturday’s services in some key ministries, departments and agencies, aimed at enhancing efficient and effective service delivery to members of the public.
Democracy, elections
THE way our President, Governors of the PDP, major opposition parties, eminent, perennial actors and fixers in the political system are running around in pursuit of 2015, you would think our democratic process is all about elections.
Okocha upsets Delta Air second seed
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin “Jay Jay’ Okocha is living life off the football spotlight to the full following his adventure at the ongoing Delta Air Tennis Classics holding at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan.
Ihedioha, the baton of generational representation
A POPULAR Igbo saying has it that if a child’s washes his hands clean, he is therefore admitted to feast with elders. This wise saying of the Igbo people of South East of Nigeria finds fulfillment in the life and personality of Rt Hon. Chukwuemeka Ihedioha.
7 Nigeriens arrested over tree felling in Kwara
Fifteen Niger Republic nationals have been apprehended in Kwara State over alleged involvement in illegal felling of trees.
Speaking on the development, yesterday, Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Mr. Kayode Towoju, commended the new Forestry Monitoring Committee for apprehending the suspects.
2014 National Sports Festival: Cross River inaugurates LOC
Ahead of the 2014 National Sports Festival scheduled to be hosted by the Cross River State Government, the state’s Acting Governor Mr. Efiok Cobham, has inaugurated a reconstituted 24 man Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Calabar to champion the planning of the event.
