East West Road awarded without design, financial plan – Orubebe
MINISTER of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, weekend shocked House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Finance and State & and Local Government with a revela- tion that the East-West road was awarded without design, due process and financial plan.
2014 World Cup Qualifier: Temile, Edema, others praise Eagles
Some notable football stakeholders on Sunday in Lagos praised the Super Eagles for their resilient performance against the Harambee Stars of Kenya in a 2014 World Cup Qualifying match.
Corruption deprives Nigerians access to clean water – SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday said that corruption was responsible for a lack of access to clean water by majority of Nigerians.
‘Why should Senator, Rep earn N15m, N12m monthly?’
NATIONAL coordinator of the Forum for Justice and Human Rights Defence, FJHD, Oghenjabor Ikimi, weekend, lamented the cost of governance in Nigeria was too high, saying, he could not comprehend why a Senator earns as much as N15 million and member of the House of Representatives – about N12 monthly.
Police defuse bomb as inmates break jail in Delta
ELEVEN inmates at Government Remand Home, Sapele in Delta State have escaped after successfully cutting the iron bars, even as a bomb was defused from a residential building.
Don bemoans Nigeria’s lack of tyre industry
The lack of tyre industries in Nigeria despite its abundance in rubber has forced a university don to call on government to fast track development in Nigeria by improving power supply so as to encourage investors into the country and also encourage the recycling of suitable materials from waste.
Generator fumes kill two in Bauchi
Residents of Yelwa Makaranta, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, Sunday, were thrown into confusion and mourning following the death of two middle aged men who died while working inside a well.
Kidnapped NTA reporter released
Akure – A reporter with the NTA in Akure, Mrs Olubunmi Oke, who was abducted on Thursday had been released, the Ondo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said in a statement. The statement signed by the Chairman of the council, Mr Akinfolayan Owanikin,said that Oke was released late on Saturday and […]
As the world mourns Chinua Achebe, by Dele Momodu
Fellow Nigerians, let me join you and countless others across the universe in celebrating the life of one of our few global Ambassadors, Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, who took a final bow two days ago as the curtain was closed on his spectacular performance on the world stage. It was a total blackout as the […]
Declare public holiday for Achebe, Ken Nnamani Centre urges FG
A call has been made to the Federal Government to declare public holiday over the death of world acclaimed novelist, Chinua Achebe. This call was made Saturday by the Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development.
What Achebe should tell Zik, Awo, Ojukwu, Balewa, others, by Emeka Ibe
“The guru is gone. Papa Achebe is gone. Sir, safe journey. Have you seen Ojukwu? Please tell him that his brothers and sisters are experiencing another pogrom in Kano State. What of Awo? If you have come across him, tell him that Nigeria is preparing for another war.
What of the great ZIK of Africa? Please let him know that those things that made him to cross the Atlantic Ocean 50 times seeking for peace is looming again.
