Presidential c’ttee scores NDDC low
By Ben Agande Abuja—The Presidential Committee on the monitoring of activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, returned a damning verdict on the activities of the commission since its inception, saying that the commission’s activities were characterised by abandoned projects, unjustified and arbitrary variation of projects costs and retention of incompetent contractors. Submitting its report […]
Govt must subsidize computers for students
THE Federal Government has been called upon, as a matter of urgent national importance, to initiate a policy of subsidy of computer ownership for students at various levels of education in the country.
Eagles for honour in Calabar
The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke is top of the list of personalities to be honoured at the first-ever Night of Stars, preceding the inaugural Nigeria Pitch Awards, which hold at the Conference Hall of Tinapa Lakeside Hotel and Resort, Calabar on Saturday, March 23.
NIMC: Nigeria ready to capture citizens’ accurate identity data
THE National Identity Management Commission NIMC is gearing up to kick start a data collection exercise which would put the country among the top information managers in the world.
PIB splits senators
ABUJA—THERE was a sharp split in the Senate, Tuesday, between the Southern and Northern Senators, when discussions on the new Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, commenced on the floor of the Senate.
How northern governors split Boko Haram
…C’ttee recommends amnesty, compensation
LAGOS—The recent split in the ranks of the Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram, leading to a division over a ceasefire, has been traced to a recent peace initiative spearheaded by the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF.
How third party insurance works
In Nigeria, it is compulsory to have motor insurance before using or keeping a motor vehicle on public roads. However, since most Nigerians buy insurance just to get cleared from law enforcement agents on the roads, they choose to go for third party motor insurance which is a lot cheaper than comprehensive policy.
BPE reads riot act to bidders over Kaduna DisCo, Afam
ABUJA—Acting Director-General, DG, of Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, has warned that he would not bend the privatisation guidelines for any prospective investor with respect to selling the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc and the Afam Power Plc to private operators.
MTN gives 238 less privileged students N47.6bn worth of scholarship
About 238 Nigerian students in public tertiary institutions in the Northern zone, were recently presented with N200,000 scholarship awards, each, by the MTN foundation.
Abia govt, Police dismiss reported shooting at Kalu’s home
UMUAHIA — ABIA State Government has dismissed as a hoax reported shooting at the gate of the country home of former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, last weekend, saying it was part of the orchestrated mudslinging to smear the image of the state.
Now, what of Kalu’s WASC result?
The news that the Abia State University, ABSU withdrew the university degree awarded the immediate past governor of the state, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu was not surprising to many. For some folks, it was a logical step in the continuing mutual war of attrition between the incumbent governor, Chief Theodore Orji and Kalu.
