Olam Nigeria Limited has concluded plans to kick-start milling of 200,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice in Doma Council, in Nassarawa, by June 1, this year. General Manager, Olam Rice, Reji George, who disclosed this said the milling is part of the company’s backward integration plan in the sector and it expected to aid local rice production, self sufficiency target and job creation efforts of government.

The order made by the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu last Monday which ordered the Nigerian Police to vacate Enugu State House of Assembly complex has not been complied with.

A mild drama ensued, yesterday, as two factions of Assemblies of God Church brought their disgraceful politics to the venue where Abia State government was handing over 100 primary mission schools to churches in Umuahia.

THE embattled president of the Students Union Government, SUG, of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Mr. Noble Eyisi, has alleged threat to his life, following a letter he addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Ahaneku, in which he questioned certain happenings in the institution.

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, in Bauchi State has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, describing it as illegal, misguided, and ill-timed.

Beautiful, intelligent, stylish, proactive are words that best describe Funmi Wakama, the Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. With a vast experience that spans 23 years in broadcasting, the media expert who holds an exalted position as the first ever female Chief Press Secretary in Ogun State and Nigeria, is one […]

Last weekend, when most young professionals resident in Lagos were resting from the usual hustling and bustling of the city, some benevolent others placed premium on having a sacrificial weekend. These were members of the Rotary Club of Victoria Island, and their choice venue was the Okobaba Destitute Home at Ebute-Metta in Lagos— a community of lepers, visually-impaired and physically-challenged persons.

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), a support Foundation for children based NGO’s, has called on Nigeria’s President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari Rtd. to get street children out of street and get them into school. This according to the group was necessary due to the rising number of street children, saying it is everyone’s responsibility to cater for the street child around.

Led by the wife of the state governor, Dame Emmanuel Abimbola Fashola, members of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Senior Officials, COWLSO, yesterday, trouped to Ikorodu area of Lagos where they commissioned two buildings in two primary schools. The first port-of-call was the Owode Primary School where a fully-equipped ICT centre built by the committee stood gallantly, while the second was the Muslim Primary School where a massive block of six classrooms, also built by the committee, stood.

Despite the harsh operating environment, Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has proposed a dividend of N246 million, translating into 30 kobo per share in addition to a bonus share of one for every five Ordinary Shares held by each shareholder as rewards from the company’s outstanding performance in its current (2014) financial year. By the company’s financial performance, it posted an after tax profit of N659 million in the current year as against N395 million recorded in the previous year, an increase of 67 per cent.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, yesterday, paraded four suspects, among them, a 17 -year- old, for their alleged involvement in sea piracy and other criminal acts on Bayelsa State waterways.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday said his brother Governors nor call him the ‘Okpekpe marathon man’ because of his participation in the annual 10-km IAAF certified Okpekpe race.

The stance taken by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari that the next National Assembly leadership should independently emerge, has given birth to a new group, the Unity Forum, which was reportedly formed to push the concept.

All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain in Delta State, Jesutega Onokpasa, has alleged that members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have inadvertently admitted that their party was involved in election fraud and committed what he described as heinous electoral crimes in the recently conducted elections

Delta Good Governance Group, DGGG, has called on the leadership of Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure that someone with credible integrity is recommended for ministerial position in the incoming administration of Gen Muhammadu Buhari, retd.