Faleke rejects APC’s decision to present Bello as guber candidate
Rep. James Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu, who participated in the Nov 21 governorship election in Kogi, has rejected the party's decision to present Yahaya Bello for the Dec 5 supplementary election. INEC declared the Nov 21 election as inconclusive following the cancellation of voting in 91 polling units across the state.
Igbo presidency: Ohanaeze lauds IBB, Gowon
The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio -cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended the former military heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Yakubu Gowon over their support for the election of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction.
Ngige urges NSITF to take Employees Compensation Scheme to NGF
THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has advised the management of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, to take the Employees Compensation Scheme, ECS, to the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, for them to know the benefits of the scheme.
2.9m HIV positive Nigerians not on treatment
AN estimated 2.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS out of 3.4 million Nigerians diagnosed last year are not receiving treatment needed to suppress the infection. Those affected, most of who are currently living in hiding, are not only at risk of death from HIV related illnesses, but are also infecting new people, causing a surge of the disease.
Jonathan’s convoy: Police confirm arrest of suspects
The Bayelsa State Police Command yesterday confirmed the arrest of five members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over alleged trailing of the convoy of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the state.
Anambra govt wades into hike in price of kerosene
Anambra State government has introduced Kero-Direct scheme to cushion the effects of the hike in the pump price of kerosene in the state.
Speaking to newsmen, yesterday in her office in Awka, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Oil and Gas, Mrs. Ngozi Okoye said the scheme was to make the product affordable to the poor masses in rural areas.
We can fix this economy
WHEN we say that the economic stagnation in this country has an international dimension to it, those who are satisfied with the status-quo shout us down. Thank God for Omoh Gabriel’s revelation in the Vanguard of November 16, 2015. According to Omoh: “The attempt to frustrate the nation’s efforts to move forward has been orchestrated by foreign investors, their media and the European Union and the United States of America.”
World AIDS day: 7.8m lives saved in 15 years —WHO
As Nigeria today joins the rest of the world to mark 2015 World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday announced that the Millennium Development Goal that called for halting and reversing the spread of HIV on a global basis was met with 7.8 million lives saved in 15 years.
No political will to prosecute high-profile corruption cases, says CJN
ABUJA — The blame game between the Judiciary and Executive arm of government continued yesterday, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, decrying what he termed “lack of political will to prosecute high-profile corruption cases.”
Boy, 8, rescued from kidnappers, 1 suspect nabbed
OWERRI—Operatives of Imo Security Network, ISN, in collaboration with Imo Community Watch, ICW, have rescued an eight-year-old boy (names withheld), who was kidnapped by hoodlums.
It’s not govt’s role to create jobs – Utomi
LAGOS —Professor of political economy and co-founder of Pan African University, Professor Pat Utomi, has said that it is not government’s role to create jobs but to make policies and create enabling environment for entrepreneurs to thrive and create the needed jobs.
