ELECTION: Fayose warns against Obasanjo’s ‘antics’
ADO EKITI—Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has warned Nigerians to beware of the banana peel being thrown on their path by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the nation prepares for next month’s presidential election.
Why private institutions can’t benefit from TETFUND —Bogoro
” Very clearly, it would be the wrong way to proceed. The reason is simple. Government creates the enabling environment for the private institutions. Government should not be subscribing their operations. It’s a wrong way to think and do things.”—Secretary TETFUND
Media outfit files N100m suit against NIIA, boss
A MEDIA outfit, Delphi Media Consulting Nigeria Limited, DMCN, has filed a N100million suit against Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, NIIA and its Director General, Prof Bola Akinferinwa, over alleged…
Oil price: Tap into N7trn maritime industry potential, Agbakoba urges FG
LAGOS — As oil price continues to fail, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Olisa Agbakoba, yesterday called on the Federal Government to tap into the enormous potential in the maritime industry estimated at N7 trillion annually.
Troops foil Boko Haram attempt to take over Biu after two-hour gun battle
Maiduguri— The Defence Haedquarters, yesterday, said that soldiers had repelled Boko Haram new attack after a two-hour gun duel in Biu, Borno State.
ERC condemns N10,000 CBT fees by Lagos govt
The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has condemned the decision of the Lagos State Government to charge parents and guardians N10,000 to register their wards for computer-based-test, CBT, for 2015/2016 admission into junior secondary schools, saying such was criminal and anti-poor.
Eagles AFCON miss saddens Adepoju
With barely two days to kick off of the 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) championship taking place in Equatorial Guinea, former Super Eagles striker, Mutiu Adepoju says the mere thought that Nigeria will not be represented makes him lose sleep.
How nutrition, contraceptives affect reproductive health
Nigerian medicinal plants Plants, in addition to providing the animal kingdom with food, fuel and shelter also synthesize a large variety of chemical substances. These substances include basic metabolites as well as secondary metabolites which includes; phenolic compounds such as alkaloids, glycosides,…
INEC releases list of candidates for Feb 14 Presidential poll
ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, released the names of 14 presidential candidates and the deputies cleared to contest the February 14 Presidential election in the country.
Public varsities and crumbling infrastructure In 2015
Federal and states budgets remain uncertain for 2015 as the price of crude oil continues to decline. November 2014, the Governor of the Central Bank, suggested that the price would go as low as $50 per barrel.
Consumer rights abuse prevalent in Nigeria —CPC D-G, Atoki
“But in all sincerity, I think that the level of consumer abuse in Nigeria is so huge that anybody coming into it and promise within a year that he is going to surmount it is just unrealistic and that’s why I have made no promises.”— Dupe Atoki
