UNN rated best in Nigeria, 14 in Africa – Omeaku
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has been graded the best in the country and among the best 2000 in the world in the latest Webometrics ranking released in January this year. The Webometrics University Ranking, which provides indicators for more than 12,000 universities in the world, is based on university web presence, visibility and […]
No part of Yobe is under Boko Haram – Gaidam
The Yobe Government says there is no part of the state currently under the occupation of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Boko Haram: Normal business activities resume in Mubi
Mubi – Normal business activities have resumed in the commercial border town of Mubi, Adamawa, one year after its invasion by the Boko Haram insurgents. The Chairman, Mubi Chamber of Commerce, Alhaji Abdulkadir Musa, said this in an interview on Sunday. “We are grateful to God. Business activities have now resumed in Mubi, we are […]
Boko Haram: Yobe IDPs return home, engage in irrigation
Alhaji Mai Musa, Acting Chairman, Gujba Local Government of Yobe, said people who fled the area due to the Boko Haram insurgency, had returned to their respective communities and engaged in irrigation farming.
Gen. Murtala Mohammed: 40 Years On
If there was one man that had a profound effect on our history, perhaps more than any other, it was Gen. Murtala Ramat Mohammed. Sadly he was assassinated 40 years ago, on February 13th 1976. In a clime and a nation in which there are few true heroes, he was certainly one of them.
Budget padding, scandalous votes and eagle-eyed senators
When Ministers began the defence of their budgets, last week, errors in the document made the Senate to express worries over what has now been described as padding by the Executive arm arising from high overhead and personnel costs, just as this development led to the lawmakers asking the Ministers and heads of parastatals to go back and rejig the budget document and return for re-presentation.
