Digital broadcasting will boost Nigeria’s global presence in broadcasting – CTO scribe
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), Shola Taylor, has said that digital broadcasting would boost Nigeria’s global presence in broadcasting.
Saudi carries out 90th execution of year
Saudi carries out 90th execution of year
2016 Budget: Buhari gets clean copy today
THE lingering controversy surrounding the 2016 Appropriation Bill has been finally put to rest as President Muhammadu Buhari will get the clean copy of the budget today.
We work for politicians —Robbery suspect
A 29-year-old tricycle operator, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, has alleged that some of the arms used by robbers were given to them by politicians during campaigns.
Why N1.16trn pension infrastructure fund not utilised —PenCom DG
THE Director General of National Pension Commission, PenCom, Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, yesterday, lamented that of the N1.16 trillion available for infrastructure financing, only N1.36 billion had been so far accessed.
Aren’t the Fulani herdsmen Nigerians too?
If my ancestors came from the Fouta-Djallon region(now modern day Guinea), over 200 years ago to conquer a territory that is now Northern Nigeria, does that make me any less Nigerian than someone whose ancestor left the ancient Dahomey empire in today’s Bénin Republic to marry a woman from Abeokuta? Is an African-American whose ancestors came from West Africa on slave ships any less American than an Irish man who fled the 19th century Irish potato famine then settled in New York?
Lagos records reduction in number of people with HIV – Idris
The Lagos State Government yesterday said it has recorded a drop from its Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, prevalence rate from 5.1 in 2013 to 4.1 presently.
Man divorces wife of 22yrs for poisoning his food
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos yesterday dissolved a 22-year marriage between Yaya Mustapha, 67, and his wife, Aduke.
Herdsmen must be disarmed immediately – Ogbe
There is tension in many parts of the country over the rampaging herdsmen who have killed several thousand innocent Nigerians, raped and kidnapped others. They attack their victims in farms, homes, and along the way.
We don’t want Fulani herdsmen to leave our land — UMAHI
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday explained that there was no cogent reason for Ebonyi people to demand the immediate withdrawal of Fulani herdsmen from communities in the state, considering the harmonious relationship existing between Ebonyi people and the herdsmen.
Why Edo Speaker was impeached, suspended
CRISIS of confidence has rocked Edo State House of Assembly with the removal from office, of the Speaker, Mr. Victor Edoror and his deputy, Mr. Bright Osayande, yesterday, by members of the House.
