Govt. has not abandoned you – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reassured the Artists’ Village community at the National Theatre, Lagos, that the government has not abandoned them.
Budget Padding: Lawmaker warns leadership on danger of self-exculpation
THE recent meeting of the leadership of the House of Representatives, whereby the group passed a vote of confidence on itself, consequently exculpating its members accused of ‘budget padding’ has been described as unfortunate, ridiculous and tantamount to being “a judge in one’s own case.”
Nigeria’s oil production to remain down through 2017
AGAINST the positive picture painted on possible rise in the price of crude oil at the international market above USD50 per barrel, Nigeria may be left out of reaping this fortune as the United States Energy Information Administration, EIA, projected a negative downturn for the country’s crude oil production growth this year.
Relatives search Lagos rivers for suicidal mother of 3
LAGOS—Relatives of the single parent and mother of three, Olubunmi Uko, who disappeared from her Fola Agoro, Lagos, home with her nine-year-old son last Friday, leaving a suicide note, have begun to search for her body in Lagos rivers.
Spiteful search for oil out of season
Out of the 46 years of Nigeria’s political independence, northern elites had power on their grab for nearly 38 years; what is boggling the minds of northern talakawas is: what had stopped the elites then in making a true resolute effort in the search for oil in north despite the fact that preliminary geological survey had shown evidence of oil existence?
Duke of Edinburgh tasks youths on Nigeria’s future
LAGOS—Secretary General, the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, Mr John May, has said the future of Nigeria was in the youths.
Ooni of Ife to leaders: Champion emancipation of our youths
LAGOS—The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday, urged the Nigeria political class to champion the cause of emancipation of teeming youths in the country and charged the leaders to live an exemplary life worthy of emulation.
CHIBOK GIRLS: No more excuses, #BBOG tells Buhari
ABUJA—The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, movement pointedly told President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday that he no longer had any excuse not to rescue the 218 Chibok school girls, saying the time to act was now.
Gas alone can’t solve Nigeria’s electricity problem — FG
The Federal Government has declared that gas alone cannot solve the country’s electricity challenges.
Emergency Powers bill: LCCI, MAN, NLC, others back Buhari’s proposals
The business community, yesterday, threw its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposal to assume emergency powers to revamp the nation’s ailing economy.
Nigerians enjoy 7.4 hours power supply daily in 6 months
LATEST survey report by the NOI-Polls revealed that power supply had been on consistent decline, month-on-month, in the first half of this year with highest delivery at 10.5 hours per day in January, and a six-month average of 7.4 hours per day.
