Produce anti-govt lecturer, Kaduna CP tells KASU VC
The Kaduna State Kaduna Police Commissioner, CP, Umar Kofar-Naisa, has ordered, the Vice Chancellor, VC, Kaduna State University, KASU, Professor Willaims Quirix, to produce perceived anti-government lecturer, Dr. John Danfulani, over comments he claimed could cause violence.
Industrial unrest looms over planned sack of 3,000 ports workers
Mounting restiveness in the nation’s Ports following alleged approval by the Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amechi, for the sack of no fewer than 3000 dockworkers.
‘Don’t misconstrue war against vandals as affront to Ijaw’
THE Niger Delta Patriotic Front has said that the on-going efforts by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta to fish out those who vandalized oil pipelines must not be misconstrued as an affront to the Ijaw.
Benue villages razed as game hunters set bush ablaze
MAKURDI—Over 120 houses have been reportedly razed in separate fire outbreaks at Tse Mtaghji village, Bilawa and Akpuku village, Mbagune in Gwer West and Makurdi Local Government areas of Benue State.
Obama urges swift action on Zika virus
US President Barack Obama has called for faster research on the quick-moving Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes and has been linked to a rise in birth defects in Brazil.
Give priority to E-West road, Oyegun urges Niger Delta Minister
National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday, urged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru, to work towards completing the East-West Road project in the Niger Delta region.
PDP is dead, Aregbesola tells Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and his Osun State counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday, set aside their political differences during a meeting in Osogbo.
Learning at the feet of a benevolent taskmaster (for BJ at 70)
EVEN before I had sat in the same classroom with Professor Biodun Jeyifo (BJ to his legion of friends and admirers), I regarded him as my teacher. He had been instrumental to my arrival at Cornell in 2001 to fulfil my long-nourished dream of taking a degree in literature-in-English. With a background in law, my best bet was to apply for a Master of Fine Art in poetry, having already published a collection of poems, finished the first draft of another, and freshly become a fellow of the Iowa International Writing Programme.
Nigeria, one of top 10 global economies – US govt
The United States, US, government, yesterday, listed Nigeria as one of the top 10 global economies by 2050, citing the economic potentialities of countries across Africa.
This came as President Barak Obama dispatched a team of US officials to study Nigeria’s business climate, with the aim of investing in the country, even as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed gratitude to the US President and his government for assisting Nigeria in its anti-terrorism war.
Naira: CBN to fine-tune exchange rate
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, said it would soon fine tune the exchange rate of the Naira, even as the nation’s currency depreciated further to N305 against the dollar in the parallel market.
ALLEGED $2.2M FRAUD: EFCC accuses Ohakim of intimidating witnesses
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, accused the former governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim who is facing corruption charges, of intimidating some of the witnesses billed to testify against him.
