*Says it’s aware of hunger in the land *Massive investment in social welfare targeted at youths *To create 1m jobs annually By Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA — The Federal Government  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to lend credit to two local metre manufacturing companies. Minister of Power, […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — Nigerian youths, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that they are dying of hunger and starvation. They also vowed to vote the President out of office, if nothing was done to alleviate their plight. This was the fallout of a town hall meeting organized by the Ministry of Information and Culture […]

UMUAHIA—MOTORISTS and other commuters plying the busy but very dilapidated Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road may soon heave a sigh of relief following the flag-off of palliative repairs on the road by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA.

AWKA- MRS. Ginika Obi Okoli, a widow from Ekwulobia in Aguata local government area of Anambra State has endeared herself to the people of the area by using her resources to rehabilitate a road in her community, which for years, remained a nightmare for the people.

There is no doubt that Governor Rochas Okorocha was a direct beneficiary of the face off between the Catholic Church and Chief Ikedi Ohakim, ahead of the 2011 general elections.

*Ndume can’t speak for Senate —SABI *Wabara asks Magu, SGF to resign on moral grounds By Joseph Erunke ABUJA —A major crisis appeared to have penetrated the leadership of the Senate over last Thursday’s rejection of the confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu. This came […]

Five years after the Federal Government lost a whopping $1.6 billion to some of its influential citizens through the sale and revocation of a controversial oil block, known as OPL 245, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed charges against the high profiled suspects.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Disturbed by the rising cases of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta and its negative impact on the environment, a group, Environmental and Human Rights Volunteers, EHRV, has called on the people in oil bearing communities to see oil facilities in their areas as their own and protect them from vandals. […]

Before the discovery of oil, Nigeria which is blessed with mineral deposits of all types including tin, gold, coal and many other minerals earned appreciable income from the aforementioned minerals. The tin, gold, coal fields were abandoned following the discovery of oil. During the first Republic Agriculture was the mainstay of the economy.

In line with encouraging young Nigerians who are into sports, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has dolled out a whopping N7 million to Team Offikwu, winners of this year’s Nationwide Tennis league which it is the sole sponsor.

Information and Communication Technology has grown in leaps and bounds in the past decade than ever before. However, experts say that 2017 will bring more changes than history can boast of.

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu is on top of his game. His profile is galloping and surging upwards to the consternation of detractors, “distractors”and growing specie of dyed in-the -wool critics. And the reason is not far-fetched. In the narrative of the nation’s socio- economic development, a new consciousness is sweeping through the length and breath of God’s Own State as the Common Governor delivers in three key areas: Critical Infrastructure, Agriculture, Trade and Commerce.

In a time where there are so many cases of cyber crime and Smartphone users are losing their confidential documents to cyber theft, Gionee has partnered with Etisalat Nigeria, to introduce what it calls the world’s safest and fastest mobile device, the Gionee M6 into the Nigerian market.

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has said it saved N192 billion through technology transfer agreements between 2010 and 2016.