Restructuring Nigeria a Yoruba agenda; is impracticable, says Yakassai
Elder Statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has said that the current agitation to restructure Nigeria was an age-long ploy by the Yoruba-speaking group of the South West to take a shot at power
WORLD TEACHERS’DAY: Where is the Nigerian teacher globally?
Teachers will mark the 2016 World Teachers’ Day on empty stomach; unable to pay school fees of their children as schools resume; and unable to wear decent clothes and live in homes with minimal comfort
Five European games to watch in World Cup qualifying
European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia resumes this week with every nation playing twice after starting their campaigns last month. AFP Sports picks out some of the highlights amid a vast array of matches:
Nigeria’s alarming heart failure rate
On 30th September, this year’s World Heart Day, the increase in recent times, of confirmed and suspected cases of cardiac arrests, heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related disorders came into sharp focus. Heart disorders are making a steady and deadly rise in Nigeria. Everyday, we read reports of persons “slumping and dying”.
Plateau: Dariye moves again
The defection of former Governor Joshua Dariye to the APC was not totally surprising given the long history of animosity between him and the current leaders of PDP on the Plateau and the equally chummy relations between him and the APC leaders as symbolised by Governor Simon Lalong who was one of his sympathisers in the days of his troubles.
Developing ICT ecosystem critical to boosting Nigeria’s non-oil revenue- Omoigui
As we have seen in Silicon Valley over the past 40+ years, the ICT sector has the unique capability to revolutionize a country and create innovation in areas previously undiscovered
Okorocha’s free education hits dead end in Imo
The free education mantra of the Chief Rochas Okorocha administration may have hit a dead end, following the reintroduction of varying fees and charges by the Imo State University management.
Declare state of emergency on S’South, S’East roads, NANS urges FG
NATIONAL Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Zone B, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on federal roads in South-South and South-East geopolitical zones.
Recession forces Buhari to authorise sale of two presidential aircraft
Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000 from the Presidential Air Fleet, PAF.
FG tasks farmers on periodic examination of agricultural products
MINISTER of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has called on farmers and food handlers to always carry out periodic examination of their products, to avoid fungal contamination in order to protect public health, and secure good market for Nigeria’s agro-commodities.
A-Court refuses to stop Edaiken N’Uselu’s installation as new Oba of Benin
ATTEMPTS by Chief Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, who proclaimed himself the Ogiamien of Utantan Benin nation, to stop the installation of the new Oba of Benin, Crown Prince Ehenede Erediauwa, suffered a setback, yesterday, as the Appeal Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, refused to hear the motion asking the court to stop the installation.
