MEND, FG strike deal to end N-Delta crisis
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Federal Government, currently engaged in a dialogue through the oil companies and security agencies to end renewed bombings in the oil-rich Niger Delta, seem to have reached far-reaching compromises, including the possible release of a former militant leader, Henry Okah, from prison in South Africa, and his brother, Charles Okah, incarcerated in Nigeria.
What economy needs to recover from recession, inflation- Prof. Ajakaiye
Amid the official pronouncement that Nigeria’s economy is in recession and increase in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 12 percent to 14 percent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), an economist is calling for increase in local production of goods as one of the ways to force down per unit cost, for the country to recover from recession and high inflation rate of 16.5 percent.
Bentley Benatayga gets STARTech Midas touch
It is no longer news that Bentley has started building Sport Utility Vehicles, SUV, what is news today is that the powerful SUV from Bentley, the Bentayga has been given a special touch by STARTech for the first time. The new Bentley Bentayga sets new standards in the luxury SUV market and is thus the perfect basis for individual customization that fulfills customer requests to a tee. The first refined variant of the British all-wheel-drive car in the world comes from STARTech, renounced for car make over across the world. Sportier and more elegant.
Aisha Buhari’s ‘Get Involved’ in the future of Nigerian Child
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in 2012, released a report tagged, ‘At a Glance: Nigeria’. The report stated: “Nigeria has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world. One in seven children dies before her or his fifth birthday.” It noted further that in Nigeria, clean water was hard to come by in northern Nigeria and singled out the General Hospital, Katsina as one health facility among several others in northern Nigeria where ‘half a dozen infants were being treated for severe malnutrition problems.”
Looming floods: Thousands of Lagosians may be displaced- Giwa, LASEMA chief
Right from the onset, we had always stepped up our emergency preparedness and response, and, in view of the advice from the Office of the Security Adviser to the president concerning the high level of flood that will occur in some states which include Lagos, we have stepped up high level of preparedness at our two relief camps; the relief and emergency camp at Agbowa in Lagos East and the one at Igando, Lagos West.
Rio 2016: U-23 Eagles stranded in Atlanta
The Nigerian U-23 National Team returned to training on Friday evening, having skipped their workouts for about two days according to reports by Allnigeriasoccer.com.
