Sambisa’s Fall: ‘How Air Force pounded Camp Zero for ground troops’
Fighter pilots of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, who flew sorties and dropped ammunition payloads on the Boko Haram enclave of Sambisa Forest have told Vanguard that the deployment of several aircraft types by NAF with ‘night vision and interdiction capabilities’ caused severe damage on capabilities of the terrorists, leading to the down fall of Camp Zero.
NPFL releases official ball for 2016/17 season
The 2017 NPFL season will be kicking off on Saturday, January 14, 2017, and is expected to end in July.
Militants’ return: Ogun NSCDC trains officers in swimming, weapon handling
Following the incessant invasion by some people believed to be militants at the creeks in Ogun State, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has organised training in arms handling and swimming tactics for a special squad.
My govt finds it hard to pay pensioners —Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said it was “hard” for his government to pay N1.4 billion monthly pension to pensioners in the state.
Hope returns with 2017 Budget – If we have faith ourselves (2)
“I reassure you that government is determined to bring succor to our people and the only way we can do this is by taking strong action to change, in a fundamental way, the current trajectory of the Nigerian economy.”
3 supporters of Abe trek from P-Harcourt to Gokhana
SENATOR Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South East senstorial district, has received three young men who celebrated his victory trekking from Port Harcourt to his village, Bera, in Gokhana Local Government Area of the state.
Akeredolu calls for sacrifice by politicians
ONDO State governor-elect, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN yesterday called on politicians and public servants to be prepared to make sacrifices with a view to making the state great again.
50th World Day of Peace: Pope, Kure urge Christians to promote peace
CATHOLIC pontiff, Pope Francis, yesterday, called on Christians to eschew every forms of violence in their everyday lives and be agents of peace in their various locations.
Only PANDEF has militants’ mandate to dialogue with FG— Daunemgha
A former governorship aspirant on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Bayelsa State in 2011, Mr. Famous Daunemgha, has said the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, is the only authentic body the Federal Government should dialogue with on behalf of the entire people of the Niger Delta region.
Economic diversification and the entrepreneurial revolution
The Nigerian economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, while accounts for 81% of government revenue and more than 97% of export earnings. Myopic policies pursued by successive military regimes in the final decades of the last century devastated the traditional agrarian economy and crippled growth in the non-oil sectors.
Recession: Sluggish activities to persist in insurance sector in 2017
Year 2016, for the insurance industry was a very challenging and difficult business period given a number of negative factors that adversely affected operators.
