Work hard, have respect for legal profession, Judge tasks junior lawyers
Justice Babatunde Adejumo, President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has advised lawyers, particularly those recently called to the bar, to display exemplary virtues of hard work and respect for the legal profession.
Governors Wike, Dickson agree to deepen cooperation
Rivers State governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson, yesterday, agreed to deepen cooperation between their states to enhance rapid development.
We’ve no other country than Nigeria – Wike
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that Rivers State people have no other country aside Nigeria.
Bitumen exploration’ll create 30,000 jobs annually in Ondo — Akarakiri
UPON its inception, the Rotimi Akeredolu administration says it has embarked on an investment drive as a means of shoring up the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of Ondo State. The recent decision by the Federal Government to grant licence to Ondo State has been received with delight by the state government.
Nigeria’s destiny bigger than indivdual or sect – Udeogaranya
A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Charles Udeogaranya, yesterday, said Nigeria must be handled in a way and manner that the country will fulfil her destiny among the citizenry and in the comity of nations, adding that the destiny of Nigeria is bigger than that of any individual or sect.
Nigerian Independence Parade was launched to fight discrimination against Nigerians in U.S. — Official
The Nigerian Independence Day Parade, an annual event held in the U.S., was inaugurated to help fight discrimination against Nigerians living in that country, an official said.
Nigerian Independence Day Parade holds Saturday in New York
Nigerians all over the U.S. are gearing up for the 2017 edition of the annual Nigerian Independence Day Parade and Festival, which will hold on Saturday in New York.
Battle for Anambra: 17 candidates debate
NNEWI -17 of the 37 candidates on Wednesday night presented their plans to govern the state with KOWA candidate, Rev. Rufus Ezeokonkwo disclosing that he would fight insecurity in the state using prayers.
Group deploys 27 pre-election observers in Anambra
THE Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), an election monitoring group, has deployed 27 long-term observers under its WatchingTheVote (WTV) project in all the 21 local government areas of Anambra State, to observe the pre-election environment ahead of the November 18 poll.
14-yr-old hawker paases out after drinking alcohol
CALABAR—THERE was pandemonium, yesterday, around the UJ Esuene Sports Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State, after a 14-year-old girl passed out after drinking six sachets of an alcoholic drink (name withheld).
NCDC confirms 12 suspected Monkey Pox cases in Bayelsa
Nigerians have been urged to remain calm even as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 12 cases of suspected Monkey Pox in Bayelsa State, with 32 close contacts of the cases placed under watch.
