In Berkeley City, no more man, sister, brother words in law books

The city of Berkeley, long a bastion of liberal ideas, voted this week to purge gender from its law books. Manhole will be replaced with maintenance hole. Sisters and brothers will be replaced with siblings. And he or she will be banished in favour of them, even if referring to one person. The City Council’s […]
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New episodes of ‘Akpan and Oduma’ underway

A  new season of ‘Akpan & Oduma’, one of the most-popular Nigerian comedy skit shows on YouTube and Satellite TV, will start showing from Monday, July 29,  on wapTV’s Satellite network on DStv 262, StarTimes 116, GOtv 102, StarSat 189, PlayTV 275, TStv 223, and MyTV.

Eva Water is safe for consumption — NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, a regulatory agency responsible for regulating and controlling importation, manufacture and use of food, drugs and packaged water in Nigeria has said that Eva Water produced and bottled by Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is safe for consumption, assuring consumers and the general public of their safety.

NPA, CRFFN, NAGAFF rub minds on industry challenges

THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has engaged the maritime industry’s key stakeholders and leaders in the reappraisal of some key challenges facing operators in the industry. The stakeholder groups comprising the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, had headed to the NPA to raise issues of concern with the Authority.

Subsidy: Senate summons NNPC GMD, others

ABUJA—THE Senate has summoned the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Lolo Kyari, and the yet-to -be appointed Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, to appear before it and explain the status of existing refineries in the country.

Measles kills 100 children in Kaduna community — Uba Sani

Kaduna— Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, yesterday, in Abuja, said a measles outbreak in Wusar, a community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has claimed the lives of no fewer than 100 children .

Bayelsa govt employs fresh 904 workers

YENAGOA— BAYELSA State government said it has formalised the employment of 904 casual staff in the various ministries, departments and agencies in the state.

Herdsmen banditry as problem of Nigeria’s political elite

THE trouble with Nigeria, Chinua Achebe once famously said, is squarely one of leadership. Most Nigerians and others who have taken more than a fleeting interest in those issues of development that coalesce under the rubric of national question have repeatedly identified with this prognosis of our national malaise.

Killing of Nigerians in South Africa must stop

IN the past three years, 127 Nigerians have been murdered in South Africa. Mrs. Elizabeth Ndubisi-Chukwu, Deputy Director-General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, who was strangled in her hotel room on June 13, 2019 at Kempton Park while attending a conference, is the latest and the most prominent victim thus far.

What differentiates Jigawa Pension Scheme from FG, other states

THE Jigawa State Con-tributory Pension Scheme, CPS, was established by the administration of former Governor Ibrahim Saminu Turaki in 2001 and received legal backing from the state legislature in 2004. The asset of the scheme as at March this year was over N20 billion.

El-Zakzaky: IMN members using terror, violence to subvert justice – Report

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has decried the incessant protest being staged by members of the Islamic Movement in the Nigeria, IMN, over the detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The centre said IMN members were using terror and violence to subvert justice in ongoing trial of El- Zakzakky. CESJET made […]

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