Flood: Omo-Agege wants early mitigating measures
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has called on government and non-government bodies to urgently implement strategies to prevent loss of life and property to flood as the rainy season peaks in many parts of the country.
John Mayaki pens emotional thank you message to well-wishers
Prince John Mayaki, one of Nigeria’s foremost media professionals, has penned an emotional appreciation message to well-wishers who took to the internet and several other mediums to celebrate the anniversary of his birth yesterday, Thursday, 28th of August.
FG to El-Zakzaky: You’re sponsored by Iran to replicate its 1979 violent revolution in Nigeria
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, accused Shiek Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Leader, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), of being sponsored by Iran to replicate the 1979 violent revolution that led to the forceful takeover of power in the country in Nigeria.
The danger in Nnamdi Kanu’s antics
FOR Ndigbo, August, a month of homecoming and celebrations, is special. They love going back to their ancestral homes across the Great River, called Niger, to celebrate the new yam festival (Iri-ji Ohuru). The magnificence of the ceremonies was aptly captured by the inimitable raconteur, Chinua Achebe, in his 1958 classic, Things Fall Apart, thus: “The pounded yam dish placed in front of the partakers of the festival was as big as a mountain. People had to eat their way through it all night and it was only during the following day when the pounded yam ‘mountain’ had gone down that people on one side recognised and greeted their family members on the other side of the dish for the first time.”
$16b power probe: EFCC detains 4 over N50b cash payment
What happened to the $8.5 billion released by the Obasanjo government for the payment of compensation to host communities on which the ambitious multi-million power projects were to be sited?
Focus attention on southern Taraba, Tiv Youths tell Buhari
The Southern Taraba Tiv Youths Progressive Forum Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give special attention to the ongoing feud between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups, claiming they risked being wiped out if nothing was done urgently.
National Assembly will not fail Buhari – Lawan
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says that the 9th National Assembly will support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to achieve a better, prosperous and secure Nigeria.
Obaseki’s education reforms: Benin Technical College nears completion ahead of school resumption
The revamp of the Government Science and Technical College (GSTC), Benin, formerly known as Benin Technical College, by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government is nearing completion ahead of the resumption of schools in September.
Group cautions IPOB over its modus oparandi
OWERRI-THE Igbo National Council, INC, has cautioned members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the new modus oparandi recently adopted and urged them to change strategy if they are serious with their agitation.
Judge declines to hear Sowore’s bail request, review detention order
Justice Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, declined to hear an application the convener of RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, who has been in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, since August 2, filed to be released on bail.
FG ‘ll no longer tolerate bullying in secondary schools, says Minister
ABUJA–THE Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said the federal government will no longer tolerate bullying in the nation’s schools.
