Nigeria’s LPG consumption rises by 8% to 89,910MT
By Michael Eboh The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has stated that Nigerians consumed 89,910 metric tonnes, MT, of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, in January 2020, 7.9 per cent above the national consumption target of 83,330MT. In a statement in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Abdulkadir Saidu, stated […]
Why Nigerian graduates remain unemployed 5yrs after graduation — Owamah
By Perez Brisibe AN associate professor and chairman, Nigeria Institutions of Environment Engineers, NIEE, Asaba chapter, Dr. Hilary Owamah has lamented the rising spate of unemployment in the country stating that most graduates remain unemployed five years after graduation because they lack market-relevant skills. The academic don, made the disclosure during a one-day workshop tagged […]
FRSC wants outright ban on commercial motorcycles in FCT
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has called on the FCT Minister, Mr Mohammed Bello, to ban the use of motorcycles for commercial purposes in the territory, citing alleged gross misconduct by the riders. Mr Gora Wobin, FRSC Sector Commander in the FCT, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja on Monday that […]
Chieneme Martins: No more league matches without paramedics — NPFL
By Emmanuel Okogba Chieneme Martins: The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has ordered that no Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, match should go ahead without the presence of paramedics. It also ordered that all Match Commissioners and the host FA are to ensure they inspect all the facilities including carrying out test runs before giving go-ahead […]
The imbalance in NDDC as it affects Imo and Ondo states (4)
By Eric Teniola PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Chief Godwin Eyarubere Omene, the first indigenous deputy Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, the first Managing Director of NDDC. Chief Omene is from Delta State. President Obasanjo also appointed Chief Onyema Ugochukwu (76) as the pioneer Chairman of NDDC. He is from Abia State. […]
Poetry and the Wealth of Nations: Odia Ofeimun @ 70
By Obadiah Mailafia THE poet Odia Ofeimun’s 70th birthday comes up on Monday, March 16. When I was a first-year undergraduate at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in the late ’70s, the name Odia Ofeimun was quietly making waves on campus. He was a youth corps member teaching in one of the secondary schools outside the […]
Ijaw youth to FG: Stop playing politics with East-West road
By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA – AN aspirant in the forthcoming Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide election, Bright Igrubia, Monday accused the Federal Government of playing politics with its promise to complete the East-West road. He said the project which remains the economic live wire of the people of the South-South region and the nation oil […]
Association advises agro women on child spacing
Women Sales Associations (WoSAs), an NGO in Bauchi State, have urged women of reproductive age to embrace Child Birth Spacing (CBS) to achieve economic space in value chains of Rice, Soya Beans and Groundnuts. Some WoSAs officials from Dass, Toro and Bauchi Local Government Areas of the state gave the advice in separate interviews with […]
Calls for a new constitution
NIGERIA will celebrate her 60th Independence anniversary this year, but it will be typically low-keyed and heavily laced with lamentations over our failure to meet our national aspirations. Instead of achieving a prosperous and united Federal Republic, a showpiece of democracy in Africa and the pride of the Black World, Nigeria at 60 will still […]
Cormart, Barry Callebaut Partner Up to Support Pastry Bakers
Cormart Nigeria Ltd., a leading chemicals & food raw materials company and a member of TGI Group recently announced its partnership with Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products.
Emir Sanusi II dethroned, banished
KANO —Kano State Government, yesterday, dethroned the embattled Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, over what it described as disrespect of lawful instructions from Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and other lawful authorities.
