By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, says it has developed indigenous technology for recycling wastes into marketable and useful products. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, VC, Professor Francis Eze, who disclosed this weekend, while addressing parents guardians and the 4,841 matriculating students of FUTO, also announced that the project has already received […]

By James Edet Ukpor The recent unfortunate developments at the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) Free Zone, which have scared serious investors, have fueled the need for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to take urgent steps to reposition the free zone for the purpose of attracting investments, which is the ultimate objective of creating free zones. Reputable […]

The Federal Government has asked Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to “send the full list of former governors and ministers that have received and/or receiving double pay and life pensions in order to enhance and ensure compliance with the judgment of the court.” The letter follows the judgment last year ordering the government to […]

Says AU, UN didn’t do enough to stop transfer of funds Chairman of Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, Mr Debo Adeniran has stated that Treasury Single Account (TSA), Bank Verification Number (BVN) and others would have made it difficult for Abacha to loot the kind of money he looted in his days. Adeniran […]

To say that Nigeria remains the best place on earth is no longer news. Despite all the conspiracies against her as a nation, Nigeria has continued to defeat her adversaries without going to war. So, many things naturally work out positively for the country even without the citizens ever knowing. Quote me right or wrong; Nigeria is God’s own country on earth. I will, therefore, attempt to reveal the secret in this piece.

Executive Chairman of Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, Mr Debo Adeniran, speaks on Abacha loot. Excerpts:

Lagos, March 6, 2020 – Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a new product offering, Xpress Save and Xpress Loan, enabling customers to conveniently & speedily open digital savings accounts and also obtain short-term micro-credit loans using their mobile phones through a USSD platform, *326#. Ecobank Xpress Save and Xpress Loan, the first of its kind in the Nigeria market, is an online real-time, self-service solution which is suitable for all micro-entrepreneurs, artisans, traders, low-income earners and the entire unbanked and underbanked mass market population. The Xpress Save and Xpress Loan product are simple to access digitally through the mobile phone and it is available 24 hours every day of the week.

One person was feared dead weekend, in Lagos, after a three-storey building caved in, in Palmgrove area of the state.

Governor Udom Emmanuel has expressed satisfaction over the massive turnout and smooth conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party ward congress across the 329 wards in Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday.

Following calls by the Federal Ministry of Health and other concerned authorities for urgent measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, investigations by Sunday Vanguard revealed that schools across the country are not giving the issue the deserved attention.