Anxiety in Edo as gunmen block road, abduct scores
By Ozioruva Aliu THE tempo of insecurity in Edo State heightened as kidnappers laid siege to Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road, yesterday, and kidnapped many passengers. Vanguard gathered that the gunmen first attacked a commercial bus at the Urhokosa/Obagie end of the road and took away a number of the passengers. The suspected kidnappers, who were said to […]
Buhari urges African Leaders to promote democratic reforms
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to always do the right thing to enhance democratic culture in the continent. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the advice on Thursday when he received the President of the Republic of The Gambia, Adama Barrow. Barrow […]
RBDAs have boost food security, create massive employment in 5 years — Engr Adamu
Says 253 farmlands leased for commercial farming Calls on Water Council to support, sustain drive for Water Bill passage By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu, Thursday, disclosed that the River Basin Development Authorities, RBDAs, has boost food production and security in five years with massive creation of employment. […]
No-confidence vote on South Africa’s Ramaphosa put on ice
A small South African opposition party championing the first motion of no-confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa requested a delay on Thursday, only hours before the debate was due to begin. Nearly three years after succeeding scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma, Ramaphosa is facing mounting hostility from factions within his ruling ANC party and opposition groups affiliated to […]
Stakeholders call for review of NCDMB Act to accommodate host communities
By Emem Idio, Yenagoa Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for the amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act to include a local benefit plan for host communities. The call was made during the annual public lecture of the Federated Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, […]
Chief Chinwe Ngonadi: A Life Well Spent
By Prince Royce What is the essence of being birthed into this world if at the end of your life, you can’t be remembered for the legacies and the positive things you did or achieved while living? Whether you like it or not, man must die, and the only thing that liveth after man are […]
