Ubani will take PPIDF to greater heights – Group
Coalition of South East youth leaders (COSEYL), has lauded Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state for the appointment of Elder Ezebunwa Ubani as the new chairman of Abia State Physical Planning and Infrastructural Development Fund ( PPIDF), stressing that he would take PPIDF to greater heights.
‘Price level will remain upbeat’
COWRY Asset Management has said that general prices of goods and services will continue to go up this year.
Queen Elizabeth II gathers royals for crisis meeting with Prince Harry
Queen Elizabeth II and other senior British royals were gathering for a meeting Monday with Prince Harry in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. Harry’s father Prince Charles and brother Prince William, with whom he has strained relations, […]
2023: Disquiet over ANN’s romance with RCCG
The debate over the 2023 general elections seems to be gaining momentum daily. This is irrespective of the fact that the current administration has more than three years to end.
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway diversion: FRSC deploys 100 officers
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has deployed 100 personnel to control traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following the resumption of diversion to continue reconstruction. Mr Samuel Obayemi, the FRSC’s Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone RS2, comprising Lagos and Ogun, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. He, however, advised motorists and […]
Prof. Chukwuemeka Ike, 50th anniversary of end of Civil War and the Igbo Question
Today, January 13, 2020, is quite significant in Nigeria’s history for three major reasons. First, it is exactly 50 years today since the Biafra-Nigerian Civil War ended on 13 January 1970.
Forex market to witness stability in 2020 — Cowry Asset
THE foreign exchange (forex) market will witness stability in 2020, while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will continue to sustain its Open Market Operation (OMO) sales at high interest to continue to attract foreign investors.
MC Oluomo wades into Lagos Island NURTW clash
Hands over suspects to the police, sues for peace By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Lagos Branch, Alhaji Musliu Akinsanya has urged members on Lagos Island on the need to embrace peace at all-time in the interest of the state. The plea became necessary following frequent clashes, […]
Fifty years on, Nigeria struggles with memory of Biafra war
Diekoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14”. When he did begin to find out […]
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Traffic diversion on ‘Kara’ Bridge begins Tuesday
Traffic diversion for construction works to continue on the 600- metre ‘Kara’ Bridge section on the Lagos outbound corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on telephone in Lagos on Sunday […]
N13,500 pay threatens Operation Amotekun
IBADAN —THE newly launched joint security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was threatened, yesterday, by the Soludero Hunters’ Association, SHA.
