PIB has shortchanged Cross River, says Ayade

PIB has shortchanged Cross River, says Ayade

By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River state Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has asserted that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari seeks to perpetuate injustices that the State has suffered over the years. Ayade said the law failed to address the concerns of the state in spite of the presentation […]
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On NITDA Bill and Kashifu’s integrity

On NITDA Bill and Kashifu’s integrity

By Abdulsalam Mahmud While major players in the Information Technology sector are still debating the so-called controversial provisions in a proposed bill in the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act, the Director-General/CEO of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has proven to be forthright and focused tech-savvy. Kashifu Abdullahi early in the year disclosed that […]

Samuel Ajiboyede: Techguru behind self-charging automobile concept

Samuel Ajiboyede: Techguru behind self-charging automobile concept

By Henry Ojelu Across the world, electric cars are fast becoming the game charger in the automobile industry. With it’s numerous benefits, automakers are already rethinking their long term production plan to key into the technology. It is estimated that by 2030, electric cars will almost completely take over the automobile industry. Aware of this […]

Opinion: The Guilt of Innocence (How Some Nigerians End Up In Prison)

Opinion: The Guilt of Innocence (How Some Nigerians End Up In Prison)

By Iteveh Ekpokpobe This week, a ploy to illegally keep me behind bars for a long time, was uncovered. My crime? Writing a story exposing the high and mighty. Exposing a shameless doyen of the bench. As a result I became guilty of innocence. A False statement was submitted in one of the police offices around. […]

COVID-19: NPHCDA’s milestones under Faisal

COVID-19: NPHCDA’s milestones under Faisal

By Ruth Ihuwe In recent times, its more convincing to proclaim that Nigeria, as a country is tethered to the nausea of bad news. But last week, a cheering news broke out. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the ranking of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response as the fourth-best in the world. The pleasant news was conveyed […]

Working with hitmaker, Rexxie, huge blessing for us ― Solid Magnic

Working with hitmaker, Rexxie, huge blessing for us ― Solid Magnic

After a long wait, the duo of Bello Malik and Bello Sherif, popularly known as Solid Magnic, signed to their father’s music label, Solid Worth Entertainment, the talented brothers are gradually gaining attention from different parts of the world after being spotted with the Grammys award-winning producer, Ezeh Chizom, popularly known as Rexxie, in his […]

NEDC: Appraising House of Reps Accountability Report

NEDC: Appraising House of Reps Accountability Report

By Onuche Odoma The Managing Director (MD) of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) Alhaji Mohammed Goni Alkali is a rare breed. His honesty, transparency and uprightness in the discharge of his responsibilities at the NEDC are seldom in most Nigerians. His public actions in the management of people and resources are unlike the general […]

Afghanistan And My Justified Support For The Nigerian Military

Afghanistan And My Justified Support For The Nigerian Military

By Philip Agbese  As Africans, we often say, only someone who has tested the venom of hunger knows the power of its force. Those who still support terrorism in any guise and for whatever pecuniary benefits, do so because they are insulated from its blazing swords and gores. But anyone who has tested the horrors […]

Expanding Your Business to Global Markets Just Got a lot Easier

Expanding Your Business to Global Markets Just Got a lot Easier

Which of you business owners can relate to the struggle of not being able to close a sale just because you were limited by geographical borders, and your inability to receive foreign payments via your e-commerce site? The frustration of abandoned shopping carts and low conversion rates could not be overemphasized, and your dreams about […]

Hushpuppi: Court declines ex-parte motion to stop Abba Kyari’s extradition

Hushpuppi: Court declines ex-parte motion to stop Abba Kyari’s extradition

…orders service of processes on Police, AGF By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA–The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has rejected an ex-parte application for an order to stop the Nigerian Police Force and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, from arresting and extraditing the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, […]

Admission, employment without bias – FUHSO mgnt

Admission, employment without bias – FUHSO mgnt

… Allegation untrue By Chioma Obinna & Elizabeth Osayande  The Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, FUHSO, on Thursday dismissed as untrue media report questioning processes of admission in the school, saying, due processes remained the hallmark of accepting candidates either for admission or employment. In press statement made available to Vanguard and signed by the Registrar […]

Emiko: Benin monarch tasks kingmakers on adherence to customs, tradition

Emiko: Benin monarch tasks kingmakers on adherence to customs, tradition

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – BARELY 24 hours to the coronation of a new Itsekiri king, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has tasked the Itsekiri kingmakers to strictly adhere to their tradition and customs during the coronation of the new Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko. Oba Ewuare II […]

Absence of translator stalls trial of smugglers of N22.3bn pangolin scales, elephant tusk

Absence of translator stalls trial of smugglers of N22.3bn pangolin scales, elephant tusk

By Godfrey Bivbere The trial of five Guinean nationals arrested by officials of Nigeria Customs Service for allegedly trying to export N22.3bn worth of Pangolin scales and elephant tusks has stalled by the absence of a translator. The accused were supposed to have been arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on a four-count charge […]

Climate change: 2m IDPs in Borno, Adamawa,Yobe feeling the heat-Osinbajo

Climate change: 2m IDPs in Borno, Adamawa,Yobe feeling the heat-Osinbajo

*IDPs in states ’ll require a total of $1.01bn in 2021, says Farouq By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that two million Internally Displaced Persons in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, otherwise known as BAY states, were feeling the heat of climate change in the country. This came on the heels of […]

PSC sets up panel to investigate FBI’s indictment of DCP Abba Kyari

PSC sets up panel to investigate FBI’s indictment of DCP Abba Kyari

Awaits IGP’s panel reports By Mary Benson The Police Service Commission, PSC has set up an in-house panel to study in detail, available documents related to the suspension of the former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT DCP Abba Kyari, who was indicted by a report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the […]