NiDCOM launches Diaspora Data Mapping Portal
In a bid to galvanise a wholistic and realistic data of Nigerians in the Diaspora, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has launched its Data Mapping and Registry Portal in Abuja. Inaugurating the Diaspora Mapping Portal, the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada, remarked that the portal will enhance Diaspora participation in demographic […]
Technology persecution and the pursuit of scurrilities
By Okoh Aihe I SIT in front of the television these days and I’m muttering to myself; I am probably one of the many people in Nigeria not thinking right. Our world is esoterica. We perhaps shout fire where there is even no tiny smoke around or run for cover when there is tranquil all […]
LG boss to 5000 Andoni IDPs: Your suffering partly your own fault
By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – NEW Chairman of Andoni Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers state, Erastus Awortu, has chided over 5000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the locality for partly encouraging the gangs violence that has rendered them homeless since April this year. Awortu spilled the perceived ‘bitter truth’ during a visit to deliver […]
Tuition Fee Hike: Kaduna Philanthropist pays fees for 100 students
A philanthropist and former candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Mr. Lawal Adamu Usman popular called Mr.LA,has on Tuesday in Kaduna redeemed his promise by paying the school fees of 100 indigent students of state owned tertiary institutions in the state.
Sex not sinful but holy – Angel Chrstopher
By Ayo Onikoyi Sexy Nollywood actress, Angel Christopher didn’t pass through any seminary or live in a convent. She’s just a simple worldly woman who perhaps has a little hang of the scriptures, or at least so it seems, as her view on sex and marriage has a little bit of religious undertone. “ A lot […]
Gov Matawalle replaces Yari as Zamfara APC leader
The National Chairman of APC Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni on Tuesday, named Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara as the new APC leader in the state, in line with the party’s constitution. Buni made the announcement while handing over the party’s flag to Gov. Matawalle who was received into the […]
Nominations open for Nigerian National Legacy Prize for Industry Excellence
THE Nigerian National Legacy Awards (NNLA) has opened nominations towards picking deserving organisations in the various categories for award of the 2021 Nigerian National Legacy Prize for Industry Excellence. The Executive Secretary, NNLA, Ovie Odubu, who disclosed this at a quarterly board meeting in Abuja, said this year’s edition of the awards focusses on honouring corporate […]
Schneider Electric plans to host Innovation Day 2021
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Schneider Electric, an operator in the power sector, has concluded plans to host its 2021 Innovation Day, on July 6, 2021.
Bauchi fatal car crash kills one, injures four others
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of a passenger who died in a fatal crash at Nabardo village along Rimin Zayam – Bauchi Road on Tuesday. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State, Assistant Corp Commander Yusuf Abdullahi, in Bauchi on Tuesday confirmed the crash, […]
Copy Kano’s APPEALS Project landmark achievements —Gawuna tells implementing states
. By Bashir Bello KANO — Kano State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has called on implementing states of the Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS)Project to copy and follow the footsteps adopted by the Kano State which has yielded positive results in productivity enhancement. Gawuna made the call when he organised […]
Nigeria unveils Cowpea variety, to save N21b annually used for chemical insecticide importation
The Executive Director, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello Zaria, Prof. Mohammad Ishiyaku on Tuesday said with the unveiling of a new cowpea variety (SAMPEA 20-T), Nigeria stands to save N21 billion annually used for importation of chemical insecticides used in the production of beans in the country.
