TETfund boss tasks stakeholders on knowledge-based economy
Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), on Saturday urged stakeholders to galvanise support towards building a knowledge-based economy for the country. Bogoro made the call in a paper presented at the 9th Convocation Ceremony of Veritas University in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presentation was tagged: […]
Biden, US Democrats unveil plan to more than double minimum wage
When President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal earlier this month, few were surprised by the plan’s hefty price tag or sweeping scope. More striking was Biden’s inclusion of a measure to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15. The move, backed by leading Democrats including left-wing Senator Bernie Sanders, establishes […]
On soldiers forcing herdsmen on communities
LAST week, a worrisome incident was reported in the media, of how 10 soldiers from the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, on December 19, 2020, escorted Fulani herdsmen to Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The soldiers were alleged to have flogged the residents for rejecting Fulani herdsmen’s rights to […]
Obasanjo impeded Tinubu’s ambition to become Vice President in 2015 — Oyinlola
Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun state, and chieftain of the main opposition party in Nigeria, PDP, has said former President Obasanjo impeded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, and current National leader of the APC from becoming President Muhammadu Buhari’s vice-presidential candidate in 2015.
Soldiers speak from battlefield
Soldiers are the ones who bear the brunt. They are in the frontlines, battling daily with Boko Haram insurgents. They face the bullets, get hit and die in the war front.
Ex-speaker, Dogara buries father-in-law in Bauchi
Mr Yakubu Dogara, former speaker, House of Representatives, on Saturday, buried his father-in-law, Mr Stephen Gonto, in Mwari, Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gonto, father of Dogara’s wife, Gimbiya, was a retired Master Warrant Officer in the Nigerian Army, born on June 20, 1942, and […]
Fighting the COVID-19 infodemic
THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, last week, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to allay peoples’ fears and misconceptions about the […]
Shippers Council holds stakeholders meeting on NPPM implementation
By Providence Adeyinka Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC will Tuesday hold a one-day stakeholders meeting on the implementation of the Nigerian Ports Process Manual, NPPM in Abuja. The meeting which though is strictly by invitation, the Council expects stakeholders to join via Zoom. In a statement signed by the management of NSC noted that the Minister […]
Buhari revalidates APC membership, challenges party’s leadership on registrationn
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of the party at the grassroots. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the president made call when he hosted Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, some governors and […]
WHO says overcoming leprosy is more than early diagnosis, prompt treatment
Mr Yohei Sasakawa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, says overcoming leprosy involves more than early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Sasakawa stated this in his message to mark the World Leprosy Day posted on the WHO website. The World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every year on the last Sunday of […]
Gunmen kidnap 21 travellers along Kaduna-Kachia Road
A councillor from Southern Kaduna and few others have escaped and ran through the bush when gunmen abducted about 21 people along the Kaduna – Kachia road late Friday.
Let’s stop ‘smiling & dancing’ military operations
By Tonnie Iredia Loud calls in the last year for a change of military service chiefs in Nigeria appear to have ended with the announcement, a few days ago, of a new team. An aggregation of the numerous reactions to the new team to be led by war veteran, Lucky Irabor shows that the idea […]
3 victims of Port Harcourt gas plant fire dead
By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – THREE victims of the fire outbreak at Adros Gas Company in Rumuodomaya, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State have been reported dead. A staff at the gas plant revealed on anonymity that the three company staff who were being treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) […]
Women know all men are obsessed with size
By Bunmi Sofola “Years ago”, recalled Lizzy, a fifty-something IT expert, “when our house was always full of small children, I staggered downstairs with a few of fellow mothers after a chaotic session with some of the children in the bathroom, all wanting to be refreshed at my toddlers birthdays. We found the visiting Dads […]
Elites not interested in rating but harassing my govt ― Buhari
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his constituency in Daura, Katsina State. President Buhari, who was accompanied by APC Caretaker Committee members; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Governors and other party members at the exercise declared that the era of endorsing people from Abuja […]
Nigeria can’t work, Tony Momoh roars in support of restructuring
Prince Tony Momoh, a Journalist and Lawyer, was Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture (1986-1990). In January 2011, he became the National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change CPC, one of the “legacy parties” which merged to form the now ruling All Progressives Congress APC.
