Teachers, students in high spirit as schools resume across FCT
Teachers, pupils and students were on Monday seen in high spirit as schools in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) resumed for the 2021/ 2022 academic activities. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) correspondent, who went round some schools, spotted teaching and non-teaching members of staff going about their various activities. The schools visited equally adhered to the […]
Sit-At-Home: Onitsha, Nnewi on lockdown despite Anambra govt’s threat
Onitsha the commercial city and Nnewi the industrial town of Anambra were totally locked town on Monday, as residents continues to observe the Monday weekly Sit-at-home, long suspended by the indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB.
63% of Nigerians score FG poor on fight against corruption – Report
WITH current state of affairs in the nation, the African Polling Institute, API, Monday, released its report called Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey, #NSCS2021, indicated 63 per cent of Nigerians scored Federal Government poor on fight against corruption.
NIRSAL trains over 700, 000 farmers, others in agribusiness
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) has trained 700, 000 farmers and other agricultural value chain actors across the country, in its ongoing efforts to improve the capacity and productivity of Nigerian farmers
That failed Broderick Bozimo and the great thinkers
I HAVE been somewhere held captive by a soothing sleep but just awakened by heavy raindrops upon my roof ‘dribbling and falling like orange or mango fruits showered forth in the wind…’ It rained like that JP-Clarked ‘ ‘Night Rain” forcing mother to ‘deploy’ ‘wooden bowls’ and ‘earthenware’ about the ‘roomlet’ and ‘floor’ as a timely barricade against any possession dance the raindrops may be tempted to stage on the floor.
CAN condemns attacks on worshipers in Kogi
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kogi chapter, on Monday condemned in strong term the recent attacks on churches and worshipers by gunmen in the state. Recall that gunmen invaded a place of worship in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday, killed one person, injured three and abducted two worshipers. The gunmen had also last month attacked […]
Sit-at-home records zero compliance in Umuahia
The Monday sit-at-homes by the Indigenous People of Biafra recorded zero compliance in Umuahia the Abia State capital as residents went about their normal businesses
Breaking: Sanwo-Olu signs Anti-Open grazing bill to law
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, signed into law the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill, 2021.
Why Nigerians aren’t driving electric cars yet – Usman, CEO, Zuab Motors
By Olayinka Ajayi Zekeri Mudi Usman is the founder and CEO of Zuab Motors Ltd and co-founder of Infometriq Data Network Ltd. In this interview, Usman speaks about growing up and how to be successful in a hostile business environment like the one we have in Nigeria. Tell us about your early life, education and […]
VAT collection by states, a wake-up call for Gombe, says Gov Yahaya
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has said that the move by governments of Lagos and Rivers to begin collecting Value-Added Tax (VAT) in their states was a wake-up call for the state
Merrick Lori: Father of doctors, lover of Iwereland
By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Sometime in 2011, I received a call from Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, asking if I could visit her Surulere residence before the end of the week. Two days later, I was at the home of the revered Itsekiri matriarch. “Dr, meet Charles, my son,” she said in her usually firm voice. […]
