Lai: I’ve no mission with Twitter in US
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the online media report that he “sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executive’’ in the U.S. is fake.
Kano Blasphemy Case: SANs can’t stand before Sharia Court, says defence
The defence team in the blasphemy case against Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara has said Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, cannot appear before the Upper Sharia Court.
Madrid’s Odegaard set for permanent Arsenal move
By Temisan Amoye Martin Odegaard is set for a permanent move to Arsenal after the Gunners agreed a deal worth around €40m with Real Madrid to bring the Norwegian playmaker to London. Talks have been ongoing between Arsenal and Madrid, but the arrival of new manager Ancelotti and failure to agree a fee complicated negotiations, […]
Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Road Project: FG to compensate affected Benue communities next week
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has assured that the Ministry will next week commence the payment of compensation to families and communities dislodge or adversely affected along the Benue state stretch of the ongoing dualization of Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi project. The Minister who made the disclosure when he […]
No plan to increase taxes – Obaseki
o says his administration has no plans to increase taxes but needs more citizens’ participation in tax payment.
Why Sam Amuka, Reuben Abati, others should return to classrooms ― Aremo Osoba
“NUJ, should be the one to control the profession. The body should register bloggers. Anyone not registered must not be seen as a journalist.”
Produce made-in-Nigeria vaccine for COVID-19, UNN VC charges NAPA
With the third wave of COVID-19 ravaging the health and economy of the globe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, Wednesday, charged the Nigeria Association of Pharmacists in Academia, NAPA, to produce a made-in-Nigeria vaccine for coronavirus.
Journalism teachers need to be retrained to bridge ‘the gap’ — Adefaye, NIJ Provost
The Provost, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Mr Gbenga Adefaye has called on media trainers to constantly trained and retrained themselves to bridge the gap between the classroom and the newsroom.
APC criticizing commercialization/privatization of Benue moribund industries out of ignorance, frustration – Ortom
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue Wednesday said members of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state are kicking against the commercialization and privatization of 25 moribund state-owned industries out of ignorance and frustration. The Governor said by kicking against the process, the APC was clearing exhibiting its ignorance […]
NNPC, CMEC, GE seal deal for 50MW Maiduguri power plant
tion (NNPC) on Wednesday disclosed that it has signed a contract with China Machinery Engineering Company, CMEC, and General Electric, GE, to provide 50 Mega Watts of electricity to Maiduguri, Borno State.
Partnering LAWMA, others on sanitation will reduce cholera spread— Latter Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, ahead of her 15th All-Africa Service project, has stated that partnering with the Lagos State Waste Management, LAWMA, non-governmental organisations, NGOs, and market associations, among others, to clean the state will help fight the spread of cholera and other sicknesses.
