Account for $6m plane sold to Cross River, Wike tells Amaechi
In furtherance of his demand for accountability on Rivers State assets sold under the preceding administration, Governor Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, challenged his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to account for proceeds of the Dash 8 Propeller aircraft sold to Cross River State
Afrilearn empowers students, teachers, others with free e-learning app
By Nnamdi Ojiego In its commitment to enhance access to quality education, Afrilearn, a technology startup, said it has made its educational mobile application freely accessible to primary and secondary school students across Nigeria and beyond. A statement on Wednesday by Afrilearn said the goal was to empower students to study at their own pace […]
We’re not contributing to hazardous soot in Rivers State, Indorama says
Nigeria’s domestic producers of polymer and fertilizers, Indorama on Tuesday, dismissed allegations that emissions from its Eleme plants contribute to the hazardous soot in Rivers state.
Banditry: I killed over 20, but I’ve repented now — 21-yr-old arrested Turji’s boy confesses
The 21-year-old suspected terrorist, Naziru Sani, working under the camp of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist, on the police wanted list for acts of terrorism has confessed to killing over 20 persons in several attacks across Nigeria’s northwest.
Delayed release of examination results defeats its purpose
THE Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB, last week released results of the 2021 examinations in the wake of the public outcry of students, parents and guardians. While some attributed the delay to the alleged incompetence of the exam body, some alleged the existence of a grand scheme designed to create a panic among the concerned […]
Reps probe recurrent power blackout nationwide
House of Representatives, Wednesday, resolved to investigate recurrent power blackout across the federation.
Opinion: Thinking the right way of making money
THE level of unspeakable and unimaginable ways of getting money has become extremely outrageous. You can’t imagine full-fledged men on a major street defecating and eating the same faeces, with a claim that it is a ritual preceding their wealth acquisition.
APC moves to resolve Kano crisis before convention
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has embarked on last-minute troubleshooting efforts to resolve the existential crisis in its Kano state chapter.
Opinion: The Okowa Mystique in Delta Politics
There is a characteristic, call it a distinctive quality that is discernible in the person of the Governor of Delta State, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa. It is the aura of his bright glow in handling issues of politics in a way that produces results that assuage and engender peace and togetherness.
Nigeria’s unfinished Igbo business
THE 2023 political/electoral season has opened. The search for the next president is on. While some Nigerians want the next president to come from their regional or ethnic section, others are calling for the prioritisation of “merit” without defining what it means in the context of Nigeria’s politics.
Dowen College: Doctor narrates how Oromoni died
By Henry Ojelu LAGOS—THE Medical Director of Vicah Clinic/Hospital, Warri, in Delta State, Dr. Owhojedo Henry, yesterday, narrated how Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, died, while receiving treatment in his hospital. Owhojedo, in a statement on oath sworn before the Chief Coroner’s Court in Epe, Lagos, said the parents of the deceased contacted him after […]
