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How Peter Obi made me a millionaire computer programmer as a teenager – Don Solace

How Peter Obi made me a millionaire computer programmer as a teenager – Don Solace

The Chief Executive Officer of AFOBATA Co. Ltd., Alajekwu Chinagbaogu Virginus, popularly known as Solace has explained in a gathering how former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi’s provision of computers to his school made him who he is today. According to him, his journey as a Computer […]

Yilwatda, 2023 and the Plateau vision

Yilwatda, 2023 and the Plateau vision

By Stephen Danjuma Kwande  BEFORE the emergence of Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Plateau State, other eminent contestants were also in the race for Little Ray-field. Most of them are from the Central Zone of the state which is generally believed to be the zone to produce […]

CJN decries rise in sexual offences, seeks stiff sanctions

CJN decries rise in sexual offences, seeks stiff sanctions

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday, decried the rising spate of sexual offences and other related crimes against women and children in the country, and called for stiff sanctions for offenders. The CJN, who spoke at the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity-building workshop for the National Association […]

The era of lame-duck is here

The era of lame-duck is here

By Eric Teniola WITH the selection of the presidential flag bearers by the various political parties for next year’s election, the era of lame- duck, especially in the central government, is here. The lame-duck definition refers to when a person in power has entered the final stages of their control, and the chosen successor has […]

2023: Bizman backs Peter Obi’s presidential bid

2023: Bizman backs Peter Obi’s presidential bid

By Etop Ekanem A young business tycoon, Mr. Ifeanyi Onukwubiri,  has given his support to the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, adding that Obi is  a business man of high repute and would make policies that will boost local and foreign investments for the nation’s economy to boom, adding that Obi’s  personal track […]

Segun Oni and lessons of the Ekiti guber election

Segun Oni and lessons of the Ekiti guber election

TRUTH be told, only incurable optimism buoyed by infantile naivety of the Nigerian political environment would have suggested a different result from the outcome of the Ekiti State gubernatorial election held last Saturday. Not unexpectedly, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, was declared the winner of the election; the hero was Chief Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was the self-injured loser.

Planned protest against Customs Modernisation Project fails 

Planned protest against Customs Modernisation Project fails 

A secretly planned protest targeted at the Customs Modernisation Project has reportedly hit a brick wall. The planned protest was reportedly aimed at disrupting the project which is focused on reforming the Nigeria Customs Service and extending the focus of the Comptroller General of Customs to weed out corruption in the process, will have a […]

Reality of impending crisis over growing impunity within APC 

Reality of impending crisis over growing impunity within APC 

By Mohamed Garba ABOUT eight months to the general elections, the All Progressives Congress, APC, seems to be waltzing into another wave of crises that may hinder its electoral chances in many constituencies across the country. The arbitrary replacement of duly nominated candidates by officials at the National Headquarters of the party with those that […]

World Refugee Day: UN calls for protection of over 77,000 refugees in Nigeria

World Refugee Day: UN calls for protection of over 77,000 refugees in Nigeria

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has called on all Nigerians to render support, protection and care for over 77,000 refugees wherever and whenever they meet them. Head of Ogoja Sub Office of (UNHCR) in Cross River,Mr Tesfaye Bekele made the call on Monday in Ogoja local government area […]

Minister visits Tin Can Port, restates FG’s plans to reconstruct Quay

Minister visits Tin Can Port, restates FG’s plans to reconstruct Quay

The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, has restated the federal government plans through the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, for the total reconstruction of Quay walls of the TinCan Island Port Complex that have become weak due to age. Speaking yesterday during her tour of the Lagos Port Complexes, the Minister said “we cannot […]

Itsekiri RDC opens bid for rigid pavement, solar powered light, land reclamation, others

Itsekiri RDC opens bid for rigid pavement, solar powered light, land reclamation, others

THE Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, under the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited JV GMoU Governance Model, has  opened bid for rigid pavement, solar powered light, land reclamation, housing, town hall, concrete road and other strategic infrastructural projects in the 23 IRDC communities, encapsulating the 2021/2022 projects’ circle of the community development committee. A breakdown of the […]

The world and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

The world and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

NIGERIANS look forward to the 2023 elections for many and varied  reasons. However, other people are interested in the elections and their outcomes for several reasons.