LIFE-ND: Bold initiative to check poverty, hunger and criminality
The high-impact project started rather quietly but has succeeded in awakening the consciousness of the people of the Niger Delta to till more of their land, invest more in food production and earn more income in the process so as to live better and happier. Like a fine wine, the programme tagged ‘LIFE-ND’ meaning Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises for the Niger Delta, gets better each passing day.
After the presidential election, came the rains
By Owei Lakemfa AFTER the presidential election on Saturday, February 25, 2023, the rains came down in Abuja. No, they were not pitiful tears even when Nigeria, an otherwise prosperous country has been reduced to a beggarly state. Rather, they were rains cleansing the country, starting with a thorough wash of the county’s seat of […]
Okowa’s aide beaten, hospitalised after election
Warri – Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth Development, Comr Festus Otesiri Igherebuo, has been hospitalised after he was brutalised by perceived political opponents during Saturday’s presidential elections in Warri, Delta state. Igherebo who is also Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary in Warri South Local Government Area was beaten at Unit 8 Okumagba […]
APC candidate Yar’adua, wins Katsina Central Senatorial election
APC candidate Yar’adua, wins Katsina Central Senatorial election
Why I quit partisan politics in Nigeria – Kingsley Moghalu
Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party, ADC, Kingsley Moghalu has said his experience in the political terrain in Nigeria made him quit partisan politics.
SDP’s Akwashiki wins Senate seat for second-term
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Godiya Akwashiki of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), as the winner of Saturday’s election for Nasarawa North Senatorial District. The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Ilemona Adofu of Federal University, Lafia, in the early hours of Monday in Akwanga, declared Akwashiki as the winner with 44,471 votes. […]
Presidential Election: Tinubu floors Atiku, others in Niger
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner in the presidential election held in Niger state.
SEC pushes for Nigerian commodities to be accepted in international market
By Peter Egwuatu The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has called on critical stakeholders to work hard to make the country’s agricultural commodities to be accepted in the international market. To this end, it Commission expressed readiness to collaborate with the National Pension Commission, PenCom, on areas that would assist in deepening the commodities ecosystem. […]
Nigeria donates $1m to Turkey as earthquake relief
Nigerian government has donated $1 million to the Turkish government over the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey about three week ago.
Presidential Election Results: Tinubu takes Ondo
INEC has announced Ondo State final results of the presidential election held across the country on Saturday, with Tinubu winning
Gambling with an emergency candidate in Abia
By GODWIN OKORIE The sudden death of the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Professor Uche Ikonne, a few weeks to the general elections, has obviously created more worries for a party that was already in tatters, like an old, worn out and dismembered umbrella. The party’s crisis started […]
