Infrastructure vandalism: Scavengers threaten Lagos bridge, 27 arrested
By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has uncovered alleged vandalism of critical infrastructure beneath the newly constructed bridge linking Festac Town with the Alakija area of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of the state. The discovery was made during a special enforcement operation conducted by state government agencies in line with the directive […]
Okereke tasks FG on completion of Enugu Trade Fair complex
By Tony Edike ENUGU—DIRECTOR General, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), Dr Emeka Okereke, has called on the Federal Government to as matter of urgency, release sufficient fund to develop the permanent site of the Enugu Trade Fair Complex. Okereke told reporters in Enugu, that unless substantial funds were made available to […]
Controversy trails utilization of malaria fund
By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—Controversies trailed on the distribution of Malaria funds at the state level, as Nigerian government received yet another $100million from World Bank to fund the countries rid malaria initiative. With the WHO 2015 target to rid the country of Managers of malaria from some states have expressed concern over non- accessibility and […]
N-Delta: FG hails oil companies
By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—VICE President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the oil multi-national operating in Nigeria for their steadfastness and confidence in government’s initiatives aimed at restoring peace and guaranteeing normal business environment for oil exploration and production in the Nigeria. The Vice President stated this when he received the Vice Chairman of the Board of […]
Ogun: Rights group condemns political crisis
Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSO) has decried the serial political crises bedevilling Ogun State in recent times and particularly the last publication of a photograph of “nude photographs of a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly whilst ‘supposedly’ taking a secret oath†which has triggered “counter-accusations and fresh allegations of fetish escapades […]
N-Delta: Kekemeke advocates education as solution to militancy
By Dayo Johnson AKURE—FORMER Chairman of the National Examination Commission (NECO) and the immediate Secretary to the Ondo State government, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke yesterday advocated “education solution†as a panacea to the youths’ restiveness and militancy in the Niger Delta region of the Country. Kekemeke said in Akure “by introducing compulsory qualitative education in all […]
