By Aliyu Dangida Dutse – Jigawa state government has approved the release of N2.3 billion for the renovation of 400 primary and post-primary schools across the state, Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Rukayyatu Ahmad Rufai, has disclosed. Briefing newsmen in her office, Prof. Rukayya said that out of the fund 300 sets of […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – The Anambra State Fadama III baseline survey has begun, even as the  Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Sam Okiwe, has called on those involved in the five-day baseline survey training for the Project to endeavour to achieve the goals of the programme. Okiwe […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Lagos – Concerned  by the declining cooking culture among urban Nigerian girls and young women, a group of women under the aegis of “Abia Daughters (AD) International, is organising a cooking competition involving all Nigerian girls between the ages of 18 and 25 to prepare Nigerian delicacies. Tagged “Daughters in the kitchen,” […]

MEMBERS of the oil and gas communities in Delta State, under the auspices of the Host Communities (HOSTCOM), yesterday asked Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to publish its annual audited accounts to allow for autonomous enquiry into its expenditure.

MINSTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Odein Ajumogbia (SAN), said yesterday in Asaba that there was need for Niger Delta governors to look inwards and diversify away from oil and gas, noting that no amount of proceeds from oil and gas could be sufficient to develop the area.