Hope Rises For Credible 2019 Polls As CSOs Review Post 2015 Elections
Barely two years to the next general elections, a notable organisation in the nation’s electoral system, Elections Roundtable Expert Group (EREG) recently held a stakeholders meeting in Lagos where...
View ArticlePolice Detain Protesting ExxonMobil’s Disengaged Contract Workers
Some members of the Association of Disengaged Contract Workers of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) who took the grievance to the Headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)...
View ArticleDead Man Grabs Brother’s Hands In Mortuary
There was panic today at the mortuary of Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos, when the hand of the corpse of a man being prepared for burial suddenly grabbed his living brother’s hand. The incident...
View ArticleNigeria Loses N380bn Annually From Cashew Export
Nigeria has been losing $5 billion (N380bn) annually from Cashew nut tree by not given deserving attention to it despite having capacity to create enormous wealth for farmers across the country and...
View ArticleHeritage Bank Launches Stock App For SMEs
In line with its commitment to ensure swift expansion of the micro small medium enterprises (MSME) market segment, Heritage Bank has introduced MyStocKIT, an android hand-held solution that enables...
View ArticleMTN Nigeria Disengages 280 Staff
MTN Nigeria has disengaged 200 full time employees and 80 contract staff as part of a restructuring exercise in line with its IGNITE transformation initiative to reposition the telecommunications into...
View ArticleDangote New Pasta: The Real Alternative To Rice
No doubt, the most popular food in Nigeria today is rice. Most Nigerians do not see Pasta as a major meal and some of those who prefer it over rice consumption complain about its sticky nature. After...
View ArticleWe’ve Already Started Moving Out Of Recession – Finance Minister
The minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said the nation’s economy has started moving out recession as President Muhammadu Buhari’s- led administration was bringing a lot of efficiency into...
View ArticleWidening The Scope Of BVN
In achieving the goals of the Bank Verification Number (BVN), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently extended the registration to other financial institutions including microfinance banks,...
View ArticleWorld Bank’s $500m Grant To Tackle, Erosion, Flooding – Jibril
The minister of environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, has disclosed that World Bank’s $500million grant to the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) was aimed at tackling gully...
View ArticleAir Peace Repositions For Int’l Flights, Trains Pilots
The minister of environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, has disclosed that World Bank’s $500million grant to the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) was aimed at tackling gully...
View ArticleAs Peace Corps Sails Through The Storms With Hope
“There are some things we learn on stormy seas that we never learn on calm smooth waters.”-Danny L Deaube and Vincent Van Gogh. No doubt, success and storms goes hand in hand. If we separate the two...
View ArticleKogi: Issues Surrounding Assassination Attempt On Melaye
In the nineties, a Commercial Bank’s Agricultural Credit Officer who is an indigene of Kogi state approved agricultural credit loans for some small scale farmers in Koton-Karfe town and environs. The...
View ArticleKatsina Moves To Boost Malnutrition Fight With N400m
Katsina State Government is to raise N400 million to help fund critical therapeutic food, otherwise known as RUTF, for malnourished children in the state. A significant part of the fund will cover the...
View ArticleShenzhen: Fishing Village Turned High-tech Innovation City
Once upon a time, many years ago all that existed of Shenzhen was a little fishing village. At present, it can be called the silicon valley of China. How did this city evolve into what it is today?...
View ArticleRe-Kogi APC’s Petition Against Prof Stephen Ocheni: The Need For Nation Building
When Nigerians and in fact Kogi State as an entity is about to heave a sigh of relief following the nomination of Professor Stephen Ocheni by President Muhammadu Buhari to represent the state in the...
View ArticleSecurity Beefed up in A/Ibom Cross-river Warring communities
Worried by the lingering border clash between the people of Oku Iboku in Itu Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State and their neighbours Ikot Offiong in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River...
View ArticleMay Day: NLC/TUC demand prompt payment of salaries, others in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the state government to prioritize the prompt payment of workers salaries in the state as it...
View ArticleMinisterial Nominee: Ocheni Cleared Over Professorial Appointment
The Kogi State University (KSU) Anyigba, has declared that the professorial appointment of Kogi ministerial nominee, Stephen Ikani Ocheni, followed due process, calling on the general public to...
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