By Obinna Akukwe Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended and victimized Nigeria’s apex bank chief is already my man of the year for 2013- he has oscillated from my enemy to my friend, my whistle-blower and my hero. In Nigeria where religious and tribal sentiments have beclouded our reasoning that we do not see anything good […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Cutler Communications, an integrated marketing communications agency, has unveiled an initiative, Promoting Entrepreneurial Education (PEE), to address the country’s current unemployment situation. The initiative was unveiled at a public discourse tagged “Job Creation: Pathway to Sustainable Economic Growth,” which held in Lagos. According to Chief Operating Officer of Cutler Communications, Cutler Communications, […]
Traffic gridlock is imminent on Lagos-Abeokuta Road, Dopemu and Iyana-Ipaja areas of Lagos, Nigeria as the Lagos State Government has announced the closure of the Dopemu and Iyana-Ipaja bridges for repair. The two bridges are critical to traffic situation in the area and when shut, there will be total paralysis in Egbeda, Dopemu, Agege, Iyana-Ipaja […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday rolled out guidelines in respect of the end-to-end electronic payment of salaries, pensions, suppliers and taxes initiative in alignment with the care objectives of National Payment System Vision 2020. The objective of the payment system is to ensure availability of safe and effective mechanisms for conveniently making […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Leading global consumer goods company, Procter & Gamble Nigeria, will on Thursday March 13, commission its new multi-million Dollar Consumer goods plant in Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun State. The event is expected to be chaired by his Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and witnessed by many top dignitaries, the diplomatic community and […]
Ignatius Okppara, Enugu Delta state Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called on the Federal Government to rename the second Niger bridge Asaba/Onitsha Bridge. The Governor, who made the call in Onitsha Monday during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the second bridge across the river Niger, said that the second bridge was significant and […]
(BBC) Two men travelling on stolen passports on board a missing Malaysian airliner were Iranians with no apparent links to terror groups, officials say. Malaysian police named one as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 18, and said he was probably migrating to Germany. Interpol identified the other as Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 […]
Serious Crisis is now brewing at the Abia state owned College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu(ASCETA)as its two staff unions; the Academic (COEASU) and non Academic Staff (NASU) have declare a war on the provost, Dr. Christian Nwamuo over alleged mismanagement of the school funds. In a petition jointly signed by Comrade J.K. Ugbuta, Chairman, COEASU […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri Academic activities were completely paralysed on monday at Urban secondary school, New Owerri, Imo state, as gun-wielding young boys suspected to be cultists invaded the school, forcing teachers and students scampering for safety. Some of the fleeing teachers and students were said to have sustained various degrees of injuries while running for […]
A Benin High Court, presided over by Justice Esther Edigin has ordered that the immediate past Secretary to Edo State government Dr Simon Imuekemhe, and three others be remanded in prison custody over alleged financial fraud. The accused persons,Imuekemhe, Joseph Emoabino, Aghator Efe and Davidi Igbinoba, are facing trial on eight count charges of diversion […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Premium noodles brand, Indomie Instant Noodles has added yet another ‘first’ to its long list of laurels by breaking the market with its revolutionary 450gram Chicken Family Pack, a landmark achievement in global noodle circles. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Deepak Singhal, noted that the new variant is tied to the […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has agains defended the timetable released by the commission for the forth coming 2015 general elections. Disgruntled political parties in the country had faulted the sequence of the time table, insisting on having the governorship elections before the presidential election. Meanwhile, […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Guaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the start of its 2014 annual GTCrea8 Promo campaign for Nigerian undergraduates, an initiative aimed at rewarding the Bank’s customers studying in tertiary institutions across the nation. Explaining details of the campaign, the Bank’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Segun Agbaje, said the nine month initiative will provide […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take time off his premature electioneering campaign to visit Yobe State to commiserate with the bereaved families of the innocent school children who were brutally murdered by terrorists last month. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National […]
100 million young girls and women are unable to read a single sentence, concludes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO) report. UNESCO views this as a serious gender imbalance in global education to have left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries unable to read a single sentence, […]
…Launches Higher Grade Of Cement, The First In Africa As the debate rages over the quality of cement produced in the country, leading manufacturers of the commodity, Dangote Cement Plc yesterday raised the bar further when it launched a much higher grade of the product, 52.5N into the Nigerian market. Group Managing Director of the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan on Monday unveiled the 2nd Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State whose construction is to gulp N117 billion. Speaking at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the project, Jonathan said the Federal Government is executing the project under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for a concession period of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Enugu state police command on Monday hinted that the hoodlums that attacked the Enugu Government House in the early hours of Saturday are members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign state of Biafra MASSOB. Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, the state commissioner of police (CP) who disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu, […]
Ignatius Okapara, Enugu There are strong indications that senator Andy Uba, representing Anambra south senatorial district of Anambra state in the National Assembly NASS, may likely dump the ruling peoples Democratic party PDP for opposition crisis ridden All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA. Our correspondent gathered exclusively that the lawmaker began the secret move with the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As the proposed national conference draws near, a coalition of Civil Societies Organizations has described the conference as “a jamboree of fraudulent and selfish government agents.” even as it disowned the list of civil societies delegates representing the Northeastern region of the country. Alhaji Baba Shehu, who is the Secretary of the […]
