By Tajudeen Balogun The desire and goal to make Nigeria a net exporter of rice will be actualized if large commercial farms capable of complementing the small scale farmers are encouraged and motivated. Large mechanized rice farms like new OLAM’s 6,000-hectare farm, it has been proffered as an adequate measure for boosting food production and […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on behalf of the Federal Government has commiserated with Kogi State the Governor, Captain Idris Wada, government and people of Kogi State on the passing away of Wada’s father, Pa Wada Ejiga who passed on at the age of 100 years. President Jonathan described the late centenarian as a worthy son of […]
Disappointed by the ongoing nationwide strike by the resident Doctors and fruitless efforts by stakeholders to end the action, the Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has called for a public debate between the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and government representatives. Professor Chukwu threw the challenge at a press conference in Abuja on weekend. The […]
Dr Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance, said the Federal Government was planning more support for the three northeast states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, to restore “the means of livelihood of the people” of the area worse hit by four years of the Boko Haram insurgency. Iweala on Wednesday joined a team of experts […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts of a well orchestrated plot by the All Progressive Congress, APC, to cause confusion and set the stage for disturbances in Ekiti State following their realization that the people have rejected them ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Part of this plot, the party said, is the highly inflammatory address […]
Delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja have recommended to President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of emergency in the power sector. The recommendation was made while adopting the report of the conference committee on Energy. The conference similraly recommended that Federal Government should not leave power and energy to private sectors as […]
In a fit of rage, a prostitute in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, yesterday stabbed a soldier to death following a disagreement over the payment for services rendered. The soldier (name withheld) was brutally stabbed twice in the stomach by the commercial sex worker at about 4 am at the popular red light spot in […]
An explosion ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday, residents said, as fans gathered to watch the World Cup. The blast at the Crossfire venue, in the Nayi-Nawa area of the state capital of Yobe, happened at about 8:00 pm (1900 GMT), just as tournament hosts Brazil kicked off against […]
Jacob Oyewale, Abuja The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has shortlisted a Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Mr. Festus Keyamo, and 22 others for the award of the rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary to the LPPC, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi disclosed this in a statement […]
The remains of late Director – General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili, is to be committed to mother earth on Saturday August 28 in Anambra state, South-East Nigeria In a statement issued on Sunday by the former Information and Communication Mininster’s husband, Dr Chike, the family […]
LEADERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday accused President Jonathan of ineptitude, weakness and lack of capacity to solve the problems of the country. The APC leaders, who spoke at the 1st National Convention of the party at Eagle Square, Abuja, insisted there must be change in the leadership of the country, urging […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a cheap and ludicrous strategy the decision by the Federal Government to use market women, religious leaders and students to put pressure on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike without resolving the issues that caused the strike in […]
By Femi Kehinde The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested, one Kunle Adeshola a self-acclaimed Assistant Commissioner of Police who has been parading himself as an operative of the Commission and defrauding officials of government agencies under the guise of conducting phantom investigations. In a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, acting Head, Media & […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) says the preliminary readout and analysis of the crashed flight 361 flight recorder indicated that the right engine of the aircraft was faulty before it crashed 2 minutes after takeoff killing 14 people out 20 onboard. Commissioner for AIB, Capt. Usman Muktar disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Friday. Capt. […]
Apparently to break the back of the camel as a result of the ongoing strike by the university lecturers, the Federal Government has directed the stoppage of the lecturers’ salaries with immediate effect. In what appears like the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo’s counsel to the country’s head of state, Yakubu Gowon, during the 30 month […]
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted the ruling by a Lagos High Court, presided over by Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, who on October 10, 2013, threw out the suit instituted against what it describes as “the illegal party regime of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and his National Working Committee […]
The African Examiner, There was a crash scare on Friday as Benin-bound Arik Flight returned to Abuja for Landing after about 45 minutes hovering over the Benin Airport. This incident is coming barely 24 hours after the Lagos crash carrying the corpse of late former Governor Olusegun Agagu killing 13 out of 20 passengers on […]
…As Lagos Assembly Describes Crash as National Disaster Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has ordered investigation into the Associated Airline plane crash that killed 14 people on Thursday in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The president said the investigation must ascertain the cause of the crash and the actions to be taken to nip in the bud such […]
By Femi Kehinde, Professor Wale Oladipo has been sworn-in as substantive National Secretary of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party in connection with last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Prof. Oladipo replaces Chief Remi Akitoye who has been in acting capacity as national secretary since June 20. He was nominated as national […]
Speaker of the House of representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Fay, have urged youths, especially adherents of the Catholic faith, to always put service above self, and redirect their energies to efforts that will make Nigeria a greater nation for all its peoples. The two leaders […]
