The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja ordered the re-opening of the Kaduna Polytechnic and directed the former rector, Alhaji Danjuma Isa, to go on compulsory leave.Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufai, who gave the directive while addressing new...
Governors of the South-Western region of Nigeria have resolved to put resources together to ensure rapid socio-economic and infrastructural development of states in the region. This was one of the agreements reached by governors of states in the ...
Unemployment and attendant poverty have been linked to the increase and proliferation of crime in the country thus affecting the security of the people. The state coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Yobe State, Alhaji Ada...
There were wild jubilations in Akure yesterday as civil servants trooped in their hundreds to celebrate the approval of the N18,000 minimum wage by the Ondo State government. Governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko had earlier in the morning met with Labour ...
The purpose of this world is not to be a permanent place that is why Allah created death to be the only way out of this world for every creature and also to test every soul whether they will be grateful or ungrateful.Allah says in Q67v1-2 “...
Food, the most important necessity of any living organism in the world, has formed many relations and caused conflicts not only among humans but also among animals. To satiate the appetite, an organism fights, work and go to any extent which can neithe...
Willy Ezeugwu is the secretary-general of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP). He was also Orji-Uzor Kalu’s presidential campaign manager before the former jettisoned his ambition. In this chat with ONUKOGU KANAYO JUBAL, he takes ...
Lawrence Alobi (rtd) is a security consultant and the former commissioner of police, FCT. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, he described the recent bombing of the Police Headquarters as an act of terrorism, the lawyer also stated that prompt and decis...
The agency charged with regulating the foods, drug and cosmetics sector in Nigeria is the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency’s Director General, Dr. Paul B. Orhii, joined the agency amidst some contr...
The screening and confirmation of 14 ministerial nominees out of the 34 sent to the Senate and their subsequent swearing in by President Goodluck Jonathan, has finally put an end to the anxiety in the polity following the president’s inability to...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday swore in the second set of ministerial nominees earlier scrutinised and cleared by the National Assembly. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he restate...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday placed a weighty challenge on the shoulders of his special advisers, saying they must be more informed and educated than his ministers in areas where they were appointed to counsel him. Jonathan gave this charge af...
A six-year-old boy was late Wednesday pulled out of the collapsed building at Idumota area of Lagos State alive more than 24 hours after the accident. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the boy whose identity could not be immediately ascert...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has said that he ordered the revocation of the N10 billion skill acquisition centres in Edo and Delta states to uphold President Goodluck Jonathan’s promises of meeting up the developmen...
The death toll in the four-storey building collapse at 4, Mogaji Street, Idumota/Ebute-Ero area, Lagos Island on Tuesday night has continued to increase, largely due to the distortion in the physical planning of the area that has made immediate evacuat...