West Africa may be the worst hit in the imminent food crises as unfair product prices, climate change and outmoded agricultural practices conspire to foretell even more cases of hunger in the entire world. Dakar-Oxfam America, an international organization that works with partners across the world to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice had in a press statement warned…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has said that the defection of four of its members in the state House of Assembly to the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) will have no effect on the party. Describing the development as “good riddance for bad rubbish,” the party in a statement by its Director of Publicity, Adeolu Adeyemo…
Jim to re-launch website Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, will re-launch his official website on Saturday, February 19. According to his manager, Bode Ojo, “Jim decided to redesign his website and establish an official online presence, including his official social media pages.” The actor, who dabbled into music in 2009, said he would also re-organise his social network profile to protect…
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Whether the voters’ registration exercise has ended or not is not the issue many Nigerians are talking about these days. The concerns about that exercise are largely about the huge sums spent on its execution compared to the number of voters actually registered. The electoral commission informed us that about 60 million Nigerians have been registered to vote in the…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday indicated that it is working towards the harmonisation of the capital market rules and regulations to make for cross border listing of companies on stock exchanges across the sub-region. At the 27th meeting of the convergence council of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) last week in Abuja, Nigeria’s president and chairman…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) continued its picketing of Union Bank yesterday after a similar action on Monday paralysed activities for a few hours at some of the bank’s branches across the country. As at close of normal banking hours, the doors to the head office in Lagos remained shut, as petroleum tankers and union buses were used to barricade…
The Delta State Government will take responsibility for the education of the children of a middle-aged woman, Victoria Okodaso, who was one of those killed in a stampede during the south-south Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential rally in Port-Harcourt last week, . The state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan announced the decision when he paid the family of the late PDP supporter…
A police officer, Funke Jimoh, has sued the Nigeria Police Force and the Police Service Commission in a Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly violating her right to medical attention. According to an affidavit submitted by Ms. Jimoh in court, she was participating in a mandatory police cross country race training exercise at the Eleyele Police Training School in…
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria has reacted to a statement credited to a Dutch Parliamentarian, Sharon Gesthuizen, that the men and officers of the Task Force are involved in illegal bunkering of petroleum products. The Coordinator of the task force’s Joint Media Campaign Centre, Timothy Antigha, said the statement was made with the intention…
The minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, says Nigeria’s energy sector will witness unprecedented transformation in the next four years. Mrs. Allison-Madueke said this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the Chief Officers’ Management Development Programme Batches 063 to 068 of the NNPC. The minister said the federal government had prepared an enabling environment for the transformation initiative.…
The Ondo State government is to carry out soil treatment on 500 hectares of land for the planting of the Ghana high-yield cocoa at Oda Plantation in Akure. The state commissioner for agriculture, Julius Akinnigbagbe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure that the government would also train farmers on the production of the cocoa type.…
15 February 2011 Tunisia scored late in each half to triumph 2-0 against Senegal Tuesday in a top-of-the-table African Nations Championship Group D clash and secure a quarter-finals place. Angola also advanced to the knockout stage in Sudan by coming from behind against lowly Rwanda to win 2-1 and snatch second spot on the final standings after another dramatic day…
15 February 2011 Inter Milan coach Leonardo has leapt to the defence of striker Samuel Eto'o after the Cameroon captain was heavily criticised in some quarters for his performance against Juventus. Eto'o missed a sitter from five yards, hitting the bar with an open goal to aim at while also completely missing an attempted volley as Inter rallied late on…
16 February 2011 Angola coach Lito says it was his side's mental strength that saw them to victory over Rwanda on Tuesday, a result which cemented their place in the quarterfinals of the 2011 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Sudan. Angola beat the Rwanda 2-1, having come from behind, which coupled with Tunisia's 2-0 victory over Senegal, allowed the Palancas…