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The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, on Tuesday called for adequate funding of the nation’s universities to attain scientific and technological breakthrough, adding that the productivity of any university should not be based on its size but on its impact on the economic, scientific, and industrial breakthrough of the nation. The governor, who made the submission while playing host to…

As the 2011 elections draws nearer, 1 Goal, a global advocacy group canvassing support for increased access to education, has called on Nigerian politicians to pay closer attention to the education sector. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Wale Samuel, the Policy Advisor for Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CASEFA), the group…

I recently had lunch with one of my very good friends and her sprightly white-haired father who is in his seventies. We had arranged to catch up over lunch on a weekday and I was surprised to learn that her father, who still worked in the office with her, would come along as he did several times a week. In…

Four political parties under the auspices of the Coalition Of Political Parties in Kaduna State, said they have uncovered plans by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to intimidate and blackmail gubernatorial candidates of opposition parties and their key campaign officers. The parties comprise the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP),…

Chairman of Edo State Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation Committee, Osakpamwan Eriyo, has been suspended by the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, following a protest by some Benin youth over an alleged assault on the person of Uyiekpen Erediauwa, a Benin prince. Mr. Eriyo, who was in charge of anti-pipeline vandalism, and also a revenue collection contractor to Oredo local government council, was alleged…

Kwara’s leading politician, Olusola Saraki, has urged the electorate in the state to vote for his daughter, Gbemisola Saraki, in the April governorship election, just as he lamented the opposition to his daughter’s ambition to govern the state. He made the plea in Ilorin on Sunday at the inauguration of the governorship campaign of Ms. Saraki, the gubernatorial candidate of…

Violent clashes between thugs of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Akwa Ibom State has left three people dead and several others injured. The clashes took place in Okoita, and Abat Etim Ekpo Ward 1 in Ibiono Ibom and Etim Ekpo Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Housing and Urban Renewal,…

The People’s Democratic Party in Osun State has accused leaders of the Action Congress Of Nigeria (ACN) of planning to contribute money to influence the outcome of a probe set up by the National Judicial Council to investigate the chief justice of the federation, Alphosus Katsina-Alu and the president of the Court of Appeal, Ayo Isa-Salami. The party, in a…

The Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke has declared that some members of the state House of Assembly lost their re-election bid because of a careful assessment by the people of their constituencies. The governor spoke in Yala Local Government Area at a campaign rally of his party. “Those who were unable to offer effective representation and influence development projects…

The Presidential ambition of Nuhu Ribadu, candidate for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday received a boost in Ogun State following the emergence of young group of undergraduates and professionals who formed themselves into a volunteer body, Nuhu Ribadu Volunteers, to work for his victory at the April poll. Speaking with NEXT in Abeokuta, the group’s director of mobilisation,…

A serving senator and former governorship contender, Kola Bajomo, at the weekend declared his support for Tunji Olurin as the party's flagbearer. Mr. Bajomo also said that he was not going to decamp to the People's Party of Nigeria (PPN) as had recently been done by some Gbenga Daniel supporters. Addressing a press conference in Abeokuta yesterday, Mr. Bajomo, who…

The commander of the Special Task Force on the Jos crisis, Hassan Umaru, at the weekend, spoke to journalists about the challenges facing the task force in crisis-torn Plateau State despite the heavy deployment of security forces across the state. Mr. Umaru said that there was already improvement in surveillance and monitoring by his officers, pointing out that a more…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has no power to investigate the chief justice of Nigeria, Aloysius Kastina-Alu and the president of the Court of Appeal, Ayo Isa Salami, over allegations of corruption leveled against them, a leader of the association, Joe Kyari-Gadzama, has said. Mr. Kyari-Gadzama, who contested for the office of the legal body last year, said that the…

I was attending secondary school in Benin City, Edo State, when I heard about this famous Federal Capital Territory from my church choir master. He was a business mogul and one of the major owners of Agura Hotel. He drove in and out of church with cars and buses heavily branded with ‘Agura Golden Tulip Hotel’. He advertised the hotel…