Is it possible to sell Fura da nono, a milky drink and survive with it? Our correspondents, NANNA SENKUR and ROSE OWOTA ADAH tell the story on how Fulani women are taking care of their needs from the proceeds of the product. Are they primitive? No, the...
In this piece, Patience Ivie Obhafuoso identifies lack of enlightenment, positive orientation, adequate mobilistion and national values as some of the factors that lead to the inherent challenges of social transformation in a heterogeneous nation like ...
Music is something worth enjoying and those that make this happen are the DJs. But for Donalee Areguamen, the first DJ in Abuja, who has been in the business for about 25 years, it is a way of life. He has helped many people to achieve their drea...
Many youths are groaning and languishing in penury as they continue to wait for a white-collar job, and fail to see opportunities in trades they tend to look down. John Aju narrates how he got to this point of comfort as he speaks with GABRIEL EWEPU. T...
‘I think gossip is one of the most destructive things people do in life. Many reputations are destroyed because someone feels insecure and wants to make other people look bad. The folks who gossip with the intent to make someone look bad to other...
The Chairman of Kwali area council, Mr. Joseph Shazin has appealed to the National Assembly to provide legislation to review the revenue sharing formula in the country. This he said is to ensure that more money comes to the local councils, to enable th...
The Chairman of Kuje area council, Hon. Danladi Zhin has flagged off a 14-day immunisation of cattle in the council. This is part of efforts by the council to promote hygienic meat consumption in the council. The chairman said the council decided to im...
The way we are treated here in this market, it is as if we are not part of Kuje area council, that is why we are left in this place to sell under trees without shops to protect us from rains and stormy weather, but what can we do? We must survive in or...
Professor Ibrahim Abdullahi Madugu is the Director-General, National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC), Jos. In this interview with Ruth Tene, he says with proper government attention, the solid minerals sector would contribute significantly to j...
The federal government yesterday gave the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force 60 days to sanitise oil deals in the upstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry. This was among the terms of reference given to the tas...
Residents of Fugar in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo are currently facing hardship, as water scarcity hits the town and its environs. The correspondent who went round the town, reports that the scarcity is occasioned by the breakdown of th...
The Police in Akure on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old woman, Folashade Babatunde before an Akure Senior Magistrates' Court for allegedly pouring faeces on a female banker. The accused, a trade and HND student at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo in Ondo...
The pop star is one of the many names considered for a movie about the late legend As producers scramble to complete a script for the Whitney Houston biopic, Rihanna has emerged as a contender for the lead role. It turns out that Me...
We apologize to Oracle Corporation, its subsidiary Oracle - Nigeria, and to our readers for the misunderstanding we caused by publishing an article titled “ Oracle Experience wins IDMN award”, on Tuesday February 7, 2012, in our newspaper o...
The Senior National Team of Nigeria, Super Eagles, remained in very high spirit on Tuesday, 24 hours to the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Amavubi Stars of Rwanda in Kigali. A delegation of players, technical and...