Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has restated the commitment of his administration to the conduct of free and fair local government council elections. Obi made this pledge when a delegation from the Justice Development and Peace Commission, Civil Socie...
Since the news of the death of the great soldier-statesman, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioranma Ndigbo, on Saturday, 26 November, 2011 in a London hospital was made public, the entire country has been thrown into mourning. The people of Niger...
The Minister of Youth Development has lamented that Federal Government may be spending over N70 billion annually on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He also said that there was no commensurate return on that huge investment through measurable m...
Many young people today are so engrossed in the search for white collar jobs that they hardly find time to make use of the talent imbued in them. It is this God-given talent that can make them productive if only they can give it a moment’s though...
The need to develop science and technology into all sector of the economy in both developed and developing countries cannot be over emphasized as top political leaders and policy makers has been urged to join hand in achieving this. It has been globall...
With a trade in hand, local chicken cage weavers cater for their families and help to keep the mother hen and her chicks away from preys. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. When in late February 1991, Alhassan Audu, a 46-year old local chicken cage weav...
Emirates Aviation College honoured 197 graduates at its graduation ceremony last Monday. The students were awarded degrees across a multitude of disciplines including 13 UAE national graduates, who are also Emirates staff, received the higher nat...
Arik Air said it supports the Cabotage Bill, otherwise called the Fly Nigeria Bill, being packaged by some industry watchers because it will create an opportunity for the indigenous airlines to grow. Arik Air Managing Director, Mr. Chris Ndulue, said s...
Oracle Experience, one of the brand activation and experiential marketing outfits has emerged the winner of the Institute of Direct Marketing of Nigeria (IDMN) West Africa’s World Class Experiential Marketing Services Consultant of the year 2011....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it would auction digital licence in the 2.3GigaHertz (GHz) and 2.6GHz spectra to increase broadband access and make internet pervasive across the country in 20112. Dr. Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chair...
Since the advent of the telecom boom especially, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Nigerians have, without apologies to mobile operators, come to accept poor quality of service as an additional burden they have to bear.Although the reg...
For years, Nigeria has tried to make a head way in global information technology, especially playing a role in the emerging electronic market presently dominated by the Western nations and a few developing nations like China, India and Brazil. With a h...
The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe, has stated that the Kashimbilla/ Gamovo multi-purpose Dam when completed in 2014, would add 40 megawatts of electricity to the national grid. The Dam has the capacity to supply water of 60,000m3...
Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, Managing Director, Capital Oil and Gas, on Monday said that the NNPC/Capital Oil and Gas “Kero-Direct Initiatives”, have started operating in ten States. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the direct sal...
Some European tourism companies have expressed interest in exploring Nigeria’s tourism potential, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation has said. Runsewe, who just returned from this year’s Wo...