[ctt_author author=”12256″ name=”TELL” template=”2″ link=”bR1my” via=”no” ]TELL, Nigeria’s number one news magazine will on June 17 recognize real excellence in service to humanity in both the public and private sectors.[/ctt_author] Maiden TELL Awards for Excellence identifies drivers of change For the first time in its 26 years of robust investigative journalism, TELL,…
Aso Rock: Is Buhari In Charge?
[ctt_author author=”12254″ name=”TELL” template=”1″ link=”84aek” via=”no” ]Osinbajo hardly ever get to know that his boss would not attend the all-important meeting until cabinet members had assembled in the chamber[/ctt_author] The anxiety created by the uncertain state of the health of President Muhammadu Buhari, the inter-agency rivalry that seeks to ridicule his authority and the discordant…
NCAC, BoI Sign MoU To Create 200,000 Jobs
As part of government’s efforts to create jobs, the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, and the Bank of Industry, BoI, which makes available N300 million loan for stakeholders in the Creative Industry. The partnership is expected…
France Bans Extremely Thin Models
From this Saturday, May 6, 2017, extremely thin models will no longer be allowed to display their stuff on the runway to model clothes and other items. The French say models must have a minimum body mass index in consonance with the stipulation of the World Health Organization. The move is coming on the heels…
Mid-Term Appraisal Of New Deal
[ctt template=”5″ link=”7FLrG” via=”no” ]Must we wait to earn some petrol dollar before we mend our roads or build new ones?[/ctt] [ctt template=”7″ link=”iePs1″ via=”no” ]Should our future be tied to the whims of any supra-national organisations?[/ctt] It pains to watch Nigerians groan in the midst of plenty of everything with which God would…
Nigerian Economy And Its 2017 Outlook (PART II)
[ctt_author author=”12175″ name=”AKPAN H. EKPO” template=”1″ link=”0tNZU” via=”no” ]The economy would recover from the recession by the 3rd quarter of 2017 if 80-85 per cent of the projects in the budget is implemented[/ctt_author] According to the government, the 2017 Budget is designed to partner with the private sector to ensure the growth of the…
General Akinrinade’s Book Launched
A new book by Lt. General Alani Akinrinade, a former chief of defence staff, was launched today in Lagos. The event which held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos, pulled a large number of distinguished Nigerians in various fields, including serving and past government officials. The 469-page work titled My Dialogue…
Senate Moves To Harmonise Child Adoption Laws
Bukola Saraki, the Senate president has assured Nigerians that the 8th Senate will harmonise all child adoption laws in the country in order to make it easier for Nigerians wishing to adopt children do so without hindrance. He said this on Wednesday when the South East Professional Women Association of Nigeria and the Diaspora, SEPWAND,…
Power: Ogun State To Hosts $200m Transmission Project
As Indonesia Eyes Investment in Ogun [ctt template=”1″ link=”ah0aa” via=”no” ]The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Wednesday, announced plans to construct a $200m power transmission project in Ogun State. [/ctt] Managing Director of the TCN, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, disclosed this during a courtesy visit on the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.…
Remarks By Abubakar Bukola Saraki: World Press Freedom Day 2017
REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, TO THE SENATE PRESS CORPS ON THE OCCASION OF THE ‘WORLD PRESS FREEDOM’ DAY 2017 ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 REMARKS BY ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM’ DAY 2017 PROTOCOLS. 1. Good afternoon, Gentlemen of the Press. 2. Although we usually interact in various…