“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others” – Jonathan Swift He means different things to different persons. To some, he is one stubborn Owu man, who wears a trademark long cap. To others, he is one daring governor who has a penchant for embarking on projects that many of his predecessors…
INEC Collates Results Of Edo Guber Election
The governorship election in Edo state was concluded Wednesday generally without crisis. Officials say that results are being collated as they come in from the local government areas. The election originally scheduled to hold last September 10, was shifted to Wednesday, September 28, following the insistence of the security forces that they could not guarantee…
FG Plans To Begin New Re-orientation Campaign
The All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government has designed a new way of telling Nigerians about change – a concept it hinged its campaigns on during the 2015 presidential election. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said the federal government would leverage on the existing structures of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST in the…
Ooni Visits Aregbesola, Promises End To Modakeke/Ife Rivalry
Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile Ife, has assured Rauf Aregbesola, governor, Osun State, that there will no longer be rivalry and war between Ife and Modakeke during his reign as the Ooni of Ife and thereafter. He said this during visit to the governor’s office in Osogbo. Ogunwusi also called on the governor to…
NGE Denies Receiving N50 Million From Dasuki
The Nigerian Guid of Editors,NGE has denied receiving a cash of N50 million from Sambo Dasuki, the the former National Security Adviser. In a bid to clear NGE in the controversy generated by the N50million, Garba Deen Muhammad,president,NGE, in a statement issued by the Guild, said the N50million was federal government’s pledge towards the Guild’s…
BIAFRA: Protesters Shut Down Port Harcourt
By Emmanuel Obe Traffic and other activities were held up for several hours along the Aba Road and other arterial roads like Azikiwe, Ikwerre and Station roads in Port Harcourt, River State following street protests by supporters of the embattled Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu who was arrested two days ago by…
Controversy Still Trails 9/11 Attacks
Fourteen years after the September 11 attacks in New York, doubts still follow the incident and the real cause of the collapse of the World Trade Centre Twin Towers and Building 7 It is fourteen years this year that the incident happened but, like many epochal events, time has done nothing to erode the memories. …
Bringing Order to Public Service
The aphorism that “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown” has never been more apt as that of today’s Nigeria’s leader. President Muhammadu Buhari must have prepared himself for the insults, filth and praises that come with the leadership of today’s Nigeria before he assumed power on May 29. A leader is like a…
Transport Ministry Reviews NIMASA Recruitment
The Federal Ministry of Transport has started a review of recruitment, placements and promotions, which the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, commenced in 2010. Lami Tumaka, NIMASA’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday, stating that the committee is expected to determine whether employment, placements and promotions in NIMASA from 2010 to…
Teragro Installs International Grade Technology
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, Transcorp Plc, has announced that Teragro Commodities Limited, its agribusiness subsidiary, has acquired and installed an extraction cup technology. This enables the company to produce superior quality juice concentrates that meet international quality standards. With its 26,500 million tonnes per annum capacity plant, Teragro Benfruit Plant, situated in Benue State, the…