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By Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Ilorin Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) yesterday inducted 142 new members as part of activities marking the institute’s annual conference holding in Ilorin, the Kwara …
Kwara NIPR inducts 142 members Read MoreA former Nigerian Minister of Education, Prof. Babalola Borishade is dead. He died in London yesterday at the age of 71 years after a brief illness. He was initially rushed …
Ex-education minister Borishade dies at 71 Read MoreBy Taiye Odewale Abuja Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefi ele, yesterday said the country’s foreign reserves has risen from over $27 billion it was …
Nigeria’s foreign reserves hit $31bn Read MoreBolaji Abdullahi, said the chairmen during the meeting faulted the reward system under the current APC federal government. “Another issue that came up is the issue of reward system, the …
APC state chairmen fault Buhari’s ‘lopsided appointments’ Read MoreBy Bode Olagoke, Abuja and Ukandi Odey, Jos Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it was worried over the various crises rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) and …
2019: INEC in dilemma over APC, PDP crises Read MoreAid organisations working to stop the famine in Nigeria will run out of money by June if donors do not give the cash they pledged at a conference in February, …
Famine in North-east: Aid funds may dry up by June – UN Read MoreHails Blueprint for balanced reportage By Bode Olagoke Abuja Executive Secretary of Nigeria Pilgrimage Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja, has called for an urgent need to embark on the …
NCPC boss urges re-orientation of Nigerians for devt Read MoreThe guns in the Niger Delta have been silent in the last four months. The militants who took up arms to protest Nigeria’s skewed income distribution system that has impoverished …
Power supply: Facts behind APGC’s figures Read MoreUS tennis star Serena Williams returned to the world No 1 spot in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday, days after announcing her pregnancy. The 35-year-old moved up one …
Pregnant Serena is world No. 1 Read MoreIn Malawi’s newspapers, there is much talk of the need to tackle vigilante and mob justice. But the stories Peter Walker found suggest change is some way off. In the …
The city where murder is swept under the carpet Read MoreBy Ibrahim Ramalan The Abuja Writers Forum (AWF) will on Saturday host Jide Badmus, Dul Johnson and Austin (Aush) Oroko for the April 29th edition of its Guest Writer Session …
Badmus, Johnson, Oroko for April Guest Writer Session Read MoreBy Ibrahim Ramalan Three female writers from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria have arrived Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria for the April-May 2017 session of the Ebedi International Writers Residency. According to …
3 female writers for Ebedi Residency Read MoreRecently, there was air pollution from asphalt processing plant in Port Harcourt that endangered the health of the people and the environment. Dr. Idris Goji, a Director in the Ministry …
Advanced technology best corrective measure for industrial pollution – Dr. Goji Read MoreBy David Agba Abuja Th e new Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh, formally took over the reins of authority at the Bureau in Abuja …
New BPE boss pledges service to Nigerians Read MoreBy AbdulRaheem Aodu Kaduna Kaduna Electric at the weekend promised to double its eff orts in delivering effi cient power to its customers across its four franchise states despite the …
Kaduna Electric promises effi cient power delivery Read MoreBy Ime Akpan Lagos Th e winglet of Air Peace aircraft marked 5N-BQR collided with the winglet of a stationary aircraft marked 5N-BQP belonging to the airline and parked at …
Air Peace grounds 2 aircraft involved in collision Read MoreNewly appointed Managing Director of Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Barrister Emmanuel Jime, addressing NEPZA management staff at the authority’s Corporate Headquarters, in Abuja at the weekend Photo: NEPZA
Newly appointed Managing Director of Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Barrister Emmanuel Jime, addressing NEPZA management staff Read MoreTaking a step closer to completing a valuable new route for the global telecommunications sector, Angola Cables, has announced the completion of the marine survey for the South Atlantic Cable …
Cable system connecting Africa reaches major milestone Read MoreTh e Minister of Finance met with representatives from International Finance Institutions at the World Bank Spring meetings to take forward discussions on Nigeria’s agenda to deliver aff ordable housing. …
Adeosun takes forward aff ordable homes agenda Read MoreBy Ime Akpan Lagos Th e director general and chief executive offi cer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) Prof. Sani Mashi has called for collaboration with nongovernmental organisations, private …
NIMET, ARCAN partner to equip farmers with information Read MoreHearing on the trial of former Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye, at the Federal High Court, Gudu, on a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of state ecological …
‘Money laundering’: Dariye’s trial continues April 27 Read MoreBy Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Th ere are two ways to kill in human community: you can kill a human being or you can kill the citizen. Th e fi rst …
Africa needs a regional treaty to end civicide Read MoreNational Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is set to commence investigations into 153 complaints on hate speeches and election related violence around the nation’s 2015 general elections. In doing this, the …
Electoral Violence: NHRC to commence investigation into petitions Read MoreAn Osogbo Magistrate Court has ordered a 24-year old motorcyclist, Asaolu Taiwo, be remanded in police custody for allegedly stealing a friend’s motorcycle in Osogbo. Th e court, presided over …
Court remands man for stealing motorcycle in Osun Read MoreStories by Vivian Okejeme Abuja Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, will tomorrow rule on whether to review an order she had earlier made to …
Kanu: Court rules on application to set aside secret trial tomorrow Read More