Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday urged the people of the state to stand for a transparent, free and fair elections come 2019 general elections. Okowa The governor, who made the call while swearing in two new commissioners, four members of the Delta State Oil Producing Development Commission (DESOPADEC)Continue Reading
The Anambra Government has banned religious bodies from using either public schools or its facilities to conduct religious services across the state. Gov Obiano The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba announced the ban on Friday in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha. Adinuba said theContinue Reading
By Anthony Ogbonna President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would continue to hold the former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, in high esteem because he (Jonathan) conceded defeat at the 2015 presidential election. File: Jonathan and Buhari President Buhari made the statement on Thursday night when he hosted membersContinue Reading
Day two of legal recreational marijuana in Canada on Thursday saw more long lineups outside pot stores and supply shortages in parts of the country. A Canadian woman puffs marijuana joint in Toronto Most consumers were exuberant about the end of prohibition, but a few expressed disappointment over not beingContinue Reading
The Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ricardo Guerra de Araujo, says Brazil will soon inject 1.1 billion dollars into Nigeria’s agriculture. Naira The envoy said on Thursday night in an interview with newsmen in Abuja that an agreement between Brazil and Nigeria on that would be concluded by the end of October.Continue Reading
Former Australia coach, Ange Postecoglou has cast doubt on Usain Bolt’s hopes of re-inventing himself as a football player and earning a professional A-League contract at the age of 32. Usain Bolt with his teammates at his new Australian football club: takes one week leave from soccer The Olympic championContinue Reading
…It shows insensitivity of the govtBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – COLLEGE of Education lecturers have said that they are not intimidated by the Federal Government threat of ‘no work, no pay’ policy that is contained in the draft White Paper. FORMER GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE AND SENATOR CHRIS NGEGE, TheContinue Reading
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that the immediate past administration of Mr Ayo Fayose had a debt profile of about N120 billion as at June. Fayose The revelation about the financial records of Ekiti was contained in a document submitted to the DMO office in Abuja by officialsContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night reassured that the brutal activities of the Boko Haram sect would soon become history. President Muhammadu Buhari The president gave the assurance when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that the FederalContinue Reading
Chinedu Okeke, the current HBE Light Middleweight Intercontinental Champion, will come up against a United States of America’s veteran naval officer, Prince Shawn Michael Hamilton, in a HBE Middleweight International Championship. The fight is billed to hold at IfeanyiUbah Stadium in Nnewi. According to a release from the promoters ofContinue Reading
