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
… says anti-graft institutions must be strengthened By Emmanuel Elebeke The Journalist Against Poverty (JAP) Initiative has called on federal government to urgently address the rising level of poverty, exclusion of the poor and vulnerable in the society. The group was reacting to the recent report released by Bill andContinue Reading
By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—A group comprising of leaders of Ndigbo in All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, has constituted a new set of 10 man executives to pilot activities of Igbo groups for the party’s victory in 2019 general polls in the state. Igbo Chiefs The leader of theContinue Reading
By Peter Duru Makurdi—A Police officer and three others were, yesterday, reportedly killed in a bloody shoot-out when known gunmen attacked Tse- Ujondo, Mechanic site and Tse-Uvia, Zaki Biam town in Ukum local government area of Benue State. According to an eyewitness in the area, the attackers also burnt downContinue Reading
