Immediate past governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has again shifted base from the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA to Accord to actualise his plans for a second term. Ikedi Ohakim Vanguard gathered Tuesday in Owerri that Ohakim who failed in his bid to obtain the governorship ticket of APGAContinue Reading
Abeokuta – Members of the Pan Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun, over the 2019 polls. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo visit Afenifere leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure. Photo Dayo Johnson The meeting which started around 3.30 p.mContinue Reading
One is a former UN official and deputy a governor of Nigeria’s central bank. The other is an ex-World Bank vice-president who now campaigns for the release of Boko Haram kidnap victims. Kingsley Moghalu and Oby Ezekwesili are both standing to become Nigeria’s president next year, adding a high-profile layerContinue Reading
Alex Iwobi was exciting for Arsenal in the 5-1 bashing of London rivals Fulham, but as the Nigerian is soaring so are some Gunners fans on a new high; comparing his impact to Lionel Messi’s. Iwobi As per @Layth [Mail Sport], Arsenal head coach Unai Emery deserves huge credit forContinue Reading
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has proffered a more robust partnership involving state actors, the organised private sector (OPS), donor agencies, research institutes, charities and governments, in the treatment of mental illnesses. Obaseki Obaseki made the submission in commemoration of the celebration of World Mental Health Day, markedContinue Reading
By Henry UmoruABUJA- SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late ace comedian and actor, Moses Olaiya Adejumo, popularly known as Baba Sala by naming a befitting national monument after him as a mark of honour and encouragement to both present and future artistesContinue Reading
Hajia Fatimatu Alfa, Coordinator of School Feeding Programme in Adamawa on Tuesday said that the Federal Government has disbursed N196 million for the feeding of 140,000 pupils in primary schools in the state. Newsmen recall that the programme which provides one meal per day to pupils in public primary school,Continue Reading
The National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA) said on Tuesday that it would sample 88, 000 households in the country, in its latest Nigeria Aids Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS). Dr Sani Aliyu, Director-General, NACA, who disclosed this when the agency paid an advocacy visit to the Emir ofContinue Reading
Victims of recent flood disaster in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State have cried out over lack of support from the state and federal government. Some of the victims told newsmen in Rimin Gado that they were yet to receive any assistance from two levels of government sinceContinue Reading
Mr Cosmas Maduka, Chief Executive Officer, Coscharis Group of Companies, has said that people who were investing in farming now would be the billionaires in Nigeria in the near future. Mr Cosmas Maduka Maduka, who said when he visited newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, said it would be so becauseContinue Reading
