The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs officially welcomed a new Permanent Secretary, Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo, replacing Mrs. Belema Wakama, who also moved to the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. Mr. Nwankwo, while receiving hand-over documents from the outgoing Permanent Secretary, in Abuja, on Friday, said he was committed to the good and aspirations […]
Continue ReadingThe Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita has commissioned three Information Technology Infrastructures (ITI) Projects and one fitness/well-being centre in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation for the Federal Civil Servants. The three ITI projects commissioned by the Head of Service as part of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday at the graduation ceremony of Course 24 at the National Defence College in Abuja, says he has mandated security agencies to deal decisively with all acts of banditry and criminality perpetrated in the name of herdsmen-farmers clashes. “On the matter of herdsmen/farmers’ clashes, I wish to state that this administration […]
Continue ReadingIjaw elder statesman and national leader, Edwin Clark, says he has always been in support of the fight against corruption, saying he fought former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and also challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo for having just N20,000 when he left prison but is now one of the wealthiest former presidents. Clark spoke […]
Continue ReadingThe EFCC, on August 2, 2016 arrested a level six officer of the Accounts Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Christy Olabode, for an alleged fraud to the tune of N100 million. Also arrested was her younger brother, Abdul-Shehu Obaze, a staff at the Commercial Department of FAAN in Ilorin, Kwara State, […]
Continue ReadingThe West African Examinations (WAEC), on Friday in Lagos released results of its 2016 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), withholding the results of 8.89% of the candidates (137,295 candidates).A total of eight hundred and seventy eight thousand and forty (878,040) candidates, representing 52.97%, obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, including […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara met President Muhammadu Buhari at about 2:25 pm on Friday, to discuss an issue suspected to be the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives.On leaving the President’s office at exactly 2:58 pm, Dogara told reporters that he has never heard of “budget padding” and that […]
Continue ReadingUEFA has released the final list for the Best Player in Europe award for 2015/2016, which is slated for late August. However, there is something a little odd this time around, and that is the absence of the name LIONEL MESSI from the list of three. This time, the award is destined for Madrid after […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change tactics and be more restrained after winning the Republican party Presidential nomination for the November 8 US election, that hope is now lost. The fellow has remained aggressive, incorrigibly brash and completely negative. Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has asked: “Is Donald […]
Continue ReadingThe United States department of state has urged its citizens not to visit any of the 20 Nigerian states deemed insecure, stating that any American citizen who travels to any of the listed states does so at the detriment of his/her security. As revealed in the travel warning, the states deemed insecure include; Adamawa, Borno, […]
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