The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that over 300 houses were affected by the earth tremor that hit Kwoi in Kaduna State last week.The agency’s Zonal Coordinator in the North West, Musa Illalah, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mr. Ilalah, however, said […]
Continue ReadingBy Bill Schneider In the US, the gender gap is old news. This is the year of the education gap. Education is now a key political marker. It defines the line between the Old America (less well educated) and the New America (voters who have college degrees). What divides them? Donald Trump. The Republican presidential […]
Continue ReadingChinese engineers have completed an impressive mountain overpass branded as the highest bridge in the world. The enormous Beipanjiang Bridge, which is built at over 1,850 feet high, links two of China most remote provinces, Yunnan and Guizhou.Engineers joined the last set of decks on September 10, marking the completion of the structure which has […]
Continue ReadingAs part of Exercise CROCODILE SMILE, troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army in an anti-cultism operation yesterday cleared a notorious kidnappers camp at Obiozumini near Obite in Ogbema/Ndoni/Egbema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops who were earlier ambushed engaged and subdued the kidnappers. One kidnap victim was rescued from the camp. The ongoing […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country. Buhari, in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Nigerians released in Abuja on Sunday, gave the assurance that his administration would get the economy right. According to him, the Federal Government is “working round the clock” to address […]
Continue ReadingIn its efforts to ensure safety of lives on Nigerian roads, the Federal Government has embarked on lighting of bridges with Murtala Mohammed Bridge (MMB), in Lokoja, Kogi State. The lightening ceremony was performed by the officials from the Ministry led by the Deputy Director (Electrical and General Services), Engr. Saka Odufuwa, at the bridge […]
Continue ReadingFive top civil servants in Kogi State have been arrested for allegedly diverting N230m pension fund to their private uses. The Accountant-General of the state, Alhaji Yusuf Okala, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Sunday. Okala, who is also the Chairman of the Staff Screening and Verification Committee, said […]
Continue ReadingDr Islamiyat Oluwatoyin Abdulkadir, who had been orphaned since age six, has emerged the overall best graduating medical student at the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.Abdulkadir, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a telephone interview from Sudan, said her academic achievements so far, seemed like a miracle. “My academic achievement […]
Continue ReadingIn an effort to get the federal government to honour an agreement earlier reached, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will commence a warning strike action starting on the 2nd of October, 2016. According to reports, the ASUU Chairman, University of Abuja Chapter, Dr Ben Ugheoke disclosed this while speaking with […]
Continue ReadingTom Marino, a US congressman wrote a letter to John Kerry, US secretary of state, alleging infractions on some principles as well as local and international regulations and conventions by the current administration. In response, the Federal Government of Nigeria, says Marino is “out of tune with reality’’ for asking his country to withhold security support […]
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