S/Africa, Nigeria: African Giants Battle For Economic Supremacy
When South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma visited Nigeria last week he was on a delicate mission to mend rifts between the continent’s two economic powerhouses. From economic rivalry to political...
View ArticlePIB will be laid at NASS next week – Saraki
Abuja – President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would be laid at plenary of the two chambers of the National Assembly. Saraki made this known while...
View Article7 years to study medicine – NUC
Lagos (Lagos State) – Medical students are required to do seven years in the universities and not 11 as erroneously reported in some news media recently. The National Universities Commission (NUC),...
View ArticleWe can provide Nigerians with 1m houses annually through collaboration – Buhari
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the present administration can provide Nigerians with one million houses annually through collaboration with the 22 APC-controlled states and the private sector....
View ArticleEconomic Challenges: We should hold NASS accountable, says Elumelu
Abuja – Chairman, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr Tony Elumelu, has said that non-review of obsolete laws by the National Assembly was largely responsible for current economic challenges in the...
View ArticlePolice nab 11 revenue agents in Edo
BENIN CITY- Operatives of Edo police command have apprehended 11 revenue collectors alleged to have been blocking the Auchi/Okpella-Okene federal highway in order to forcefully collect illegal revenue...
View ArticleArmy ambushes Boko Haram in Borno
Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it had ambushed seven suspected Boko Haram terrorists after an operation in Dawashi in Borno. Col. Sani Usman, the Acting Army Director of Public...
View ArticleNYSC confirms killing of corps member during Rivers re-run elections
Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday, confirmed the killing of a corps member, Mr Okonta Samuel, during the Rivers State re-run elections held on March 19. This is contained in a...
View ArticleINEC to investigate alleged distribution of fake result sheets in Rivers rerun
Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will investigate alleged distribution of fake result sheets in some polling units in Saturday’s legislative re-run elections in...
View ArticleAPC calls for cancellation of Rivers re-run elections
Port Harcourt – The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers says Saturday`s re-run elections in the State were not credible and should therefore be cancelled. Chief Davies Ikanya, Chairman of the...
View ArticleBuhari assures of additional 10,000 megawatts in next three years
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that his administration would ensure steady power supply before the expiration of his tenure through the provision of additional 10,000 megawatts. The...
View ArticleEDSOGPADEC officials inspect road project
BENIN CITY – Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission recently embarked on an inspection to the 10 kilometre Oduna-Ewudu Ekehuan Road currently being constructed and asphalted by...
View Article600 Edo Rural dwellers get free malaria treatment
UKHIRI – No fewer than 600 rural dwellers including pregnant women and children at Ukhiri community and its environs in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have benefited from free malaria...
View ArticleEditor, NIGERIAN OBSERVER loses mum
BENIN CITY – Editor, The NIGERIAN OBSERVER, Sir Barr. Solomon Imohiosen has lost his mother, Mrs. Josephine Imohiosen, nee Oise, aged 83 (1933 – 2016). She passed on at 6.45 p.m. Saturday, February 27,...
View ArticleNigerians Are Becoming More Security Conscious – IGP
BENIN CITY – Former Inspector General of the Nigeria Police IGP Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo Rtr has observed that Nigerians are fast becoming more security conscious when compared to his time as the number...
View ArticleRivers Re-Run: 8 Local Govt Areas Election Cancelled
PORT HARCOURT – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cancelled legislative re-run elections into the National and Rivers State House of Assembly, which was conducted on Saturday,...
View ArticleReign Of The Pulpit Anti-Christs
“MANY shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ … and many false prophets shall arise and deceive many” (Matthew 24:4-5, 11) The yuletide is my seminal season; that period of the year when I usually...
View ArticleNASS passes N6.06tr. Budget 2016
ABUJA – Four months after it was laid at the table by President Mohammadu Buhari, 2016 Budget was yesterday passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly. The N6,060,677,358,227 worth fiscal...
View ArticlePower outages, threat to security — Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has expressed dissatisfaction with the low power supply by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to Edo State, saying it posed a threat to security in...
View ArticleWe will ensure complete elimination of fuel queues in 2 months, says Kachikwu
Abuja – The Federal Government said on Wednesday in Abuja that it would ensure “complete elimination“ of fuel queues in the country in the next two months. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources,...
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