Buhari tours Shanghai industrial city, pledges to build viable Nigerian cities
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Shanghai, China, said his administration would give priority to the building and development of resilient and viable cities comparable with other...
View ArticleHalt CCB Act Amendment, ANEEJ tells Senate
Benin City – The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is dissatisfied with the recent attempts being made by the Senate to amend the Act establishing the Code of Conduct...
View ArticleOshiomhole is Edo messiah, says Benin Crown Prince
The Benin Crown Prince, His Royal Highness, Ambassador Eheneden Erediauwa, Edaiken of Uselu has described Governor Adams Oshiomhole as the messiah of Edo State who transformed the state capital to a...
View ArticleOshiomhole appoints VC for new Tayo Akpata Varsity
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has appointed Prof S.E.O. Aduwa Ogiegbaen as the Vice Chancellor of the Tayo Akpata University of Education, Ekiadolor. Until his appointment, Prof Ogiegbaen was...
View ArticlePolice haul 749 suspects in Edo
BENIN CITY-No fewer than 749 suspects have so far been arrested by operatives of Edo police command in the past seven months of intensified onslaught against crime and criminal elements in the state. A...
View ArticlePresident Buhari’s visit to China yields billions in investments for Nigeria...
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his working visit to China which he said yielded additional investments to Nigeria exceeding six billion dollars. This...
View ArticleGowon lists conditions for Nigeria’s industrial devt.
Abuja – Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd) says what Nigeria needs to develop industrially is a good plan, commitment to the plan, and the discipline to implement it. Gowon said this in an...
View ArticleDiversification of Nigeria’s economy urgent – Buhari
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Guangzhou, China, said that his administration would take urgent steps to restructure Nigeria’s economy by encouraging new investments in mining,...
View ArticleInsurgency: Army promises sustained collaboration with media
Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army has promised to sustain collaboration with the media towards educating Nigerians on its ongoing anti-terrorism operation in the north-eastern part of the country. Lt.-Gen....
View ArticleNigeria-UK trade volume hit N 2.4 trln in 2015 – UK minister
Abuja – The trade volume between Nigeria and the United Kingdom stood about 6 billion pounds (about N 2.4 trillion) in 2015, UK Minister for International Development, Nick Hurd, has said. He told the...
View ArticleBoko Haram crippled, can no longer take territory – Buhari
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded to the extent that the group can no longer seize and hold on to any territory in the country. In a statement made...
View ArticleASUU decries cut in allocations to federal universities
Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja Zone, has expressed displeasure over cut in allocation for personnel expenditure to Federal Universities by the Federal Government. ASUU,...
View ArticleWheels of Justice must Roll and Nigerians must resist a corrupt Senate – ANEEJ
Benin City – Coming at the heels of the decision of a Federal High Court in Abuja, that a case of a breach of fundamental human rights brought before it by embattled Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki...
View ArticleDon’t forgive rapists, NGO urges parents in Jigawa
Dutse -An NGO, Jigawa Women Network for Access to Justice (JIWNAJ), on Sunday advised parents of rape victims not to forgive men who rape their children. The Chairlady of the organisation, Hajiya Uwani...
View ArticleEdo 2016: Aspirant urges Christian leaders to pray for good governance
Benin – Chief Solomon Edebiri, a PDP governorship aspirant in the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo, on Sunday called on Christian leaders to be involved in the process of promoting good...
View Article$2bn loan: Lagos NBA chiefs, others chide Fayose over letter to Chinese Govt
Lagos – More reactions have trailed Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s letter to the Chinese Government, asking it to refuse President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of $2 billion loan. Chairmen of the...
View ArticleVVF: Borno hospital records 28 severe cases
Maiduguri – The Borno Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri said on Sunday that it had so far recorded 28 severe cases of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) this year. Dr Laraba Bello, the Chief Medical Director...
View ArticleExpert kicks against influx of expatriates in aviation industry
Lagos – A former President of the Aviation Round Table (ART), Capt. Dele Ore, has kicked against the influx of expatriates into Nigeria’s aviation industry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
View ArticleStop the Code of Conduct Tribunal Amendment Bill
Wonders, they say, shall never end. In spite of several calls on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to step down from office and face the charges against him, he is busy running around to stall...
View ArticlePolice conduct autopsy on female gospel singer who died in Benin hotel
BENIN CITY-As part of investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a female gospel singer Yvonne Osifo Omoarebokhae, police in Benin may have conducted autopsy on the deceased in...
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