The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said that States in the North-Central and South-Eastern zones of Nigeria should brace up for more flooding. The director-general of NiMet, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu, stated this on the sideline of the ongoing Hydro-meteorological ...
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Illegal Pipeline: This Time, Unfailingly Heads Should Roll
NIGERIA’S systemic dysfunction and poor governance practices are once more on display with the exposure of a four-kilometre-long illegal pipeline in the Niger-Delta creeks. As revealed by Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, ...
Read More »2023: Wike Appoints 14,000 Advisers, 359 Liaison Officers
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Assistant on Media to the ...
Read More »ASUU To Decide On Strike Thursday
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will take a decision on its eight-month long strike on Thursday at an emergency meeting, even though the meeting may extend to Friday morning. Also, branches of the Union ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: University Tuition And The Reality Of The ‘Realities’
With Mooh Shamsuddeen This week, Sen. Chris Ngige (MoLEP) categorically stated that Universities must be given full autonomy; he meant that universities must be generating enough revenues for their operations. He lamented that ASUU always makes demands to the FG, ...
Read More »Kogi Speaker In Shock As Assembly Chamber, Gallery Go Up In Flames
…Everything inside burnt down, says security personnel …Dangote Group refutes link with incident Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker Mathew Kolawole has expressed shock over the fire that occurred at the assembly’s complex yesterday in Lokoja, the state capital. The ...
Read More »Buhari Confers Infrastructure Award On Wike Oct. 21
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has been nominated for the “Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery” at the forthcoming Nigeria Excellence in Public Service Award by the Federal Government. President Muhammadu Buhari will on October 21 present the award to the ...
Read More »Flooding: IMF Seeks Assistance For Farmers, Infrastructure
… To Curb Food Insecurity In Nigeria With many farmlands under water due to the flooding in Benue, Kogi, Anambra and some other States in Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the country could be facing higher ...
Read More »ValueJet Begins Inaugural Flight Operations In Nigeria
The management of Value Jet Airline has commenced maiden commercial local flight operations. The inaugural flights took off on Monday 10, October 2022 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal 2, Ikeja, to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos. ...
Read More »LG Invites Guests To Experience Home Appliances Line-up In Style
LG Electronics recently hosted its first Independence Time Out experiential event where it unveiled vision of customisable design with flexible features and smart connectivity. According to the company, at the ‘Independence Time Out’ 2022 experiential event, it celebrated the global ...
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