…Too Small to Boost Economic Development – Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that the share of Nigeria’s global trade which stands at about 0.33 per cent was too small to boost the ...
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Feed SubscriptionGov Emmanuel Trains 7000 for $1.4Bn Fertilizer Plant Project
…Expands Cultivation Of Onions, Staple Food Items Governor Udom Emmanuel has said that 7,000 Akwa Ibom youths are to be trained in semi-skilled labour to handle various industrial operations at the proposed $1.4 Billion Fertilizer and Ammonia plant to be ...
Read More »Afe Babalola University to Begin Production of COVID-19 Drugs, Vaccines
Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has claimed the university has the manpower to bring about drugs and vaccines that would help in drastically curtailing the ravaging pandemic in the country. He called on the ...
Read More »ASUU Warns Of Fresh Strike Over Unremitted Deductions
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday blamed the Federal Government, as well as the Accountant General of the Federation, over what it called the victimisation of its members. It said the Federal Government had refused to pay its ...
Read More »Buhari Appoints A’Ibom Air Force General NDA Deputy Commandant
…Two Others Survive Army Shake-up By Inemesit Ina The lone two-star general from Akwa Ibom State in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal Mfon Jackson Ekpoh, has been appointed the Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), ...
Read More »Mock Wrestling Championship Holds Saturday 20th March In Lagos
… Cowards Need Not Apply – NPWF President …It is High Time to Separate Boys from Men – Mighty Man … Nigerian Govt Should Embrace Wrestling – Power Vic The President of the Nigerian Pro Wrestling Federation, High Chief John ...
Read More »N41.6b UBEC Grant: States Fail To Access – Executive Secretary Cries Out
Despite the poor state of many primary schools across the country, over N41,064,896,752.62 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grants are lying unaccessed. UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Boboyyi disclosed this in Abuja yesterday while presenting the 2020 capital budget ...
Read More »Vaccine Side Effect Fear: Eight Countries Suspend Rollout – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over the fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, ...
Read More »FG Unveils Plan To Reduce Fuel Price Below N100 Per Litre – Ita Enang
The federal government says plans have been concluded to host a national conference on the integration of artisanal/modular petroleum refinery operations. This was disclosed by Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, during a ...
Read More »Bayelsa Bans Open Grazing
…Armed Herders To Be Arrested Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber ...
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