Sequel to the arrival of Ese Oruru to Bayelsa on Wednesday, her classmates, friends and teacher in Opolo Community Secondary School, Yenagoa Local Government Area have said that they were yearning to have her back to school. Mrs Douye Arise, Ese’s Class Teacher told our correspondent on Thursday... Read more
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party remained the political party to beat in spite of the challenges facing it . He stated this at the Government College, Afikpo during a grand reception organized in his honor by the Old Afikpo Union on... Read more
By Kemi Adeosun Nigerians voted for change and to attain that change there is a need to do things differently, in the recognition that doing what we have always done will only result in more of the same. That change has started with the vital offensive against corruption,... Read more
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday called on Universities in the country to impact positively on the Nigerian society rather that the role of just admitting students and awarding certificates at the end of their academic exercise. The Governor while giving the charge at the fourth... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Catholic Bishops conference has appealed to Government at all levels to declare sanitation emergency in 19 rain forest communities within the Oban Corridor of the Cross River National Park. The bishops made the call in a statement by Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey, the Executive... Read more
The Ebonyi State Government is to establish a senior citizens club that would cater for the welfare of persons between 80 years and above in the state. Governor Umahi disclosed this in Abakaliki on Friday while presenting staff of office and certificates of recognition to five new traditional rules earlier... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Ekuri (Akamkpa) The Ekuri communities of Cross River have protested against the state government’s revocation of their communal land rights to construct a $3.5 billion super highway. In a joint peaceful protest Tuesday residents of the communities in Akamkpa and Obubra local government areas said the... Read more
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rural Development, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rally round the new Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff for the greater good of the party and Nigeria’s democracy at large. Adebutu, representing... Read more
New Foundation to promote good leadership in Africa for launch in Lagos
News February 29, 2016
Segun Adeleye Foundation For Good Leadership In Africa (SAFFGLIA), a new initiative to promote good governance in Africa, is to be inaugurated at the Afe Balalola Hall, University of Lagos on March 10, 2016. The launch at an intellectual setting in the presence of top business executives, government officials... Read more
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the immediate past Senate President, Mr. David Mark, the winner of Saturday’s re-run election in the Benue South Senatorial District of Benue State. Earlier reports had indicated that Mark, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took an initial wide lead but... Read more
