President, Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-azzez Suleima (left); President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima and North Central Coordinator, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Mohammed Eneji Abdulhamid, at the presentation of a joint paper on the Igbo’s persistence for secession in Kaduna …yesterday. • Ask relatives in S’ East... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed two more Memoranda of Understanding, MOU, as part of the new management’s strategy and vision to drive sustainable development in the Niger Delta region.   The MOUs signed on Wednesday with Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND and BudgIT... Read more

The Cross River Government says that no fewer than 750, 000 children would be reached in the 2017 school-based deworming programme across the state.   The state’s resolve was stated in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Calabar by Mr Thomas Igbang, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Coordinator... Read more

By: Nneka Aroh I was speaking with a very young pharmacist from the South East yesterday. I advanced the restructuring/true Fiscal Federalism as what I believe is the way out of Nigeria’s muddle. He would not buy it. “Forget it ma’am. It’s better we just go. Give us ten-fifteen... Read more

Paper presented at The Conference – MEMORY AND NATION BUILDING: BIAFRA 50 YEARS AFTER: A SOBER REFLECTION. By PROF. T. UZODIMA NWALA President Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Introduction. Before I thank the organisers of this Conference and pay my tribute to the Memory of my friend, late Major-General Shehu... Read more

Speech of the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo Jnr at the Yar Adua center on 50 years of Biafra. The Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were guests. 50 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: REFLECTIONS AND HOPES PROTOCOLS: 1. I am grateful to Shehu Musa Yar... Read more

King Dumaro Owaba, Obanobha 111 of Ogbia Kingdom in Bayelsa says the communities in his domain were poised to use the Oloibiri festival to showcase its culture and tourism potentials to the outside world.   He said that the festival was targeted at attracting tourists and investors to the... Read more

The Nigerian delegation to the 42nd annual meeting of the just-ended Islamic Development Bank had during a business meeting with the IsDBG Vice-President for Operations, Nigeria’s former Minister for Finance, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, urged the Bank to fast-track the implementation of ongoing projects being  funded by the Bank in... Read more

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David   Umahi,  has inaugurated  two bridges recently completed by his administration  at Amangwu Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area. He performed the ceremony during inspection of projects in  Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone as part of activities marking the 2017 Democracy Day... Read more

The Bayelsa government on Wednesday said it planned to create at least 7,000 temporary jobs from the implementation of projects funded from the $50 million development facility from the World Bank. The loan stock is part of World Bank’s intervention with $200 million in four states in the Niger... Read more