From: Diana Okon-Effiong,Calabar Stakeholders in journalism and the Mass Media have decried the deployment of armed police and army personnel to the State Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Calabar. The armed security operatives were sighted in large numbers as they cordoned off... Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described the late mother of Ebonyi State Governor, Deaconess Margaret Umahi, as a “Christian icon and a great mother of the state.” Speaking at the Osborn La-palm Hotel Event Centre, Agu-Ugwu Umunaga, Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area during a thanksgiving service in honour of... Read more
By James Pam There is a Bill before the Nigerian National Assembly that has successfully scaled through second reading in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which deserves very close scrutiny by all Nigerians. The international community should also be interested in this Bill because of the... Read more
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano yesterday flagged off the Delfarm Anambra Songhai Farm Project at Igbariam in Anambra East Council Area. The project designed for full value-Chain Agricultural Production and Processing as well as for Agricultural Technical Services us worth about 4.5 billion naira of investment in its first... Read more
Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun called for sustainable and inclusive growth for Africa at a high level G20 Finance Ministers seminar held in Paris Thursday night. The Finance Ministers met to discuss current challenges to the international financial architecture and ways of combating macroeconomic volatility. The high-level... Read more
By Bruce Fein Biafra, dominated by the great Igbo race, enjoyed sovereignty before Great Britain commenced exploitive colonial rule over Nigeria under the racist banner of Rudyard Kipling’s “the White Man’ burden.” Britain asserted authority over Biafra based on the tyrannical doctrine that the strong do what they can... Read more
The Nigerian Army has announced that Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was kidnapped on Sunday 27, was found dead today (Tuesday) at about 6:00 p.m., . “Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body... Read more
A consortium of farmers, environmentalists and civil society groups have urged the Biosafety Regulatory Agency to halt the commercial introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) Maize and Cotton. Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited has applied to National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA) for field trial of two varieties of GM maize varieties... Read more
Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the demise of the foremost lawyer, political and human rights activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, as a huge loss to the nation. In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola said... Read more
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, and a panel of experts will share their practical solutions to Nigeria’s current economic crisis in a special event organised by The Royal African Society, in partnership with Creation TV and The Frontline Club in central London... Read more
