Three leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood go on trial in Cairo on Sunday on charges of inciting lethal violence during unrest that preceded the army’s overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi. Mohamed Badie, the Islamist movement’s “General Guide”, and his two deputies, Khairat al-Shater and Rashad Bayoumy, will not attend... Read more
Awakened to the realities occasioned by the abandonment of massive agricultural production that was once the country’s economic mainstay, Nigeria is fast making giant strides in agriculture following a new focus on the sector. That focus, which is in line with the drive of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has called for support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid as president in 2015. He sated this in Calabar at a crucial meeting of Expanded Zonal Executive Committee of PDP South-South Zone... Read more
The historic take-off of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu took place on Saturday amidst celebrations as an Ethiopian Airlines flight landed at the international wing of the airport on schedule. The grand opening marked the commencement of commercial international flight operations in the South-East of Nigeria and hallmarks... Read more
“OIL, SOIL AND TOIL: THE ROLE OF EDITORS IN PROMOTING THE NIGERIA BEYOND OIL CAMPAIGN”
FeaturedPress Releases August 23, 2013
BEING TEXT OF SPEECH ENTITLED: DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. EMMANUEL EWETA UDUAGHAN, GOVERNOR, DELTA STATE, AT THE OPENING OF THE NIGERIAN GUILD OF EDITORS CONFERENCE, HOLDING AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE, ASABA, 21ST-24TH AUGUST 2013 Protocol: 1. This is one occasion where I do not have to toil hard on... Read more
By Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe (Ph.d) Nigeria’s nationality question is neither the creation of the Igbo nor the Yoruba. It is the consequence of Hausa-Fulani’s megalomaniac quest for political power in the nation. Yet the Hausa-Fulani accept the fact that both the Igbo and Yoruba hold the key to their... Read more
By Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and so on who live in it, pay tax, identify with it, and settle in it. That compact was made the moment... Read more
Using every resource from psychologists to agriculture experts and security forces, the Nigerian state at the heart of an Islamic uprising hopes to reach a reservoir of angry and rootless young men easily recruited by Islamic extremists and transform them into productive members of society. “We are trying to... Read more
Toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak left jail for under house arrest on Thursday but his release stirred little reaction as Egypt wrestles with the fallout from Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster. Mubarak, who was overthrown in a 2011 uprising, was flown from Tora prison in Cairo, a day after a... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River Ministry of Lands and Housing recorded an improvement in its revenue profile from N200.6 million generated in 2011 to N1.1 billion in 2012. This was disclosed Friday in Calabar by the Commissioner, Mr Raphael Uche, at an interactive forum with journalists at... Read more
