British Council Launches Digital Library With Free Access To Global Education, Entertainment Content
News September 4, 2020
The British Council has launched its globally renowned digital library in Nigeria. This is part of the organisation’s efforts to make educational and entertainment resources available to all. The initiative is aimed at restoring and encouraging a reading culture among Nigerians by facilitating self-paced and convenient learning. Access to... Read more
Isoko Union Lauds Askia Ogieh Over Sponsorship Of Isoko Language Project
News September 3, 2020
The leadership of Isoko Development Union (IDU) and Traditional rulers of the various kingdoms in Isoko Nation have commended the efforts of the Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, for single-handedly sponsoring the Isoko language project, to save it from extinction.... Read more
*Commissions residences for Federal and State Judges built by Rivers State Govt The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad says Nigeria will suffer grave effect if judicial officers are consistently deprived of requisite infrastructure. Justice Muhammad made the remark at the commissioning of 20 four bedroom duplexes built... Read more
Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has made her debut in a movie produced by award-winning, and proudly Nigerian movie producer, Kunle Afolayan. The movie, Citation, is created to correct one of the greatest ills – rape and sexual molestation – which affects the educational system and indeed... Read more
The Newly-posted Controller of Corrections (CC), Rivers Command, Alex Odita, has taken over the mantle of leadership at the State Headquarters in Port Harcourt. A statement on Tuesday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Juliet Ofoni, said Odita assumed duty on Monday after taking over from Assistant Controller... Read more
Rivers Government is to construct two new hostels to accommodate 900 students each at the Nigerian Law School, Yenagoa. This was made known in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications. According to the statement, the State... Read more
The rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport was, on Sunday, reopened for use, with the Minister for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, hinting that the airport would be among the Airports that may be put up for concessions. Sirika also announced that with the official commissioning of the Enugu Airport, local... Read more
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wesdneday, raised the alarm that the “politically-motivated” Southern Kaduna killings had turned into ethno-religious conflict, urging an end to the mayhem. Deploring the needless bloodletting, the Sultan also condemned the inflammatory remarks by some... Read more
The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohaneze Nd’Igbo says it has been studing the events surrounding the killings last Sunday, of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and working with the Enugu State Government with a view to finding the truth before making its position known in the... Read more
Ebonyi State Judiciary workers on Thursday began an indefinite strike to drive home their demand for the implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure (CJSS). As a result of the strike, no court proceeding was held at the State High Court on Thursday. When newsmen visited the State Judiciary... Read more
