With 10 days to the start of the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE, Golden Eaglets’ Isaac Success has said here that the overall success of the team is far more important than any individual ambition. Success comes into this fray in a blaze of glory as Africa’s best striker after... Read more
By Kelechi Decca Attempts to defend Nigerian legislators’ outsize pay must crash as spectacularly as the ignoble third term lobby of the Obasanjo administration seven years ago. Few weeks ago, Nigeria’s emerging nemesis for politicians Oby Ezekwesili took on the members of the National Assembly over their ‘wastefulness’... Read more
The AgriBusiness Forum is the largest annual pan-African AgriBusiness Forum held on African soil which aims at strengthening the Agri-Food sector in Africa, by encouraging partnerships, exchanging best practices and attracting investments. It is the platform to discuss and present successful projects and business models. This year, the... Read more
Bayelsa Lists Benefits of Proposed Maritime Academy
News October 6, 2013
Bayelsa State government says the proposed Maritime Academy will generate foreign exchange earnings for the country and boost the state internally generated revenue. Also, it added that the institution when completed would be managed by the Polish Government to enable it recoup its 60m Euros Development Support Facility... Read more
By Emeka Nwankwor (e.nwankwor@hotmail.com) Next year, the curtain will come down on Governor Peter Obi’s eight-year tenure at Government House Awka; but before that, citizens and denizens of Anambra State will go to the polls to elect the man who will be Obi’s successor. Ahead of the election... Read more
The Golden Eaglets arrived Dubai in the early hours of Tuesday into the waiting hands of His Excellency, Alhaji Ibrahim Auwalu-theNigerian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Ambassador Auwalu had earlier breezed into town from his base in AbuDhabi( the capital of the UAE) to meet the National Under-17... Read more
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has counselled the country’s National Assembly to suspend the ongoing constitutional amendment which it is undertaking since President Goodluk Jonathan has constituted a committee for the convocation of a national conference in the country. According to the NUJ, proceeding with the constitutional amendment... Read more
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has disclosed that the state University Teaching Hospital, Oghara would start kidney transplant latest in February just as he acknowledged the tremendous increase in medical tourism to the State. Governor Uduaghan who stated this Tuesday night during a Radio/Television Phone-in-Programme at the Delta Broadcasting... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Monday justified the proposed 60m euros Tied Direct Aid, (TDA) from Poland, arguing that it is not a loan facility as being rumoured by members of the opposition. This is just as he ordered the immediate arrest of some civil servants over... Read more
Bayelsa Puts Sylva’s Aide Under Security Watch
Nigeria October 3, 2013
The Special Adviser on Security Matters to the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Richard Perekeme Kpodoh has been put under security watch over an alleged inciting statement. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the government has directed... Read more
