YENAGOA — The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says he has no rift with Sen. Godswill Akpabio over the formation of substantive Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board. The reaction was coming on the backdrop of a publication purporting a row between Sylva and Akpabio, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs. The story also purported that Sylva was attempting to truncate chances of certain individuals from being Managing Directors of the...
SOKOTO — Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has declined the conferment of an honorary degree on him by the Nahda International University College (NIUC), Khartoum, Sudan because of security challenges. Mr. Muhammad Bello, the Special Adviser to Gov. Tambuwal on Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement he issued to the newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. ” The award has been slated as part of the graduation ceremony of 38 students of Sokoto...
“Nigerian government thinks that it can do just about anything that it deems fit but the world has moved beyond that stage ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The evident political incompetence of the current Nigerian regime gives it away as a government that lives in the past. Even a casual observation of the choice of language used by known pillars of the administration smacks of empty arrogance with no substance in view. Clearly, not only does it appear...
NEW YORK — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is working with partners to restore water to people affected by volcanic eruptions in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNICEF said on Monday that the agency was working to restore water supply to roughly 200,000 people, including some 100,000 children, affected by the volcanic eruption in Goma, DRC. The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on 22 May melted mains water pipes and damaged a...
“The idea of lock down and work from home conceivably has come to stay”, ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Around this time last year, so many government and private organisations have fully adopted, partially or considering the idea of allowing some or most of their workforce, to work from home. A good number of organisations in Europe and America, do not have the luxury of a variety of options even till now, owing to the severity of the...
AWKA — The Anambra government has called on residents to shun unhealthy environmental practices which were contributing to erosion menace and other degradation. Mr. Obi Nwankwo, Commissioner for Environment in Anambra made the call at an event marking the 2021 World Environment Day (WED) celebration in Awka on Saturday. The theme for this year’s celebration was “Ecosystem Restoration” Nwankwo who was represented by Dr. Emmanuel Okafor, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry said erosion was the...
SOKOTO — A boat mishap that occurred in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Thursday has killed thirteen people, including women and children. Recall that similar incident occurred last week in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi state in which about one hundred people were drowned. The victims were said to be traveling from Doruwa to Ginga in Sokoto state around evening time when the boat capsized and killed all the passengers. Council chairman, Aliyu...
KADUNA — The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, on Friday charged the 1,100 recruits of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) not to compromise in protecting and preserving the territorial integrity of the country. Amao gave the charge during the Passing Out Parade of the 1,100 Recruits of Basic Military Training Course 41 at the Military Training Center (MTC) NAF Base Kaduna. He said that they were graduating at a time when the...
KADUNA — The Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) says it is making concerted efforts to meet the country’s industrial and household sugar demands. Alhaji Abdulsalam Waya, the DSR Head of Sales and Marketing, Northern Region, made the pledge at a trade briefing and unveiling of a new sugar packaging, in Kaduna. Waya, who tagged the unveiling as “New Look, Same Great Quality”, gave the assurance that DRS was committed to meeting the sugar needs of households...
IBADAN — Dr. Mutiyat Oladayo, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, University of Ibadan, has advised parents and guardians to stop labeling their children as fetish as a result of superstitious beliefs. Oladayo, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Friday, said such profiling amounted to child abuse and a violation of child’s rights. Commemorating the 2021 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, she expressed her sadness...
