…Urges Nigerians not to allow present temporary circumstances becloud your  sense of pride Dr. Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has appealed to Nigerians to disallow the present temporary circumstances in the country muddle their permanent sense of pride. Akpabio made the appeal at the Symposium to mark the 63rd Anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Thursday. He said, “I share the joy and pride of all Nigerians in this season...

Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sacked heads of 21 parastatals, agencies, and government companies of the FCT Administration with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister in Abuja on Wednesday, listed the affected heads of the agencies as follows: 1.     Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abuja Investment Company Ltd 2.     CEO/Managing...

Assessing the level of degradation on the environment by illegal miners as well as enforcing the state order to seal up all illegal mining sites, the Enugu State Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Prof. Sam Ugwu, laments the extensive ecological disaster caused by the miners to her citizens and environment. “The illegal deforestation, diversion of water bodies and degradation of hundreds of hectares of land by the miners could trigger ecological disaster if nothing...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah urges the Federal Government of Nigeria to reconsider the current model of road maintenance in the nation and adopt concession of all federal roads in each state to the state governments in collaboration with the private sector for proper maintenance and sustainability. Governor Mbah made this call when he and his entourage visited the site of the collapsed bridge between the New Artisan flyover and the NNPC...