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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
The price of brooms has shot up by 100 per cent in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, following the flag-off of the ACN gubernatorial campaign in the area. Reports say a bunch of brooms, which is the symbol of the party, sold for N50 in Madagali on Wednesday as against its previous price [...]
When Joseph Yobo led the Super Eagles out against Ethiopia yesterday, it was just three days past his 10th consecutive year as a full international. Few Nigerian players can boast of such an impressive appearance record. The defender first represented his country as a junior international, playing as a striker as Nigeria’s Under 20 team [...]
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Mr Abdoulie Janneh, on Thursday in Addis Ababa said there were strong indications that Africa would likely maintain a steady growth of five per cent this year. He made the statement in Addis Ababa when he declared open a meeting of the Committee of [...]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Thursday explained that its free train ride service was for commuters travelling from Lagos to Ilorin. The Lagos District Public Relations Officer, Mr Ademuyiwa Adekanbi, said in Lagos that trips within the states were not free. He said that the explanation was to disabuse the minds of commuters of the [...]
Rivers State Government has urged the Federal Government to strengthen the federal environmental laws and apply punitive measures to dissuade the abuse of the environment. Delivery a keynote address on “The Role of Education in Achieving Sustainable Ecology in the Contemporary World”, at the first-concluded 22nd Theology week of the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), [...]
The Minister of Environment, Mr John Odey has asked the church in Nigeria to rise up against the destruction of the environment, human rights abuses and the exploitation of the country’s natural wealth which ends up impoverishing the people. In a speech titled, “Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection: Federal Government Policy Thrusts and the Role [...]
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed warned on Wednesday that Nigeria might experience massive environmental refugee migration if urgent steps were not taken to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change. Speaking at the 38th regular meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed said that Nigeria was one of the [...]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) last Thursday advocated multiple approaches to scale up sanitation coverage in the country in order to attain the MDG targets in the sector by 2015. Mr Bisi Agberemi, UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist, said this while presenting a paper on “Scaling Up Sanitation in Nigeria’’ at the [...]
Rivers State Government has urged the Federal Government to strengthen the federal environmental laws and apply punitive measures to dissuade the abuse of the environment. Delivery a keynote address on “The Role of Education in Achieving Sustainable Ecology in the Contemporary World”, at the first-concluded 22nd Theology week of the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), [...]
Provost of the proposed Bayelsa State College of Education, Okpoama, Dr R.K. Meindinyo told staff to get set for challenges that would be associated with effecitive running of the institution. Meindinyo, who stated this at the end of a two-day retreat held for academic and administrative staff of the college, said the retreat was organised [...]
