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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...”
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC), has awarded a contract for line pipes worth over N7.8billion to SCC Nigeria Ltd, in one of the biggest efforts by an international oil company to encourage in-country manufacture of the key pipeline making material. SPDC signed the contract with the Abuja-based company in August this year. [...]
The ECOWAS Commission, has so far mobilised 1.8 billion dollars from multilateral sources and bilateral donors for the implementation of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), an official has said. The Principal Programme Officer (Agriculture) at the Commission, Dr. Ernest Aubee, told newsmen in Abuja that the regional organisation had created a 150-million-dollar agricultural [...]
Two different groups yesterday in Abuja demonstrated in support and against Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, ahead of the governorship election scheduled for Februry 12, 2012. The leader of the anti-Sylvia group and President, Ogbia Youths, Mr Osain Azibalu, told newsmen that their demonstration was to prevent the re-election of the incumbent governor. Azibalu said [...]
Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, Mrs Alayingi Sylva, has urged women and female teenagers in secondary schools in the state to under go screening of breast and cervical cancer for early detection. The Governor’s wife who stated this in Yenagoa, during the “Walk For Life Against Cancer” programme, it was to draw attention to [...]
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Victor Ochei, Wednesday urged media professionals to meet the aspirations of Nigerians in their agenda setting role. He gave the charge at the inaugural lecture and launch of the N50 million recreation centre by the Pointer Newspapers Chapel of NUJ in Asaba. The lecture with the theme [...]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Uyo Branch, has condemned the move by a group of legislators to abolish the post-UTME screening test. This was made known to newsmen by its Chairman, Mr Nwachukwu Anyim, at the end of a congress meeting held in Uyo. Anyim said that since the university was [...]
Jubilation rented the air at Sankwala the headquarters of Obanliku Local Government Area as relief materials were delivered to victims of recent flood disaster in the area. The crowd that gathered at the primary health centre premises Sankwala to receive their share of the relief materials expressed joy as they praised the State Governor Senator [...]
Adamawa Teachers in Mubi Local Government of Adamawa State has resumed work, following the suspension of the seven-week old strike by the chapter’s NLC. The workers had in September embarked on an indefinite strike to press for the implementation of the N18, 000 minimum wage. The strike had paralysed government business and closed down public [...]
The resolution of the Senate last week to investigate the continued relevance of the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening in Nigerian universities triggered a laughable controversy. At the last count, parties in the controversy included the Committee of Vice-Chancellors, the National Universities Commission (NUC), apologists of the senate and some “Jambites” who staged [...]
The reported Killing of Mallam Zakariya Isa, a earmaraman with the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, in Borno State, is an indication that the poor security situation in the country has gone awry. Late Zukariya was said to have methis death when two men approached him shot him and left hand in the pool of his [...]
