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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
* Says only Akpabio fulfilled his promise By Caleb Ayansina ABUJA—The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has vehemently denied the allegation that its leadership expropriated the N23.5 million donated to critically injured ex-corps members, describing the report as mischievous. NYSC-DG The money was donated to the youths under the NYSC Hope Alive initiative, a public/private […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
By EMMA AMAIZE ASABA—DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Delta Capital Territory Development Agency, DCTDA, Asaba, Delta State, Chief Clement Ofuani, has revealed that the Asaba, capital of the oil-rich state, has no development master plan 24 years after creation of the state in 1991. Ofuani, who spoke to Niger Delta Voice in his office at Asaba, asserted that […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
By TOM MOSES IKOT AKPAN UDO—WHY is the Akwa-Ibom State Government observably indifferent in bringing to book the armed youths, who in August 2008, invaded the peaceful Ikot-Akpan Udo community, Ukpum Ette clan, Ikot –Abasi Local Government Area of the state, killing 13 persons and razing over 500 houses despite the cries of the people […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
Hollywood Director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith, said they would boycott next month’s Oscar Academy Awards ceremony because black actors were shut out of nominations. The Oscar acting nominees announced recently that award lacked black performers for a second straight year; leading to the revival of the Twitter feed #OscarsSoWhite that emerged in […]
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Edo, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
The Edo Police Command has recovered more than 32 sophisticated guns with several ammunition from suspected criminals in the last five months. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Ezike, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. Ezike said that the command also arrested 100 suspected […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor & Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA —The Federal Government said, yesterday, that 55 well-placed Nigerians stole a whopping N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013, an amount that would have been enough to provide significant developmental projects across the country. Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the figure while addressing a […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, January 18th, 2016
The making of new LASU VC How the battle was fought and won, and the challenges ahead By Gabriel Dike Peace and stability seem to have returned to the one-time crisis-ridden Lagos State University (LASU), with the appointment, last week, by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, of Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun as the eighth […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, January 18th, 2016
From Noah Ebije, Kaduna Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai yesterday flagged off the free feeding programme for 1.5 million pupils in the state, which was held at the Aliyu Makama Road Primary School, Barnawa area of Kaduna metropolis. In his remarks on the occasion, el-Rufai said the free feeding programme was the beginning of a […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016 Buhari to withdraw 2016 budget advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES N Letter sent to NationalAssembly – Sen. Enang … Speaker may readPresident’s letter tomorrow From Fred Itua & Kemi Yusuf, Abuja AGAINST the controversy trailing the 2016 national budget, President Muhammadu Buhari may […]
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Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016 advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES The Sokoto State government says it has uncovered N1.5 billion belonging to it lying idle in 100 dormant accounts in various commercial banks in the country. The state government attributed the discovery to the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) system two weeks […]
