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Death Of Nans Senate President And Four Others In Auto Crash Erc Condoles With Nans And Students

PRESS STATEMENT Death Of Nans Senate President And Four Others In Auto Crash Erc Condoles With Nans And Students The death of the Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Donald Onukaogu Sunday, Dimeji Azeez (a.k.a Fagbocious) and three others is indeed shocking. Reportedly, they died in an auto crash while on their [...]

Taming the Ghost Workers

Taming the Ghost Workers Abdullahi M. Seidu   For years, ghosts’ workers in Nigeria are not meant to be seen on their duty post but clearly visible on the payroll. They crawl under the shadow of darkness to suck dry our common wealth. They are reapers where they have not sown anything! Going by the [...]

Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position

Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a knowledge platform for constructive debate. Let me say [...]

Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG”

Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG” I do not live in Zamfara but passively at the moment, so my view is shaped from what opinions of pundits gathered and my research. As I moved round, the enormity of work done was not only amazing and revealing but very exciting to behold. Good networking, expansion [...]

Africa’s mobile youths drive change Cell phones reshape youth cultures

Africa’s mobile youths drive change  Cell phones reshape youth cultures By Jocelyne Sambira The sight of teenagers selling mushrooms using mobile phones is becoming a familiar one in rural Namibia. Namibia Polytechnic faculty member Maurice Nkusi, designer of a cell phone–based curriculum, told the TechDailyNews that most of these children have never even used a [...]

Nigeria’s Film industry could provide 2 Million Jobs

Nigeria’s film industry could provide 2 million jobs By Rebecca Moudio As an entrepreneur, 32-year-old chemistry graduate Jason Njoku achieved success in a most unlikely way: he is Africa’s largest distributor of Nigerian movies, and has raked in over $8 million since 2010, when he founded the company Iroko Partners. In December 2012 at a [...]

NIGERIA: I Am In Port Harcourt For Family Issues Not Amaechi – First Lady

NIGERIA: I Am In Port Harcourt For Family Issues Not Amaechi – First Lady Category: Nigeria News Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:34 Written by Agency Reporter Hits: 127 Nigeria First lady, Mrs Patience JonathanContrary to speculation about the first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan is in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to help [...]

Akpabio explains why Amaechi’s suspension has not been lifted

Akwa Ibom state governor and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governor’s Forum, Godswil Akpabio, on Tuesday explained why Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who was suspended by the National Working Committee has not been recalled. Akpabio, who spoke with State House correspondents after the PDP Caucus meeting held at the State House Banquet Hall on Tuesday [...]

NIGERIA: Stop Impersonating Me, Amaechi Warns Jang

NIGERIA: Stop Impersonating Me, Amaechi Warns Jang Category: Nigeria News Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 07:37 Written by Olawale Olaleyeand Ernest Chinwo Hits: 60 Governor Rotimi AmaechiThe crisis in the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) may have continued to fester as its chairman and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Sunday warned the Plateau [...]

Wamakko: I have been Vindicated, Calls for Amaechi’s Recall

Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko By Mohammed Aminu Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, Tuesday said he has been vindicated following the lifting of the suspension order slammed on him by the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) two weeks ago. He also called on the national leadership of the party to see to [...]

I am not in Rivers to help impeach Amaechi – Patience Jonathan

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi The president’s wife said she could visit Rivers at anytime. The first lady, Patience Jonathan, has said her current visit to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, is not meant to unseat Governor Rotimi Amaechi as has been insinuated in the media. There have been media reports that Mrs. Jonathan, [...]

NUPENG, PENGASSAN protest state of East-West Road

OIL workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Monday in Port Harcourt protested against the deplorable state of the Eleme-Refinery end of the East-West Road in Rivers State. The protesters, who blocked a portion of the [...]