As the world celebrated the 2018 International Day of Forest (IDF), the Oyo State Government has warned members of the public to desist from illegal tree felling and indiscriminate bush burning. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural…
Philanthropist and Founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates on Thursday in Abuja faulted part of the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Gates, the Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said the implementation of the ERGP is…
As the date for the biggest football fiesta on planet, the FIFA World Cup, date draws closer, the number of requested Fan-IDs, which are required along with tickets for attending matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, has…
The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee to curb Excessive Electricity Charges being levied on consumers by distribution companies (Discos) yesterday said it would meet with community development associations (CDAs) in different geo-political zones in the course of its assignment. Chairman…
Between February 19, 2018 when the Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted by supposed Boko Haram insurgents and Wednesday, March 21, 2018, when the news broke that 76 of them had been released, I had offered perspectives on the incident in two…
The Kogi State Government has given N50,000 each, to 50 women living with various forms of disabilities, to enable them start up their businesses. Mr Ahmadu Hassan, Special Assistant to the Governor on People Living With Disabilities, who disclosed this…
Unbelievable! That was the reactions of most Nigerians when Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State recently told the Assistant Inspector-General of Police for Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, that owners of farmlands in Uwheru, Ughelli North Local Government Area, now…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on women to get actively involved in 2019 election so as to take up more position of power in politics. He stated this at the 14th annual lecture of Women in Management, Business and…
There was confusion Thursday morning in Kaduna State when youths numbering about 200 burnt a Church and a Police station in Narayi in Chikun local government area of Kaduna. The youths, it was learnt, set ablaze a branch of the…