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Zamfara Abduction: Ezekwesili Slams Buhari Govt, Says Abomination Has Become A Norm According to her, it is not "normal" for the President to look on as the kidnapping incidents are reoccurring, stressing that it is time for Nigerians to wake up. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 27, 2021 Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described the abduction of schoolchildren over the years as an abomination that has now become a norm.  She condemned President Muhammadu Buharis approac...

Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogah (left); Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; Project Manager, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Wiser Fridget; Federal Controller of Works, Anambra State, Adeyemo Ajani and others during inspection of the Second Niger Bridge at the weekend br The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, some ministers from the South-East zone and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Prof. George Obiozor, at the w...

Share Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Friday met with the French ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, and other diplomats in Abuja all in a bid to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) portfolio in the state. Governor Ayade, who expressed the readiness of Cross River to collaborate with the French Government to develop core sectors of the state, said the state “has enormous investment potentials particularly in Agriculture, Education, Solid Minerals, Road and syourea-port in...

She Thrives is an important part of the organizations Violence Against Women in The Workplace initiative and will feature stories from women who have faced violence within their working environments and perspectives from thought leaders. The 10-episode series anchored by Omoye Uzamere premiered on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 on BEAT 99.9 FM from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm and was also released on podcast platforms - Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more by 4:00 pm on Podc...

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Encomium The South East All Progressives Congress Party (APC) leaders led by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State have expressed their immeasurable gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the massive infrastructural development embarked upon by the Federal Government in the region,  especially the second Niger Bridge currently under construction. At a parley on Friday at the site of the second Niger Bridge in Onitsha convened Governor Uzodimma, the leaders took...

Vanguard News I don’t have any rift with Onu — Umahi On By Peter Okutu, Abakaliki CONTRARY to insinuations in some quarters, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has made it clear that he doesn’t have any issue with the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Umahi stated this when he received the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah at the new Government House, Ochoudo Centenary City, Abakaliki. “I never had an issue with Dr Onu. I never had a...

TODAY January 28, 2021 The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has approved the posting and redeployment of six Commissioners. The Secretary to the State Government, Babale Umar Yauri, disclosed this on Thursday. According to SSG, those affected by the redeployment are Rakiya Tanko Ayuba redeployed to the Ministry of Information and Culture from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Barrister Attahiru Maccido redeployed to Special Duties from the Ministry of Agricul...

  Bala Mohammed (known in full as Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed)  was born on October 5, 1958, at Duguri Town in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He attended Duguri Primary School, Bauchi, from 1965 to 1971 where he secured his First School Leaving Certificate. After that, he was at Government Secondary School, Bauchi, from 1972 to 1976 where he passed his WASCE. He then proceeded to the North-East College of Art and Science between 1977 and 1979 for his Advanced Level Certificate. ...

• Women Groups Kick Over Low Number The President, Muhammadu Buhari, recently assigned portfolios to 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors screened last year by the Senate. A cursory look at the postings released showed that 11 envoys were re-appointed with eight retaining their places of primary assignment, while the other three were redeployed to other countries. But that is not all the list revealed; it also showed that of the 52 non-career ambassadors, Only 12 are women with three caree...

Advertisement My colleague and very good friend, Waziri Adio, has a sense of humour that sometimes borders on the morbid. Shortly before we departed Lagos last Sunday on the first leg of ‘THISDAY Meets the Nation’ tour, he said: “If this aircraft crashes, THISDAY would be re-enacting the Zambia national soccer team tragedy scenario.” Mr. Victor Ifijeh (current Managing Director of The Nation newspaper) immediately scolded Waziri: “Why do you always think negatively?” Apparently, the...