Rapid industrialization of Nigeria is my mission, says SON DG, Okeke
Dr Ifeanyi Okeke | File Photo ‘We are not allowing a lull in activities; we are not having any transition break or period. Work continues for proper consolidation and sustainability’ By Valentine Amanze The Standards Organisation of Nigeria’s (SON) new Director General/ Chief Executive, Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, has declared commitment to the rapid industrial […]
Rivers crisis worsens, Fubara sacks Wike’s loyalists, meets Tinubu
Governor Sim Fubara | Photo: Vanguard ‘Regrettably, it has come to my attention that some members of our Assembly have fallen short of these principles (principles of democracy)’ By Valentine Amanze The ongoing battle for political leadership in Rivers State between the immediate past governor, Nyesom Wike, and the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, got worse […]
Ebonyi governor mourns late Ngele
Governor Francis Nwifuru | File Photo ‘She was a caring mother; nice to everybody, and a community leader’ By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has commiserated with the former senator, who represented Ebonyi North in the national assembly, Senator Sylvanus Ogiji Ngele, over the death of his mother at the […]
Shade off slave trade psyche, Obi advises blacks
Peter Obi | File Photo ‘I relayed to them my experience in 2001, while taking an Executive Management Course at Kellogg School of Management, a personal encounter I had with Prof Donald Jacobs, the School Dean, which eventually motivated me to join politics back home in Nigeria, to help build a better nation for all’ […]
Gaza: Nigeria calls for truce in Israeli-Hamas conflict
. Yusuf M. Tuggar, | File Photo ‘The Federal Government of Nigeria is calling on the Israeli government to grant humanitarian access to the millions of people that have been displaced since the crisis broke’ By Ahmed Ahmed The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for an end to Israeli and Hamas conflict in Gaza. […]
Presidency should beg, ask President Obasanjo how he cleared Nigeria’s external debts, left huge foreign reserve without borrowing – Nto
Dr. Philips Nt Dr. Philips Nto is a World Bank consultant and former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Abia State. The distinguished academic who presently lectures at Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, spoke to Nigeria News Flight and other media outfits in Lagos on the economy, its challenges, the need to […]
Ebonyi communal war: Governor warns over missing soldier
Governor Francis Nwifuru | File Photo He called on those behind the dastardly act to voluntarily report themselves to the government to forestall severe military action in the area By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Mr. Francis Nwifuru, has condemned the sudden missing of a Nigeria soldier on a peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged […]
What to benefit from cassava value chain boost in Africa, by NOC
‘The efficiency and effectiveness of the various institutions hosting the National Quality Infrastructure in both the public and private sectors are thus critical to the development of the cassava value chain in Africa’ By Valentine Amanze The National Quality Council (NQC) has appealed to governments in Africa and their quality infrastructure institutions to float national […]
Army hands over two suspects with 512 parcels of cannabis sativa to NDLEA in Bauchi
The suspects and the security agencies during the hand over. ‘The suspected peddlers were intercepted by operatives of the brigade on Monday 23, 2023 at 800pm at Ringin Gani village along Jos road in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi’ By Ahmed Ahmed The Nigerian Army 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi has handed over two suspected […]
FUTO: How Police brutalised, extorted money from students in Owerri
FUTO logo | File Photo .Students now live in fear, parents lament ‘We are not criminals; we are not Yahoo boys. We are only poor students. Why would they be punishing and extorting money from us when we are not criminals’ By Valentine Amanzema For some students of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Friday […]
