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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on described President Goodluck Jonathan’s reactions to incidents of insecurity and strikes by the Boko Haram sect as irritating. They also reminded him that Nigeria did not vote for a “Saint Jonathan” but a politician who vied for an elective post, got it and got sworn into office […]

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed that the Federal Government is to train a total of 750, 000 graduates on commercial farming through a new scheme that is to be launched for young graduates. According to the minister who spoke Monday at a news conference organised by the Rockefeller Foundation, an international NGO, […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Monday urged collective action against culture of impunity beyond merely speaking against it. The governor said this when he played host to renowned constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, who presented him copies of his just-published autobiography, Ben Nwabueze: His Life, Works and Times-An Autobiography. The governor, who spoke […]

Nigerians in the Diaspora who may be interested in bidding for public sector consultancy or contracting jobs back home in Nigeria are seeking a waiver of the three-year tax clearance requirement as a precondition for their eligibility. The waiver was canvassed in response to the exhortation by Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku who spoke […]

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as fallacious the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the party’s governors in the Southwest shunned last week’s flag-off of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by President Goodluck Jonathan. There had been accusations by the PDP that the governors shunned President Jonathan as some of […]

In the absence of the usual compliment of effusive media adverts, the special interview granted a select group of editors was probably the most public event in the recent celebration of Babatunde Raji Fashola’s (BRF) 50th birthday!  In a rare commentary on himself, BRF wittingly fielded questions with fluid unscripted responses; possibly, the only question […]

Amnesty International has condemned the killing of boarding school students in Yobe state on Saturday by an armed Islamist group saying, “such attacks violate the right to life and undermine the right to education for thousands of children in northern Nigeria. “The attacks must stop immediately,” Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Africa Lucy Freeman said […]

Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has warned President Goodluck Jonathan that securing the presidential ticket of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 elections will not guarantee his re-emergence as President. Speaking with journalists at the Jigawa State Government House, Dutse, Lamido maintained that the president may not win even if […]

President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has initiated a reward system that would encourage folks in rural areas to take part in the routine polio immunization programme, in all the 44 local governments of Kano State. Dangote, who announced this at a mid-year review meeting in Kano at the weekend, said there was […]

Member of the Federal House of Representatives and current contender for the Ekiti State governorship seat, Opeyemi Bamidele may have bitten more than he could chew by publicly disobeying and disregarding the agreement reached by his party to endorse incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, for a second term in office. Bamidele, who thinks this is a […]

A view of an old saying essentially suggested that no one can satisfy the whole world at the same time but smart people will say that all depends on the definition of ‘satisfy’ and whether or not the review of such criteria is subjective. No, I’m not arguing with myself but the point will be […]

In its bid to ensure safety of customer deposits and security in Internet banking, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has signed a G-secure Authentication Platform agreement with Clydestone Nigeria Limited to drive second level authentication on Card-Not-Present transactions. This initiative is in line with global practices and also compliant with the mandate of the Central […]