A daughter of Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been nominated as commissioner in Adamawa State. Fatima Atiku Abubakar was listed as one of 22 commissioner nominees sent by Governor Bindow Jibirilla on Thursday to the state House of Assembly for screening. Two associates of the former vice president were also nominated, a pointer to the improved relations between the governor ... Read More »
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Breastfeeding Is For Babies, Not Husbands’ – LASUTECH CMD
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Wale Oke has urged men to stop competing with their babies to suck the wives’ breast. Oke enjoined the men to allow their babies to enjoy their natural meal. He spoke yesterday at the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). The programme was organised by LASUTH Community Health Department in conjunction ... Read More »
DEBT ALLEGATION: ABIKE DABIRI FILES N500M DAMAGES SUIT AGAINST DIAMOND BANK
Kola Popson A former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Kafayat Abike Dabiri-Erewa has filed a five hundred million naira (N500, 000000) damage suit against Diamond Bank for falsely linking her to the ownership of a company ‘Thriller Endeavor’, on the premise that the company owes the bank to the tune of over hundred million naira. The filing ... Read More »
Rukayat Gawat Emerges ISMAN Social Sec, As ‘Omotayebi’ emerges Amira
Alhaja Rukayat Gawat-Oyefeso is undoubtedly one of the fast-rising Islamic singers in the music industry. Interestingly, she is the daughter of late Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) popular TV personality, Alhaji Rasaq Aremu Gawat, and this aptly tells where her lover for the tube and entertainment as a whole stem from. The charming singer has emerged the new ‘Social Secretary’ of ... Read More »
AMBODE SWEARS IN 19 NEW PERMANENT SECRETARIES
…Says Interest Of Lagosians Must Come First Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday swore in 19 new Permanent Secretaries in the State Civil Service with a call on the new appointees to immediately get to work and prove themselves, just as he urged them to make the common good of all Lagosians their watchwords. The Governor, at the ... Read More »
July Was The Most Rewarding Month of 2015 So Far – Tony Elumelu Foundation CEO
July was undoubtedly the busiest and most rewarding month of 2015 so far. Remember when our founder Tony O. Elumelu CON dubbed this year the ‘Year of African Entrepreneurship’? That certainly came to fruition from July 10-12 when we hosted 1,000 African entrepreneurs at the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) inaugural bootcamp. With 2 days of intense networking and development ... Read More »
For The Records! BUHARI’S ‘CHANGE’ ANTHEM: THE PLACE OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE
The change mantra of the All progressives congress at the 2015 general election may have indeed earned president Muhammadu Buhari and his political party victory at the polls, yet the principle of governance goes beyond mere celebrations and takeover of political power, it is also not just about who gets what position or appointment, but about implementing and fulfilling the ... Read More »
AKPABIO DEBUNKS STORY OF ANGER WITH UDOM EMMANUEL
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio has dismissed as a ruse, a news story purporting that he is angry with his successor over U.S trip. In a chat with newsmen, Akpabio who now represents Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District and Minority Leader in the Senate, said his attention was drawn to a story ... Read More »
Article For The Records! Can The Igbo People Play Opposition Politics in Nigeria for 10 Years? By Joe Igbokwe
I want the Igbo nation, where I come from, to play opposition politics in Nigeria at least for the next ten years so that the world will take them serious once again in matters of Nigerian politics. In the first Republic, the Igbo-dominated NCNC formed an alliance with the northern-based NPC to form a government in the center. In the Second ... Read More »
Why Mikel And Moses Should Go Out On Loan – Sunday Oliseh
The just appointed Super Eagles Coach Sunday Oliseh, has advised Nigerian players plying their trade at big clubs abroad to engineer loan moves to other clubs rather than sitting on the bench all the time. In an interview with BBC, the former Borussia Dortmund and Juventus midfielder who was asked if it worries him to see Nigeria’s top players rotting ... Read More »