The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UAC Foods, Dr. Tawanda Mushuku, has charged students at the primary and secondary school levels to ensure they have an an all round knowledge of every discipline of study before specialising. Mushuku said this is the only way they will remain relevant in an ever changing world. Mushuku, who spoke at the launch of ... Read More »
Relying on traditional fighting equipment and charms (also known as African insurance), brave villagers in Rann, Borno State, have not only successfully repelled attacks by Boko Haram but also killed almost 200 of the terrorists. The feat was recorded yesterday at Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area in north-eastern part of Borno, stronghold of Boko Haram. A story in ... Read More »
A spokesman for the Borno state governor said parents, students and teachers have now identified 77 of the girls shown in the video, released Monday by Agence France-Presse, a French news agency. “Remember, I also said that on face value, all the girls in the video are believed to part of the abducted girls, but Governor Shettima has insisted that ... Read More »
Spotless Hotel owned by the PDP governorship candidate, Ayodele Fayose is experiencing a new lease of life. The hotel which in the days of the governorship of Mr. Fayose between 2003 and 2005 enjoyed high patronage from the state government and political allies of the former governor went into near disuse following the removal of Fayose from office. Until now ... Read More »
Commissioners and Special Advisers in Akwa Ibom have been re-assigned new portfolios in what the state government says is in line with its on-going re-invigoration of the machinery of government. A Government House statement made available to News Express said: “Governor Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Udom Emmanuel has approved the ... Read More »
Esther Mutali, one of the women whose daughters were abducted by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, Borno State, today stated that three mothers have identified their children in a video released by the Islamist sect. Mrs. Mutali’s daughter, Douka Yakubu, is among 276 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School by members of the Islamist sect in an April ... Read More »
Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of fooling teachers with the approved payment of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Salary Structure and cancellation of the Teachers Development Need Assessment. Describing it as “deceit of the century,” Fayose said “Ekiti teachers cannot befooled by a government that took them for granted ... Read More »
There was pandemonium in Owerri for the greater part of Tuesday morning, when news of the alleged escape of a hungry lion from the Nekede Zoo spread like wild fire. While most residents of community quickly closed shop and ran into the safety of their homes, some parents were seen racing to schools to pick their children. recalls that not ... Read More »
A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity, a school leader said on Tuesday. The mother watched the video on television on Monday evening and spotted her daughter among the girls sitting on the ground and wearing veils, said Dumoma Mpur, parent-teachers association ... Read More »
Arrangements have been concluded by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to receive two former governors of the state, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Senator Isiaka Adeleke and their supporters into the ruling party in the state next Saturday. Apart from the two governors, also set to defect are the former member of the House of Representatives, ... Read More »
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