If a Nigerian had arrived Britain in November, he would need to tune to news channels to be aware that elections were due in few weeks. Campaign posters posted on every available space that is characteristic of electioneering in Nigeria are missing. He won’t find party flags hoisted indiscriminately nor will he see large party insignias mounted at capital cities. Football stadia or public squares are not taken over suddenly for mega rallies. British boroughs remain serene and scenic.
Why not; because every day Britain has no posters or banners defacing the town in order to the get attention of …
Nigeria’s government has said there is no fixed date for the reopening of the country’s land borders, which were closed in August this year.
President Muhammadu Buhari had explained that the borders were closed, to prevent smuggling of banned items.
Speaking with journalists on Monday, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, stated that a date for the borders to be reopened would be fixed after a joint patrol team set up by Nigeria and its neighbours submit its recommendations.
The Minister said the recommendations …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has blamed the poor attention students get from lecturers to the poor learning environment across universities.
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President of the association, made this known when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Forum in Abuja on Sunday.
Ogunyemi said that the learning environment in the 1980s and 1990s was quite different from what was currently obtained, stressing that the environment in most universities was no longer conducive for effective learning.
“First, I do not agree with you that they do not pay attention to their students, but, again,
A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Roland Owie, yesterday described the Nigerian ruling class as “armed robbers” who will “rot in hell.”
He added that they were “wicked and selfish.”
Owie spoke with journalists in Benin on Sunday at the graduation ceremony of the School of Faith and Leadership of the Catholic Church, where he had recently completed a four-year course.
He condemned what he described as the “criminal and greedy acquisition of wealth” by some persons in authority, to the detriment of the vast majority.
“What …
She spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday at an event organised by the state government in conjunction with some youth organizations.
Dabiri-Erewa, represented by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the commission, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, explained that Nigerians living abroad were contributing enormous resources to national development.
Dabiri-Erewa said it was only normal that they were
Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has claimed that 22 former governors are currently under investigation for corruption.
Malami stated this on Thursday, while addressing journalists in Abuja.
He pointed out that at least three ex-Governors – Joshua Dariye (Plateau), Jolly Nyame (Taraba) and Orji Kalu (Abia) – have been convicted under President Muhammadu Buhari.
“It might interest you to note that former state governors and even serving senators are not spared.
“Currently, high profile personalities including judicial officers and former governors indicted for corruption have been prosecuted and many sentenced to jail.
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The 22 member Task Force has Prof. Abubakar Sambo as Chairman, Mr. Lateef Ogunleye as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, while Mr. Haruna Ladan, Deputy Director, Appointment, Promotion and Discipline (APD) in the Ministry of Power will serve as its secretary, NAN reports.
Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, Mamman said that the Task Force became necessary following plans by the Federal Government to accelerate the pace of reforms
Governors of the 36 States in Nigeria have declared that decision to pay the ₦30,000 minimum monthly wage.
Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi, spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday at the forum secretariat.
“Governors have all indicated without any equivocation that we subscribe to the Act of Parliament that has been passed on the 30,000 minimum wage. There is no debate, we have accepted that”, Fayemi said.
“The negotiation team you are talking about is about the consequential impact and each state has started that process.
“If the NLC is not fully aware …
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the attacks by its members on Nigerian dignitaries abroad as a mere reprimand for them to mend their ways on their lacklustre attitude to people of the South East.
Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, however, said the attacks will only be on leaders of Igbo origin.
“We are not attacking any dignitary in Nigeria rather, we are reprimanding them and attacking their evil deed against the people of this country particularly the Biafrans who are in government without thinking for the welfare of their people.”
Members of the outlawed group had …
His Excellency, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (CON), is certainly the enfant terrible of Nigerian politics. He knows how to give and take political punches. He does not suffer fools gladly. He defends Rivers State with his soul, heart and might, as if his very life depends on it. To say he loves Rivers is an understatement. To say he is a proud Ikwerre son and scion is a statement of fact that he himself proclaims to the high heavens. No wonder, only penultimate Saturday, Wike was conferred with the prestigious title of Dike Oha of Ikwere land (the strength …
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu addressed South Eastern soldiers whom are still members of the Nigerian Army in his last Radio broadcast on Saturday evening.
He minced no words while describing their involvement in the Nigerian/British security as foolhardy.
“If You Are From SouthEast Remaining In Nigeria Army, your lives are worthless because you’ll die For nothing defending the British Empire.”
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.…
The committee added that there was an urgent need to review the admission process into the country’s tertiary institutions as Nigeria scored low on the internationalisation index.
The committee, headed by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, stated these in Abuja on Thursday at the
