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Nigerian Senate Makes Case For Nuclear Energy

December 12, 2019 11:38 am

Senators agreed with the notion that nuclear energy is one of cleanest and safest source of energy in the world today

Recall that the Nigeria and Russian Federation have signed bilateral agreements on nuclear energy cooperation

As the federal government of Nigeria presses on with its plan to diversify the nation’s energy mix – with inclusion of nuclear energy technology from Russia, the Nigerian Senate has also called for the inclusion of nuclear power into the country’s energy mix.

This was part of the resolution reached by the upper chamber recently following a motion by Senator Tanko Al-Makura representing Nassarawa …

Nigerian Army Abducted Three Biafrans Yesterday – Kanu

December 9, 2019 5:25 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, via his verified Facebook page cried out on the alleged abduction of three Biafran citizens yesterday night in Abia State.

 

“Before Aso Rock commence their usual denial and counter accusation through Channels Television, I wish to place it on record that @HQNigerianArmy last night abducted three Biafrans (Kelvin Odionyenfe Nduka, Nnamdi Obi and Chinemerem Onuorah) in full view of the public at MCC Junction in Aba Abia State and taken to an undisclosed location for possible summary execution as is their routine.”

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The Finance Bill And Nigerian Economy

December 8, 2019 3:06 am

The Nigerian government is keen to open up new opportunities to earn more monies, and to do this, it sent a finance bill to the National Assembly. The bill is essentially a fiscal bill and it is driven by the objective of generating additional revenues for the Government to potentially partly finance the deficit in the 2020 Budget. Nosa James-Igbinadolor examines the bill

The latest World Bank report on Nigeria is blunt and bleak. The report shows that economic growth remains muted, with growth averaging 1.9 per cent in 2018 and plateauing to 2 percent in the first half of …

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Police In Croatia Deport Nigerian Table Tennis Players

December 7, 2019 11:23 am

The organisers of an international student sports competition have called for two Nigerian table tennis players to be returned to their own country after Croatian police wrongly deported them to a Bosnian refugee camp.

Abie Uchenna Alexandra and Eboh Kenneth Chinedu, students at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri in Nigeria, arrived Zagreb on 12 November, on their way to participate in the fifth World InterUniversities Championships, held this year in Pula, Croatia.

The 18-year-old table tennis players left Pula for Zagreb after the tournament, and were supposed to fly back to Lagos on 18 November. However, the night before …

UNICEF To Improve Literacy Of Nigerian Children

December 6, 2019 1:19 pm

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday said it would help improve literacy level among Nigerian children in rural areas through sensitisation and advocacy.

The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the importance of literacy and education would be better understood through advocacy.

Hawkins said that for those in the rural areas to understand that they could be liberated from poverty through education, it had to be through advocacy and sensitisation.

According to him, those in the rural areas and local communities are often neglected in the areas …

When Nigerian Women, UN Declared War Against Rape

December 4, 2019 6:37 am

They came from every part of the country to Abuja, the seat of power, angry, disturbed and determined to make a bold statement that enough is enough and that as specially created human beings Nigerian women should be treated with respect and decorum.

Infuriated, they are resolute to fight one scourge of the menace and high rate of rape and other forms of gender based violence against women in collaboration with the United Nations Assembly.

To underscore its seriousness, importance and magnitude, President, UN Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, physically joined Nigerian women at the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) in …

25-Year-Old Unveils First Nigerian Made Carbon Fiber Car

November 29, 2019 3:02 pm

Fabrication engineer and chief executive officer of Bennie Technologies LTD, Jerry Mallo, has unveiled the first made in Nigeria carbon fiber sports car.

The carbon fiber car named Bennie Purrie was exhibited on Thursday at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.

“ Africa is a good market for luxury vehicles,” Mallo said on ChannelsTV Sunrise Daily on Friday.

“I got that exposure when I was in the UK in Europe, we learnt that making the car is just half of the challenge, and selling it is the other half.”

“Africa is usually is the target place to sell these vehicles, so I …

Igbo And Nigerian Presidency Conundrum

November 29, 2019 3:54 am

IGBO people constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. They are economic, social and educational giants in their own right. Their spirit of mercantilism and commercial dexterity has made them universally ubiquitous. The Igbo in the Diaspora spread to parts of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. But at home in Nigeria the Igbo people are political midgets. The political fortunes of Ndigbo have been on downward trend since the exit of Dr.NnamdiAzikiwe, the visionary leader of Igbo extraction and nation builder who believed strongly in the unity of Nigeria.

When in 1957, the British colonial authorities offered …

Presidency

2023: Ndi Igbo And The Nigerian Presidency

November 21, 2019 11:59 am

The origin of rotational leadership and management of political institutions predates democracy, as a social system for inclusion and stability in any heterogeneous political arrangement. In international system, European Union and Switzerland operate a classic instance of this system – the Presidency of EU rotates amongst its member states every six months, while the Presidency of the Swiss Confederation rotates among the seven Councillors on a yearly basis, with one year’s Vice President of the Federal Council becoming the next year’s Confederation President. 

The political theory for rotating Nigerian Presidency finds its fulcrum on balancing the wheel of social justice, …

‘Nigerian Businesses Suffering Because Of Border Closure’

November 19, 2019 1:22 pm

Mr John Mahama, Former President of Ghana on Tuesday appealed to the Nigeria Government to open up her border so that economic activities can resume in West Africa.

Mahama made the plea while delivering the 7th Anniversary Lecture, Investiture into The Realnews Hall of Fame and The unveiling of the Book: Pathways to Political and Economic Development of Africa in Lagos.
The title of the lecture is `Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa’. He said that the total closure of, especially, the Benin border was having a significant toll on many small and medium businesses especially in Togo, …

Why VAR Cannot Work In Nigerian Football League

November 14, 2019 10:38 am

Some sports stakeholders in Nasarawa state on Thursday observed that the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in local football fixtures in the country would fail due to certain obvious reasons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that VAR is a match official in Association Football who reviews decisions made by the head referee.
The VAR works by using video footage and a headset for communication and was first used for a major competition at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.
NAN reports that Morocco recently became the first African country to introduce VAR in its competition, …

No Nigerian In Namibian Prison, Says Envoy

November 13, 2019 7:05 am

The Namibian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, has stated that there is no Nigeria in a Namibian prison.

The High Commissioner described Nigerians living in Namibia as good ambassadors, doing well in various fields of human endeavour.

He stated this Tuesday when he visited the Chairwoman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, where he announced that diaspora voting will take place all around the world Wednesday as Namibians go to the polls to elect a new president and parliamentarians.

Geiseb stated that Namibians living in Nigeria will join other Namibians all over the world to participate in diaspora …

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