Chika Onuegbu, chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State, says the N200 billion textile fund released by the federal government to revive textile industries will not solve the sector's problems. Mr Onuegbu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that there were many problems confronting the industry that had not been resolved.…
The Nigerian oil sector must be one of the sectors that tolerates blatant disregard for transparency in the land. Being a mono-product economy and depending so much on foreign expertise, technology and dictates opens the sector to peculiar challenges than should be the case. A reading of the 2005 Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative's (NEITI) audit report reveals three interesting…
Vice president Namadi Sambo has expressed optimism that the country will soon be self-sufficient in the provision of electricity to every Nigerian. Speaking yesterday at the Gurara Dam project in Kaduna State, where he inspected facilities, Mr Sambo said, with the successful completion of the dam with three turbines, each capable of generating 10 megawatts of electricity, or a total…
The European Union (EU) has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan, governors-elect and legislators-elect on their victories in the just concluded 2011 general elections. The EU, in a statement delivered by its High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, on the conduct and outcome of the general elections held in April, said it was ready to work closely with the new government…
The Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Angela Colley, said the youth play a major role in nation building. The envoy made this known in Ilorin while presenting a paper entitled "Youths and Nation Building", during the second International Student Day held at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. According to her, "for the youth of today to be effective and…
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Ranti Akerele, has raised an alarm over plans to assassinate him. The commissioner at a news conference in Akure yesterday, alleged that a senator from the state was the brain behind the assassination plot. Mr Akerele's allegation is coming a week after he was allegedly slapped by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader at…
Ali Baba, Bovi for Joker at Terra Organizers of the monthly standup comedy talent search show cum live comedy performance by acclaimed comedians, ‘Joker at Terra', have revealed the lineup for the May edition, which will hold on Saturday, May 7 at Terra Kulture in Lagos. According to Darlington Abuda, the managing director of Peekaboo Global Consulting, the event's PR…