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The construction of a 500 unit housing estate has commenced in Gusau, Zamfara State capital. Called Saraha Homes, it is a result of a housing development partnership involving the state government and Saraha Homes Limited. LEADERSHIP’s Omotola Ol...
For failing to follow due process in the agreement between the ministry of finance and Single Window Technology Limited, the House of Representatives has urged the federal government to nullify the whole concession process. This was part of the recomme...
The Federal Government yesterday approved the sum of N363.6 for the probe of the country’s oil and gas sector as well as its solid minerals counterpart. Government’s decision followed serious concerns raised by the Nigerian Extractive Indus...
Following the growing wave of insecurity in the country coupled with the persistent terrorist attacks in some parts of the country, insurance operators may be working in the direction of introducing insurance cover to protect citizens against haz...
Although some genetic glitches are inherited from parents, many arise for the first time in the person with autism.A consortium of hundreds of scientists said Wednesday they had uncovered dozens of previously unknown genetic mutations that contribute t...
The transmission of diseases from Old World to New may have been a two-way street.Christopher Columbus and his crew have long been villainized for, among other acts, bringing diseases to the New World that wiped out massive numbers of Native Americans....
The minister of education has made it clear that teaching and vocational training will be paramount in this year’s budget and this is because it has been observed that the profession has suffered immensely compared to others in the country. In th...
As part of modalities to checkmate the spate of examination failure, especially in NECO, WAEC and JAMB, forced career choices made by parents on their children have been identified as a major root cause. This was disclosed by the chief executive secret...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has dissociated itself from an unauthorized text message which had been in circulation and is aimed at misleading and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. The registrar and chief executive o...
Students and non students all over the country have continued to react to the broadcast and published statements of the national president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Comrade Dauda Mohammed, and have referred to his u-turn o...
Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Lagos State Polytechnic Chapter (LASPO), Mr. Arowolo Olatunji has said that the on-going strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonat...
The Delta State Police Command has said that 261 suspected kidnappers were arrested in the state in 2011 even as 46 others have been arrested in 2012 and were assisting the police in its investigation. Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Mm...
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that three ex-convicts brought before it for alleged armed robbery be remanded in prison custody. Chief Magistrate Akin Akintoye gave the order when Ajibola Aliu, 53; Kayode O...
Volume One: 06 January, 2012. Youtube links: Part 1: http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRaY6E6Qj1k Part 2: http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSG91QmdmYs Part 3: http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FlyZd29KI Part 4: http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerOGUkHJT8 ...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi wants his team to train in Nairobi, Kenya, for two weeks leading to a Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda on February 29. Chairman technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Green, disclosed this af...