The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), says the agriculture sector will thrive better if the Federal Government dedicates 10 per cent of the national budget to it. Bwacha, who made the statement in an in...
Police in Gombe have confirmed the killing of a retired civil servant, Tijjani Magaji, 43, of Idi Dawaki quarters in Gombe by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Gombe. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, told the New...
At least twelve people have been killed in a suicide attack on Harvest Church in Yelwan Tudu, Bauchi. A suicide bomber drove a Honda car into the Church which is sandwiched between Deeper Life Church and Living Faith church. Many are reported to ...
Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed tolung cancer on the series finale of"Desperate Housewives," Kathryn Joosten — the actress who won twoEmmy Awards for portraying the television character — has die...
A cargo plane crash-landed near the airport in Ghana's capital Accra after overshooting the runway and hit a bus on the ground, killing at least 10 people, but the crew survived, officials said. Wreckage from the Boeing 727 Allied Air plane could b...
Following the killing of a German national, the United States mission in Nigeria said it has temporarily deferred all but the most essential mission travel by U.S. government personnel under Chief of Mission authority to northern Nigeria. The mission a...
Relatively new on the nation’s political landscape, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC has been in the eye of the storm in recent weeks. In this report, Gabriel EWEPU, examines the issues of contention amongst members of the party. The Cong...
In what smacks of “Economic Imperialism”, Chinese investors, with over 200 companies at their disposal at the famous Kantin Kwari Market, have displaced local investors who have been in control of the market from time immemorial. Sudd...
Incessant power outage in the country has continued to constitute a major challenge to Nigeria’s economic growth and development. Solving the lingering electricity problem is critical to realising the nation’s quest of becoming one of the 2...
Residents of Ogombo community in Eti-Osa Local Council Development Area (LCDA), of Lagos State, now have access to potable water, courtesy of the Finance team of Stanbic IBTC Bank, who donated a borehole, with a water treatment plant and a 2,000-litre ...
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Maxifund Investments and Securities Limited, Mr. Okechukwu Unegbu, has advised members of the National Assembly not to remove the CBN’s autonomy. Unegbgu, who was a former president of the Chartered ...
Shareholders of Skye Bank Plc have endorsed the payment of N3.3 billion as dividend to the bank’s investors as proposed by the board of directors. This translates to 25 kobo dividend per share for the period ended December 31, 2012. The bank&rsqu...
Deji Fisho is the Executive Director, Fortis Micro Finance Bank. In this chat with Michael Oche, he talks about various issues affecting the micro finance banking sector, its potentials and what government need to put in place to move the sector forwar...
Eighteen months after the promise made by President Goodluck Jonathan, to extend a grant of $200 million to the Nigerian film industry, the actors and actresses are yet to see or receive the funds, even though some corporate bodies have been rumoured t...
That the entertainment industry suffered neglect in the hands of successive administrations is no longer an issue. What is relevant now is the effort to redeem the support promised to those making the industry what it is today. Anthony Ada Abraham, in ...