Mallam Abubakar Mohammed has been the director-general of the Nigeria Directorate of Employemnt (NDE) since December 1, 2007. In less than four years, the organisation has transformed from an agency with no skills acquisition centre to one with 40 in s...
Against all odds to shelve information regarding his redeployment as the Presidential spokesman, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday formally briefed Mr. Ima Niboro, his erstwhile Special Adviser on Media and publicity that he would be reassigned to ...
Hon. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim is one of the new members of the House of Representatives. However, he is not new to the business of law making. The former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly spoke to some journalists in Abuja on the task ahead of P...
Casualisation and contract staffing in Nigeria, especially in the oil and Gas sector has led to frequent industrial dispute and this however have a negative impact on the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) However in a bid to resolve this ugly...
Federal Housing Authority (FHA), estate, Lugbe, is one of the suburbs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) located along Yar Adua expressway, close to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. It is about 15 kilometers away from the city centre. Though i...
Beyond the daily hustling and bustling lies a strong need in the heart of everyone to take a time out to ease the stress that comes with living.Different people have different ways of unwinding. To some, it could mean hanging out in a classy restaurant...
Beyond a claim to greatness firmly tied to its population size and the vastness of its oil fields, Nigeria’s socio-political developmental progress remains unflattering. This scenario is hardly helped by the latest annual rating of US-based non-p...
The Justice For All Nations (JFAN), a United States of America-based non-governmental organisation, has warned the National Judicial Council (NJC) Probe Panel investigating allegations of unethical conduct against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ju...
The epidemiologist in the Gombe State ministry of health, Dr. Abubakar Joshua has said that some communities were still rejecting the polio vaccine, in spite of the aggressive awareness campaign by the authorities. He disclosed that some communities ha...
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State has advised the state government to accept and also implement the new minimum wage of N18,000 for its workers, in its interest. The congress also stated that contrary to what was repo...
The Cross River State government has said that it would look into the stewardship of immediate past chairmen of the 18 local councils of the state, including the amount of money spent in the execution of projects in their respective councils. The counc...
Nollywood, the third largest movie industry in the world has produced many famous artistes. These actors and actresses inspire their audiences, including young people who follow in their steps. Some of them run charity organisations, others are peace a...
Remember the lines “Hapu ya like dat, like dat . . .” for the song ‘Like Dat’. This dude, Morachi rolled out the tune, but for some time no one heard from him and suddenly, he’s everywhere. First he started the year with t...
He was born Olaolu Tokunbo Akigbogun in 1984 in East Dulwich, South London and stage-named ‘GT the Guitar Man’, but had to follow his family two years later, when they moved back to Nigeria. He had no inkling of what destiny had in store fo...
A memorable day, June 20, 2011, would forever remain fresh in the mind of the family members family of Mr. Boniface Ugwu, an ex - official of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Benue State as it was the day their daughter , Adaora Ugwu, who was believed...