By Dakuku Peterside Last week’s abduction by bandits of students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State is the latest chapter in the reprehensible attack on innocent children and the educational system in Northern Nigeria. While UK-based Reuters News…
There are four different skills of communication. These are listening, reading, speaking and writing. Listening and reading are technically referred to as “receptive skills” because they are about assimilation; while speaking and writing are called “transmitting skills” because they are…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reached a close on financing agreements for a $20-million-dollar concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP). In a statement from the AfDB on Sunday,…
By Mike Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti After being suspended from school for alleged indiscipline and assault on teachers by her parents, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, Gift Agenoisa, has sued the Ekiti State government, seeking N15 million…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appealed a recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt Rivers State on the issue of Value Added Tax (VAT)collection. The FIRS disclosed this in a statement by its Director, Communications…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday in Gwoza, received another Chibok schoolgirl who presented herself to the Nigerian Army. The schoolgirl, Hassana Adamu, alongside her two children, was handed over to Governor Zulum by the Commander, 26 Taskforce Brigade,…
Two policemen and three gunmen lost their lives on Friday when a group of armed men attacked a police station Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it sees the country’s inflation rate dropping to single digit next year, with the full implementation of its recent policies designed to boost different sectors of the economy. The Director of Monetary Policy…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said the resolution of the internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party had allayed his initial fear of possible implosion in the party. He noted that the convivial manner in which PDP…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. This was disclosed…
