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Igbo national council gives 90 days to South-East Governors to launch security outfit
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Igbo National Council (INC), an Igbo socio-cultural group has issued a 90 days ultimatum to the governors of the southeast zone to inaugurate their own regional outfit. Reading a communiqué after a meeting well attended by members from 20 states, the National President of INC, Chilos Godsent said that the group also condemned...
Italy suspends Serie A football games over coronavirus fears
Italy's top football league has postponed three matches scheduled for Sunday in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto after the deaths of two people infected with the coronavirus. On orders from the Italian government, the Serie A games between Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta and Sassuolo as well as Hellas Verona and Cagliari were called off. Three other matches in...
Adamawa Attack: My Govt Has Weakened Boko Haram – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday declared that his government has weakened Boko Haram. He said this in reaction to the attack on Garkida in Adamawa State. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, condemned the attack and assured that no part of Nigeria would be abandoned. He said: “These attacks on soft targets by the terrorists are obvious signs of...
Italy suspends Serie A football games over coronavirus fears
Italy's top football league has postponed three matches scheduled for Sunday in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto after the deaths of two people infected with the coronavirus. On orders from the Italian government, the Serie A games between Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta and Sassuolo as well as Hellas Verona and Cagliari were called off. Three other matches in...
Only Igbo Presidency Will Save You From Boko Haram Punishment, Ohanaeze Youths Tell North
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has commended the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar 111 over a recent comment on the consequences of bad leadership especially in the North where rate of poverty is high and out of school children on the increase. OYC also added that insurgency in the North is a direct consequence of sins committed against the...
Osinbajo Calls For Review Of Curricular, Says Education Should Be For Employability
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the review of Nigeria’s higher education curriculum to focus more on technology and creativity, stating that education today must be for employ-ability, not just for its own sake. He stated this on Friday at the fifth Convocation Lecture of the Federal University, Duste, Jigawa State. Professor Osinbajo, in a lecture titled “Facing the New...
Only Igbo Presidency Will Save You From Boko Haram Punishment, Ohanaeze Youths Tell North
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has commended the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar 111 over a recent comment on the consequences of bad leadership especially in the North where rate of poverty is high and out of school children on the increase. OYC also added that insurgency in the North is a direct consequence of sins committed against the...
Osinbajo Calls For Review Of Curricular, Says Education Should Be For Employability
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the review of Nigeria’s higher education curriculum to focus more on technology and creativity, stating that education today must be for employ-ability, not just for its own sake. He stated this on Friday at the fifth Convocation Lecture of the Federal University, Duste, Jigawa State. Professor Osinbajo, in a lecture titled “Facing the New...
Hon. Nkole Commends Fashola As Construction Of Bende-Ohafia-Arochukwu Road Commences
The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Hon. Uko Nkole has commended the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola for releasing funds for the construction of the Bende-Ohafia-Arochukwu federal Road, Section 1as contained in the 2020 fiscal budget, ABN TV reports. The contract which has been funded to the tune of over Six Hundred and Ninety Million naira (# 690,000,000)...
Obaseki bags Governor of the Year, Extraordinary Personality awards
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has been honoured with the 2019 Governor of the Year award by two national newspapers, Daily Independent and the NewsDirect. The governor also received the Silverbird Group’s 2019 Extraordinary Personality award. Receiving the notification of the awards during the State’s Weekly Executive Council Meeting held at Government House in Benin City, the governor said...
