President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a state visit to South Africa as part of the efforts to put an end to incessant xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in that country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this wednesday in Abuja during an interaction with the media shortly …
Read More »Pay your water bills, Okonta Urge Deltans
Delta State Commissioner for Water Resources Development, Rt Hon. Martin Okonta, has admonished Deltans and residents in the state to always protect all public water facilities in their area. Hon. Okonta who gave the admonition while speaking with the press shortly after he visited some water schemes in Asaba and …
Read More »Special agric zones to attract $4b investments -NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting between one to four billion dollars investments into the country. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after …
Read More »Buhari reappoints Ipaye, Ojudu, Dipeolu as deputy chief of staff, aides
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Mr Ade Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, says. Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that Ipaye was a former Attorney-General and …
Read More »Education: Igbinedion University commence JUPEB Program
Igbinedion University Okada(IUO) has commenced Joint University Preliminary Education Board Program(JUPEB) for 2019/2020 academic sessions. Dr Edwin Okoro,Registrar of Igbinedion University Okada(IUO) disclosed during a courtesy visit of a Former Registrar of JUPEB on Wednesday in Okada. “The university has organized a one day intensive orientation/training for the newly recruited …
Read More »How we ended up in the Abacha era
The present times in Nigeria have lately been compared to the days of the dark-goggled general, Sani Abacha. Part of what the folk making the comparison are wondering is how we crawled ourselves back into the hole we thought we escaped. So, here is a quick backward glance on the …
Read More »IUO Gets NUC Approval for Ten Postgraduate programs
Igbinedion University Okada(IUO) says the National University Commission has approved ten postgraduate programs in additional to the postgraduate programs currently running in the university. Dr. Edwin Okoro,Registrar of Igbinedion University Okada(IUO) disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen. Okoro revealed that with the approval the university is set …
Read More »Free Tigers FC Land Shirt Endorsement Deal Ahead of 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup
Ahead of the September 14 kick-off of the 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup in Delta State, Free Tigers FC of Udu have landed a long term shirt endorsement deal with POP TAXI, a new on-demand cab hailing and ride-sharing app service in Nigeria managed by Kabbu Technologies Limited. The Chief Executive …
Read More »Full list of ministers and their portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. The full list is below: Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) -Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)- Minister of Niger …
Read More »Canada is ‘stealing’ our young people!
Yes, Canada is not just taking our young people, they are taking the fattest of our crops, the best, the brightest, and the brainiest! One of them is my friend, Olufemi, (not real name). He graduated top of his class and best in the entire university! Nine years after graduation, …
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