FORMER Bayelsa Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Douye Diri has received his certificate of return from Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) clearing the way for him to be sworn-in as the next state governor.
(1) When I read all the gloomy economic forecasts about Nigeria and grapple with the fact that our economy is only growing at a rate of 1.9%, while that of Ethiopia is forecast to grow by 10.8% this year, I ask what is going on. I am sure all these international financial institutions must be asking the same questions too because it is not as if Nigeria lacks the brains to turn her economy around
BOKO Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to ever return to Borno State saying that if he dares doing so again his boys will be on the ground waiting for him.
NIGERIA'S Supreme Court has nullified the election of David Lyon as the Bayelsa State governor-elect and declared Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner if the November 16 poll.
BRITAIN has suspended its funding of the Commonwealth Secretariat deciding to withhold the annual £4.7m contribution its makes to the body until there have been significant changes in the way it improves its financial procedures.
GOVERNORS of the five states across the southeast geo-political zone have agreed to suspend plans to float their own regional security outfit that they had christened Operation Ogbunigwe after holding a meeting with the inspector-general of police.
FORMER Super Eagles skipper Joseph Yobo has been named as the team's assistant coach replacing Imama Amapakabo as part of the Nigerian Football Federation's (NFF) preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
CATHOLIC priests may soon be allowed to get married and have children as the Vatican is considering fresh proposals to ease its rules on celibacy for clergymen to address the serious shortage of clergy in remote parts of the world.
PHARMACIES across Nigeria are raking on the millions as the sale of surgical masks has soared over recent weeks and prices have more than quadrupled soaring to N1,300 from N350 before the outbreak of the coronavirus.
FORMER Bayelsa Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Douye Diri has received his certificate of return from Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) clearing the way for him to be sworn-in as the next state governor.
BOKO Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to ever return to Borno State saying that if he dares doing so again his boys will be on the ground waiting for him.
NIGERIA'S Supreme Court has nullified the election of David Lyon as the Bayelsa State governor-elect and declared Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner if the November 16 poll.
BRITAIN has suspended its funding of the Commonwealth Secretariat deciding to withhold the annual £4.7m contribution its makes to the body until there have been significant changes in the way it improves its financial procedures.
GOVERNORS of the five states across the southeast geo-political zone have agreed to suspend plans to float their own regional security outfit that they had christened Operation Ogbunigwe after holding a meeting with the inspector-general of police.
FORMER Super Eagles skipper Joseph Yobo has been named as the team's assistant coach replacing Imama Amapakabo as part of the Nigerian Football Federation's (NFF) preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
CATHOLIC priests may soon be allowed to get married and have children as the Vatican is considering fresh proposals to ease its rules on celibacy for clergymen to address the serious shortage of clergy in remote parts of the world.
PHARMACIES across Nigeria are raking on the millions as the sale of surgical masks has soared over recent weeks and prices have more than quadrupled soaring to N1,300 from N350 before the outbreak of the coronavirus.
