CANADIAN footwear giant Bata has announced plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with the opening of several multi-million naira factories across the country that will manufacture shoes and fashion accessories.
(1) Today is August 30. On this day in 1894 British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. This is the flag which Lugard gave the territory. In just 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French
PENTECOSTAL clergyman Pastor Nwabueze Anaka has fled from his church and home in Anambra State after stabbing his mother to death at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.
COMMONWEALTH of Zion Assembly (Coza) founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has been released on bail by the police in Abuja after he met the condition that he should produce his witnesses in the ongoing rape case against him.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is seriously considering inviting British-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja to camp ahead of the September 10 friendly against Ukraine after being impressed with his current form.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian community in Japan saying they are exemplary ambassadors of the country pointing out that the few diasporans indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country.
CHELSEA'S teenage goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke has been officially called up to join the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup after receiving an invitation letter from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
(1) I think Ipob has missed a trick at the Seventh Tokyo African Investment Summit in Japan. It should have used the opportunity to project itself as the true voice of Ndigbo and use the opportunity to woo Japanese investors to come and invest in the southeast. This would have put the governors under pressure to conclude such deals and showed Ipob to be the genuine champion of the Igbo masses
SIXTY Nigerian engineers have commenced a four month training programme in China to equip them with the necessary skills required to manufacture transformers as part of a scheme to address Nigeria's chronic electricity supply problems.
PAN-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (ONYCW) has expressed optimism that the agitation for the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will end if Nigeria has an Igbo president come 2023.
CANADIAN footwear giant Bata has announced plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with the opening of several multi-million naira factories across the country that will manufacture shoes and fashion accessories.
PENTECOSTAL clergyman Pastor Nwabueze Anaka has fled from his church and home in Anambra State after stabbing his mother to death at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.
COMMONWEALTH of Zion Assembly (Coza) founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has been released on bail by the police in Abuja after he met the condition that he should produce his witnesses in the ongoing rape case against him.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is seriously considering inviting British-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja to camp ahead of the September 10 friendly against Ukraine after being impressed with his current form.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian community in Japan saying they are exemplary ambassadors of the country pointing out that the few diasporans indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country.
CHELSEA'S teenage goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke has been officially called up to join the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup after receiving an invitation letter from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
SIXTY Nigerian engineers have commenced a four month training programme in China to equip them with the necessary skills required to manufacture transformers as part of a scheme to address Nigeria's chronic electricity supply problems.
PAN-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (ONYCW) has expressed optimism that the agitation for the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will end if Nigeria has an Igbo president come 2023.
