Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 13:54
GRADUATES who did not complete the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme are still eligible to stand for election as state governor following a recent Abuja high court ruling in an election petition.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:24
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is considering resting several key players when his team plays its final group game against Madagascar on Sunday after clinching automatic qualification yesterday with a 1-0 win over Guinea.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 10:33
By Ayo Akinfe
[1] Today is June 27. Do you know that it was on this day in 1986 that former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida launched the Structural Adjustment Programme (Sap). I cannot think of one policy that ruined Nigeria as much as Sap as it simply destroyed numerous state parastatals like the Nigerian Cocoa Board, Nitel, Nigerian Airways, Nigerian National Shipping Line, Nigerian Railway Corporation, etc
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:55
NIGERIA'S Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Jamb) has asked the federal government to place an embargo on the establishment of new universities as the whole process has now become an ego trip for the rich with no regard to quality.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:05
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has dissociated himself from the inauguration of a campaign platform known as Southeast for President 2023 promoting him as a potential presidential candidate saying it is a distraction from the job at hand.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 11:30
SEVERAL leading members of the pan Yoruba cultural association Afenifere met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja yesterday to discuss the issue of growing insecurity across the southwest and demand the introduction of true federalism.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 10:06
INTERNATIONAL non-governmental organisation Save the Children has raised the alarm that about 867 schools in Borno State are either non-functional or inaccessible as a result of the insecurity in the area brought about by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 07:04
ENGLISH League One side Rotherham United has broken its transfer record by signing Nigerian-born youngster Freddie Ladapo for a fee believed to be in the region of around £500,000 with a further £150,000 in potential add-ons.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 06:33
By Ayo Akinfe
[1] We shall provide loans with interest rates of no more than 5% interest to anyone wishing to delve into agriculture. Such loans will be tailored towards buying hybrid seedlings, pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and farming equipment like tractors, water tanks, silos and barns
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 18:27
NIGERIA'S commercial banks are to go through a fresh recapitalisation exercise under an ambitious Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) programme aimed at increasing liquidity and making more capital available for loans.
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