Super Eagles and Chelsea star, Victor Moses has credited manager Antonio Conte for reviving his career at Stamford Bridge by converting him into a wing back during their Premier League title charge this season. The 26-year-old Nigeria international was previously sent out on loan for three consecutive seasons by manager Jose Mourinho before Conte arrived…
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From: Godwin Tsa, Abuja A witness in the trial of the then Chairman of the House Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel subsidy, Mr. Farouk Lawan, has denied receiving bribe from businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola in 2012. The witness, Mr. Adams Jagaba, was a three-term member of the House of Representatives and was testifying as the fourth…
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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in the Gudu District, Abuja has ordered the remand of former Minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed in prison custody pending the ruling on his bail application. The former minister was arraigned before Justice Abubakar Talba on six charges of…
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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja Former Benue State governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam Wednesday withdrew his N10 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit he filed against the Department of State Service, its Director-General, Lawal Daura, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court….
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By Philip Nwosu, Lagos and Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of 147 officers to man key positions in the various divisions and formations. The Army says the appointments is to enable it to re-strategies in tackling the security challenges in the country. Under the new arrangement, Major General AM Dikko,…
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• How some private schools overuse teachers but pay them peanut • First degree holders collect N10,000 as salary; Masters, N15 – N20,000 • We’re really concerned and doing something about it – Prof. Ajiboye, General Secretary, TRCN By Jet Stanley Madu The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has its motto as: “service and justice.” Some private…
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• Foundation unveils teachers’ reward on earth as three of them win N3.5m By Perpetua Egesimba One of the major reasons many young school leavers avoid the teaching profession like plague is the old saying that the teacher’s reward is in heaven. That is the belief that Meadow Hall Foundation, a subsidiary of Meadow Hall Group,…
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By Jet Stanley-Madu The Proprietress, CEDEC International Group of Schools Olodi-Apapa, Unachukwu Ijeoma (PhD) spoke extensively on the derivable benefits in paying teachers well. “It is a well motivating factor”, she insists, asserting that poor remuneration contributes to high teacher turnover. “Of course, we don’t need to over-flog the issue. The benefits are enormous. Like…
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From Emmanuel Ahanonu and Ubong Edet, UNICAL The University of Calabar (UNICAL) International Conference Centre was recently filled to the brim during the induction of 80 UNICAL Medical Lab. Scientists. Declaring the ceremony open, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Zana Akpagu, represented by the DVC (Academics), Prof. Florence Obi, described the occasion as epoch-making. “Medical laboratory…
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• UNIZIK takes its China relationship a step further by inaugurating alumni body of her Confucius Institute By Franklin Onwubiko (UNIZIK) The existing romance between Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, and China through her Confucius Institute experienced a leap recently when the alumni association of the institute was inaugurated by the Vice Consular General of Chinese…
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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu is right now meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa,Abuja. The minister who wore black suit arrived the Villa at about 11:35am and we t straight to the President’s office. Kachikwu’s letter to the President in which he alleged gross…
From Uche Usim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has disclosed it recorded a total export receipt of $471.90 million in July 2017 as against $219.34 million posted in June. According to the July edition of the Monthly Financial and Operations Report of the Corporation which was made public on Thursday, contribution from crude…
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha and other dignitaries at the wedding of Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, with his wife, Asta, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Kaduna,
The 2017 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The Nobel committee said ICAN had been awarded the prize “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such…
An earthquake measuring 6.3 struck off the eastern coast of Japan on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck 300 km (180 miles) east of Iwaki, Honshu, at a depth of 77.8 km, USGS said. (Source: The Express Tribune)
Nigerians all over the U.S. are gearing up for the 2017 edition of the annual Nigerian Independence Day Parade and Festival, which will hold on Saturday in New York. The event is being organised by Nigerians living in the U.S. to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. The annual event, which started in 1991 and…
By Moshood Adebayo Centenary Hall in Abeokuta, Ogun State, is a major historical hall. It was built in 1930 to mark the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Egba in Abeokuta in 1830 from their homestead, called Egba Forest, now in present Oyo State. The hall did not only serve as an avenue for interaction,…
How robbers attack motorists, Lokogoma residents From Okwe Obi For motorists plying Lokogoma road, it has not been rosy for them and their passengers especially at nights. Robbers have made movements difficult for them. “We are constantly in fear whenever anybody is returning in the night. They like to lurk in a dark corner and…
Owerri residents count losses following ravaging flood From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri Owerri, the Imo State capital was in the news again last week, as most parts of the metropolis were submerged following a downpour that lasted for over 12 hours. It was, indeed, the worst flooding that has been witnessed in the state capital in…
In this interview, former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme tells veteran journalist, Paul Nwosu that it is in the collective interest of Ndi Anambra to allow Governor Willie Obiano to complete his second term in office. Excerpts… Permit me to go back to this zoning thing; I want to bring it back to our…
Nigerians now have cause to smile with the launch of Artyrama, an online African art gallery which gives people across the world access to a variety of artworks, leveraging cutting-edge technology to provide a seamless, carefully curated online experience. Artyrama’s digital catalogue will host a wealth of contemporary art collections; including paintings, photographs, sculptures and…
•Residents, commuters beg Ambode, FG to intervene By Job Osazuwa A reporter with The Leadership, Mr. Babalola Yusuf looked shattered. He had earnestly looked forward to beginning the first working day of the week without much hassles, but an early morning auto-crash caused by a pothole dented his enthusiasm and punctured his to-do list. The…
By Gabriel Dike Nigeria’s higher education recorded landmark feat as a draft National Policy on Open Education Resources (OER) was recently validated. This document is to address the dearth of learning resources in quality, quantity and currency in tertiary education. A statement signed by the Director, Directorate of Executive Secretary’s office, National Universities Commission, Mr….
It was a unique gathering of major stakeholders in Nigeria’s marketing industry when the Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) rolled out the red carpet to celebrate outstanding achievers at the 2016 ADVAN Awards for Marketing Excellence at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, last weekend. The event threw up new champions who would bask in the…
By Remi Oluwoye and Ifunanya Duru For Oluwafunmilayo Ibukunoluwa Ajayi, popularly known as Funmi Sax, blowing the saxophone is more than a passion, it’s life. In fact, Funmi comes across as one of the few female saxophonists Nigeria has produced. Inspired by legendary Kenny G, Funmi has to her credit an album entitled, Grace. In…
A life project is not a personal ambition; it is about pursuing an idea worthy enough to impact humanity in a positive way. It does not matter whether the person behind the project profits from it directly or not, so long as people benefit from it to the glory of God. Most life projects leave…
This is a developing story, as we put it in this profession, or as Americans will put it, an active showdown between the Minister of State (Petroleum) and the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the major parastatal under the minster’s supervision. In short, respectively, Ibe Kachikwu versus Maikanti Baru. This story…
Nigeria at 57 is not a super tale. It is a sorry tale of failed dreams and aspirations. It is a story of abundant riches, squandermania, bad politics, military coups, corruption, war, ethnic tensions and prodigal sons and daughters. It is a story of wealth, abundance, poverty and want. I say all this simply because…
There are a few things on my mind this week. One of them is related to the preparation for the 2019 elections. Last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) came out with the time table for the elections that would usher in a new administration on May 29, 2019. This was a day or…
BY DESMOND EKWUEME Football is no mathematics. The defeat Zambia’s Chipolopolo suffered in the hands of Super Eagles in Ndola in the opening fixture of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier is no guarantee that the Uyo tie will be a stroll in the park for the Gernot Rohr tutored side. Ironically, fans of the…
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Security is an evolving phenomenon but when it is static, its potency becomes ineffective and rudderless. That was how the Community policing programme initiative that former lnspector General of Police Mr. Tara Balogun gave birth to in 2003 was comatosed after his exist from office and subsequent administration packed up the programme like a machine…
Following my piece last week on investment in Nigeria, I spoke with a young man from Nigeria, who has been in the United States for a few weeks on a business trip. Well, in my piece I enunciated the reasons Nigeria is still the best investment destination in Africa, and among growing economies in the…
In about 18 months when Chief Rochas Okorocha would hand over to a new governor of Imo State, he would be leaving behind remarkable landmarks, prestigious mansions, great edifices and government institutions which a successor would find quite a challenge to match and even more to excel. When he chauffeured journalists a fortnight…
On Saturday, 30th September, I woke up at midnight, that is the early hours of Sunday, October 1st and Nigeria 57th independence day celebration to pray and thank God for his mercies over my family and Nigerians at large, Initially, I struggled with sleep due to some unfinished business of the previous day but in…
