Month: November 2017
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NYSC members commend Sokoto governor
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were deployed to Sokoto State have commended Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for the fatherly role he played during their service year and have appealed to other public officials to follow his example One of them, Ms. Ibiateli Christopher, who spoke…
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Nigeria On Path To Greatness Again – Obasanjo
By Steve oni, Ilorin Despite the daunting challenges confronting her, Nigeria is on the path to greatness again, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said. Obasanjo who spoke at the 52nd annual service of songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, Kwara state assured Nigerians that no matter the difficulties and challenges the nation was…
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Nigeria Can Be Net Exporter Of Skills- Kwara Governor
By Steve Oni, Ilorin In the face of the seemingly intractable unemployment in the country, Nigeria can be a net exporter of skills to the West African Sub-region by training youths to fill local and regional middle level manpower gaps. The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this during a meeting with the…
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Delivering Decent Low-cost Housing – The DNA Option
By Engr Fidel Ogar After food, shelter is the next vital physical need of man and woman too. So this places a huge concern on all concerned more so government. I wish to clarify that at this point I will be using the terms housing and shelter interchangeably in the course of this write…
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Beggars Lament Death Of Fmr Gov Danjuma Goje’s Wife
By Sule Aliyu, Gombe Street beggars in Gombe have said that they are the worst hit by the recent demise of former first lady and wife of the immediate past Governor of the State, Hajiya Fatima Yelwa Goje. According to one of the popular wheel chaired beggars at the Ministry of Works junction in Gombe,…
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Ex-Nitel/Mtel Workers Appeal to Buhari over Non-Payment of 20 Years Pension
By Ikhili Monday EBALU,, Benin City. Former workers of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, the mobile telecommunication Limited (Mtel) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) and the office of the Accountant General to urgently effect the payment of the balance 20 years pension buy-out…
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Kwara House Charges Security Agencies To Rise Against Ritual Killings
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on the State Commissioner of Police and hierarchies of other security agencies to come up with strategies that would curb incessant kidnapping and ritual killings in the state. The House made the call following a Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised by the…
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Federal Poly Silame bill passes second reading at Senate
By Najem Francis, Sokoto The bill seeking the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Silame, Sokoto State, sponsored by Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has passed second reading at the Senate. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Bashir Rabe Mani, made available to newsmen in Sokoto said that the bill scaled through…
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Low Cost Houses Panacea To Housing Deficit In Nigeria – Expert
By Aaron Ossai Former Chief Building Engineer, Cross River State Government, Lands and Housing, Engr. Fidel Aju Ogar has said that provision of low cost houses for low income earners is capable of solving the prevalent housing deficit in Nigeria. Ogar who stated this in a paper titled ‘Delivering (Actually) Affordable Shelter’ at a workshop…
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Four North Central States Loses $13.7bn To Farmers-Herdsmen Clash
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has recalled loss of agricultural goods and services due to incessant clashes between Nigerian farmers and Fulani herdsmen, particularly in Benue, Plateau, Kaduna and Nasarawa states in the past one year to the tune of $13.7 billion. “During the clashes, about 2,…