The 2015 Diary: JULY-AUGUST
JULY July 1. Nigeria installs Africa’s first satellite optical image. Nigeria successfully completed the installation of an Optical Imager, said to be the first of its type in Africa. * I stabbed
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SIX people died in Taraba State on Friday, as angry youths protested the killing of two persons in a robbery incident.
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MOVEMENT for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), has welcomed the recent ruling of a Dutch appellate court sitting in The Hague, Netherlands, which held that Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited (SPDC),
Be Warned! That Rice Could Be Fake!
IT’S the season for merrymaking with plenty to eat and drink. As a result, bags of rice are everywhere. Some unscrupulous Nigerians, however, may be cashing in on increase in demand, pushing
Heroes Of This Fuel Scarcity
MY name is Abraham. I completed my NYSC more than two years ago. I now work at my unlettered uncle’s ‘black market’ filling station as a ‘foreman’ – that was the job
Ndlovu: S’Africa, Nigeria Must Form Stronger Ties To Improve Competitiveness
Zeph Ndlovu is the President of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (DCCI), South Africa, and the General Manager, Risk and Corporate Affairs of state-owned Transnet Port Terminals.
RCCG Commissions Classroom Block In Ogijo High School
THE Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has commissioned a block of classrooms built and donated by the church to Ogijo Community High School, Ogijo in Ogun State.
Pharmacists Bemoan Over-regulation Of Pharmaceutical Industry
THE National Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) has cried out against what they called ‘over-regulation of their practice. They urged the government to allowed them practice with ease.
APC Engaging In Political Terrorism In Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Says Secondus
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus, yesterday dismissed as reckless, unfortunate and disappointing comments purportedly credited to his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Adesina, AfDB President, Urges Support For Ogbeh
The former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and President, African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has called on stakeholders in the agriculture to stand behind his successor, Chief Audu Ogbeh