3rd edition of Senator Douye Diri National Scrabble Competition Championship has ended in Yenagoa with the state governor Senator Douye Diri calling on multinationals and International Oil Companies to invest in sports development. The 2 days event which started from 8th ended on the 9th July at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall, Government House, Yenagoa…
This was first published on October 29, 2018. Considering the resuscitation of the issue by the new Kano State Government, I see the need to republish it. While we knew and respected each other from a distance, I first met Ja’afar Ja’afar in 2015 when I was serving my second stint as the editor of Friday…
The Titanic crash of 1912 was among the four most calamitous tragedies of the 20th century in the history of humanity. The others were World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), World War II (1939 to 1945), and the Challenger STS Explosion of 28th January 1986. World War I and II claimed…
The Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) has commenced the sensitization of ex-agitators on how to obtain a single digit interest loans from the recently launched cooperative scheme. Rtd Major General Barry Ndiomu the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program,said the sensitization was to guide prospective beneficiaries on how to have access on the different categories…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has refuted claims that he appointed his daughter and uncle as commissioners in the state. The governor had forwarded a list of 25 Commissioner and Special Adviser nominees to the state House of Assembly which was unveiled on Friday The Speaker of the parliament, Adewale Egbedun reeled out the list…
Former Minister of state for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has sponsor a major medical outreach for health services and medication to Bayelsans in commemoration of his fifty nine birthday celebration. The outreach, held on Thursday at the Gabriel Okara cultural centre, Yenagoa, was aimed at reaching out to less privileged members of the state in…
The House of Representatives has called for an end to open defecation in the country, while urging the government to increase the number of public toilets annually. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Bashiru Dawodu (APC-Lagos) on the floor of the House on Thursday in Abuja. His motion was titled: “Need to…
The Osun State House of Assembly has unveiled the commissioner lists of Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday. The name of the commissioners was contained in a statement issued by Olamide Tiamiyu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the house and made available to Reporters on Friday. It reads: “The Osun State House of…
The last 63 years of Nigeria’s post colonial period was notable for political upheavals exacerbated by Military coups that brought the civil war and acts of armed robberies, insurgencies, terrorism and banditry. It was also the period we witnessed the creation of states from 12 to 36 including the FCT Abuja in an effort to…
After two consecutive wins in the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament christened the Prosperity Cup the Nigeria Union of Journalists Bayelsa State Council on Thursday bowed out of the competition with a 3-1 loss to Dream Academy School. The NUJ Bayelsa team conceded the first goal in the tournament on 27 minute from a gifted error…
