Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has stated that the state was ready to give the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe a befitting state burial. The Governor who made the statement on…
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Anambra is ready for Achebe’s burial – Governor Obi; he was denied a Nobel prize – Maku
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AHEAD of debates on the declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan today, senators from the north under the aegis, Northern Senators Forum were yesterday locked in a marathon meeting. Vanguard gathered that the meeting which started at 8.55pm yesterday took
Investment of the 1 billion dollar Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) will start in June, Mr Uche Orji, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has sid.Orji, who disclosed his at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, said the board of directors, inaugurated seven months ago, had approved the investment allocation formula for…
Rescue workers raced against time and darkness Monday night looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes and leaving at least 51 people dead. At least 20 of the dead were children, including at least seven from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, which lay directly in the path of the monster storm’…
The statement reads” “President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 – July 3
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, yesterday said it would open its investment portfolio with the infusion of $525m (81.3bn) in specialised projects under the Stabilisation Fund and the Future Generation Fund billed to commence early next month. The Stabilisation Fund will start early next month, while the Future Generation Fund, which also has …
Five strongholds of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of Borno State have been taken by the Special Forces, it was learnt yesterday. No fewer than 120 members of the sect were rounded up at the weekend at the funeral of one of its top commanders, who was killed during one of the raids, a Defence Headquarters…
The South Sudanese Army (SPLA) has recaptured the town of Boma in Jonglei state after a brief battle with rebels led by David Yau Yau, SPLA officials said Monday. “The SPLA yesterday restored law and order to Boma and chased …
Defence Headquarters on Monday announced the arrest of 120 Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, while organising burial of one of their commanders who was killed in an encounter with the military on Sunday.
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Monday inaugurated a Tribunal of Inquiry into Collapsed Buildings in the state with an appeal to Lagosians to report to the government any building which they suspect to be unsafe or whose structural …