Bimbo BAKARE

Bimbo Bakare
  • Home
  • My Books
  • Travels
  • Global Chat Radio
  • Currently reading
  • Memoirs
  • Poems
  • About me
Bimbo Bakare
  • Home
  • Travels
  • Global Chat Radio
  • Currently reading
  • Memoirs
  • Photo gallery
  • The Bakare-Sodun Olode Educational Achievements in Arts Awards
  • About me
24Mar
Top Stories

One dies, others injure as well collapses – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersOne dies, others injure as well collapsesVanguardTRADEGY struck yesterday at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma as a student of the University was feared died inside a well. According to an eye witness, seven students of the Uni...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

Cleric, 2 others shot dead by gunmen in Borno – Vanguard – Nigerian Bulletin

Council on Foreign RelationsCleric, 2 others shot dead by gunmen in Borno – VanguardNigerian BulletinThree persons including a cleric and a cobbler were on Thursday night shot dead by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, Borno State...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

Praises for Osoba, Nigerian journalism at book launch – Information Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersPraises for Osoba, Nigerian journalism at book launchInformation NigeriaIT was supposed to be a celebration of Chief Segun Osoba. But expectedly, it turned out to be a celebration of Nigerian journalism and indeed Nigeria. With the...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

Stop portraying Govt as weak, Jonathan begs media – Vanguard

Stop portraying Govt as weak, Jonathan begs mediaVanguardBy Inalegwu Shaibu, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has begged the media to stop portraying the Federal Government as weak and ineffective in tackling the challenges of terrorism posed by the B...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

Dickson: The unauthorised story – Daily Sun

Africa ReviewDickson: The unauthorised storyDaily SunBy FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO The fourth chief executive of Bayelsa State, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, seasoned lawyer, administrator and lawmaker par excellence is in a class of his own. It is amazing t...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

N44m scam: EFCC grills Hembe, three House committee staff for seven hours – The Nation Newspaper

CHANNELSN44m scam: EFCC grills Hembe, three House committee staff for seven hoursThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation 3 hours 8 minutes ago For about seven hours yesterday, the Chairman, House of Representatives Commit...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

FG Seeks Fresh Dialogue With Boko Haram – Nigerian Tribune

Reuters BlogsFG Seeks Fresh Dialogue With Boko HaramNigerian TribuneThe Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, speaking when he received a delegation of Borno State House Assembly led by its Speaker, Honourable Abdulkarim Lawan, on a courtesy call, s...
1 min read
24Mar
Top Stories

Customs Boss: Court Strikes Out Keyamo’s Application – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersCustoms Boss: Court Strikes Out Keyamo's ApplicationNigerian TribuneJustice Yetunde Idowu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, refused the application of human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, seeking an order compel...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

Ogun G-9 Lawmakers Threaten Legal Action Against Speaker – AllAfrica.com

Ogun G-9 Lawmakers Threaten Legal Action Against SpeakerAllAfrica.comBy Kunle Idowu, 23 March 2012 Abeokuta — THE long drawn battle between the G-9 lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and the current Speaker of...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, EFCC, is corrupt – Afrique en Ligue

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, EFCC, is corruptAfrique en LigueEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission Nigeria - In a candid admission that will shock many, the acting Chairman of Nigeria's anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

No Room For ‘Expired’ Politicians –Oshiomhole – P.M. News

CHANNELSNo Room For 'Expired' Politicians –OshiomholeP.M. NewsNo more would 'expired' politicians hold Edo State to ransom. This was the declaration of the state governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole while addressing the state work...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

Mystery fire guts National Assembly – Moment Nigerian Newspapers

CHANNELSMystery fire guts National AssemblyMoment Nigerian NewspapersA mysterious fire yesterday gutted the National Assembly Complex, burning down two offices in the White House occupied by the management staff in the complex. By Our Reporter A myster...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

Fashola woos British, others on Lagos light rail project – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersFashola woos British, others on Lagos light rail projectVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni Even as work progresses on the first phase of the 61 kilometre Lagos-Badagry Light Rail Project christened the Blue Line, Governor Babatunde Fasho...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

World stocks stabilise below recent highs – Business Standard

BBC NewsWorld stocks stabilise below recent highsBusiness StandardThe United States faces an unprecedented challenge to its grip on the World Bank presidency, with emerging African economies nominating a candidate on Friday to set up the first conteste...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

World Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural Areas – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersWorld Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural AreasLeadership NewspapersAs the world celebrated Water Day, yesterday, stakeholders have decried non availability of water especially in the rural areas to encourage agric...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

World Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural Areas – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersWorld Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural AreasLeadership NewspapersAs the world celebrated Water Day, yesterday, stakeholders have decried non availability of water especially in the rural areas to encourage agric...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

FG moves to cut down wage bills in parastatal agencies – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSFG moves to cut down wage bills in parastatal agenciesNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government is to evolve a harmonised salary structure in the public service to provide for a progressive reduction in recurrent expenditure for the government. Th...
1 min read
23Mar
Top Stories

Minimum wage: Oyo workers vow to continue strike •Why labour leader was … – Nigerian Tribune

Minimum wage: Oyo workers vow to continue strike •Why labour leader was ...Nigerian TribuneOYO State workers, on Thursday, resolved to continue with the ongoing strike over the non-implementation of the new N18,000 minimum wage by the government. The...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

ACF urges FG, Boko Haram to resume talks – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersACF urges FG, Boko Haram to resume talksVanguardKaduna-The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Thursday, called for the resumption of talks between the Federal Government and Boko Haram to resolve the rising wave of insecurity in the co...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

No rumpus in PDP over appointments of commissioners – Imoke – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersNo rumpus in PDP over appointments of commissioners – ImokeVanguardBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—GOVERNOR Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has denied allegation that his choice of political appointees for Special Advisers and ...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

One die as NITEL training school building collapses – The Nation Newspaper

BusinessDayOne die as NITEL training school building collapsesThe Nation NewspaperBy Jude Isiguzo and Paul Oluwakoya 19 hours 2 minutes ago A storey building located inside the Nigerian Telecommunication Training School compound, Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos, ...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

One die as NITEL training school building collapses – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersOne die as NITEL training school building collapsesThe Nation NewspaperBy Jude Isiguzo and Paul Oluwakoya 12 hours 10 minutes ago A storey building located inside the Nigerian Telecommunication Training School compound, Cappa, Osho...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

IG gives N500,000 to late officer’s family – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersIG gives N500,000 to late officer's familyThe Nation NewspaperBy Tony Akowe, Abuja 19 minutes ago The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, yesterday gave N500,000 to the family of the late Sgt Sunday Bad...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Al-Qaeda in Maghreb ‘threatens Germany over hostage’ – BBC News

BBC NewsAl-Qaeda in Maghreb 'threatens Germany over hostage'BBC NewsA video purported to be from al-Qaeda's North African affiliate has demanded that Germany free a woman jailed on terror charges in return for a German hostage it says it is...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Nigerian violence continues to rise – UPI.com

Leadership NewspapersNigerian violence continues to riseUPI.comPORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, March 22 (UPI) -- Nigeria's Joint Military Task Force has killed nine gunmen in Tudun Wada in Kano state. Kano state is northern Nigeria's economic center an...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

CJN faults Wada’s inauguration – Information Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersCJN faults Wada's inaugurationInformation NigeriaIT was vintage Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher yesterday at a public forum in Ilorin, Kwara State. Musdapher, who is not known for making unguarded state...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

EFCC Witness Testifies Against el-Rufai – P.M. News

Leadership NewspapersEFCC Witness Testifies Against el-RufaiP.M. NewsMr. Sunday Idowu, a prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of the FCT, Nasir el-Rufai, told an Abuja High Court that el-Rufai did not declare all his assets to the Code o...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

‘Police Investigates Call Logs On Late Egba Chief’s Phone’ – Leadership Newspapers

CHANNELS'Police Investigates Call Logs On Late Egba Chief's Phone'Leadership NewspapersThe Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it was intensifying investigation into the call logs on the mobile phone of the late Egba High Chief and C...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Fake corp members jailed – BusinessDay

BusinessDayFake corp members jailedBusinessDayAn Upper Area Court in Keffi, Nasarawa State, has sentenced 85 fake NYSC members to one year's imprisonment each or an option of N21,000 fine after they had pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of cri...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Robbers Raid 3 Banks In Kwara, Cart Away Millions – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersRobbers Raid 3 Banks In Kwara, Cart Away MillionsLeadership NewspapersThree major banks in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State were, yesterday, raided by armed robbers who allegedly carted away undisclosed sum of money. An ey...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Boko Haram: Ndume wants charges quashed – Daily Sun

CHANNELSBoko Haram: Ndume wants charges quashedDaily SunEmbattled Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has begged a Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the four-count terrorism charge slammed on him by the Federal Government. The Senator representing Borno-sout...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Photo: Sun News Publishing – Daily Sun

Leadership NewspapersPhoto: Sun News PublishingDaily SunPandemonium broke out yesterday in Ado-Ekiti , the Ekiti State capital, following a bloody clash among commercial motorcycle riders, during which 15 people were brutally injured. The development p...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Re: Out and about with Oshiomhole (2) – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersRe: Out and about with Oshiomhole (2)VanguardSAME goes for the State Colleges of Technology, Agriculture, and Colleges of Education Ekiadolor, Igueben and Afuze. Interestingly, and to the shame of Ihimekpen and his Uromi godfather,...
1 min read
22Mar
Top Stories

Uba wins Anambra South rerun – The Nation Newspaper

CHANNELSUba wins Anambra South rerunThe Nation NewspaperThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr. Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of Tuesday's rerun in Anambra South Senatorial District. The Returni...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

FG, beam searchlight on devilish politicians – Nigerian Tribune

FG, beam searchlight on devilish politiciansNigerian TribuneSIR, I want to believe that there is a relationship between recent pre-planned “increasing” Boko Haram attacks on innocent christians worshipping the Almighty God inside their churches, an...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Ondo indigenes in Kano berate Mimiko’s opponents – Nigerian Tribune

Ondo indigenes in Kano berate Mimiko's opponentsNigerian TribuneTHE Ondo State community in Kano has said that no amount of campaign of calumny and aspersion casting on the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, by opposition parties,can make the...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

NIMET predicts normal rainfall in 2012 – The Nation Newspaper

NIMET predicts normal rainfall in 2012The Nation NewspaperBy Franca Ochigbo 6 hours 10 minutes ago The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) in partnership with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has predicted normal rainfall for 2012. The age...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Nigeria needs cultural, mental revolution – NOA boss – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersNigeria needs cultural, mental revolution – NOA bossVanguardAbuja – Mr Mike Omeri, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), says Nigerians need cultural and mental revolution particularly in economic activities. Ome...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Fulani herdsmen turn commandos killing police – BusinessDay

Myjoyonline.comFulani herdsmen turn commandos killing policeBusinessDayTwo anti-riot policemen attached to the Special Task Force (STF) have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Palang in Bachit District of Plateau State. The gunmen were said to...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

EFCC arrests Ondo OSOPADEC boss, seizes 27 expensive cars from his residence: – Osun Defender

SaharaReporters.comEFCC arrests Ondo OSOPADEC boss, seizes 27 expensive cars from his residence:Osun DefenderOperatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] today whisked the Chairman of Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Comm...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

EFCC arrests Ondo OSOPADEC boss, seizes 27 expensive cars from his residence: – Osun Defender

SaharaReporters.comEFCC arrests Ondo OSOPADEC boss, seizes 27 expensive cars from his residence:Osun DefenderOperatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] today whisked the Chairman of Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Comm...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Experts charge students on how to pass JAMB exams – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersExperts charge students on how to pass JAMB examsVanguardBy DAYO ADESULU As the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, conducts its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, nationwide on Saturday, Chrisgate Motivat...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Senate queries FCDA over revenue generation – CHANNELS

CHANNELSSenate queries FCDA over revenue generationCHANNELSSenate President David Mark has queried the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCDA) over its inability to generate internal revenue. Speaking during the debate on the 2012 FCT Appropria...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Banker’s murder: stepmother says couple’s relationship already strained – Daily Sun

Banker's murder: stepmother says couple's relationship already strainedDaily SunBy OLA AGBAJE Stepmother to the late banker, Titilayo Arowolo, has told a Lagos High Court, yesterday that the relationship between the deceased and her husband, Ak...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Fire disrupts activities at UNILAG – Nigerian Tribune

Fire disrupts activities at UNILAGNigerian TribuneAN early morning inferno, on Tuesday, disrupted academic activities at the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Akoka. The arrival of fire fighters from the University of Lagos Fire Service, Yaba Co...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Alleged rape: Show your private part, traditional ruler asks victim – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersAlleged rape: Show your private part, traditional ruler asks victimNigerian TribuneTHE traditional ruler alleged to have raped a youth corps member, Oba Adebu-kola Alli, the Alowa of Ilowa, Osun State, on Tuesday, told the court at...
1 min read
21Mar
Top Stories

Group flays Lokpobori’s labour bill – Vanguard

Group flays Lokpobori's labour billVanguardBY EBELE ONUORAH LAGOS— Advocacy group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers' Rights, CDWR, has condemned the Anti-Labour Bill, sponsored by Senator Heineken Lokpobori (People's Democratic Party, ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

We’ve taken necessary steps in Koluama disaster, says Presidency – The Nation Newspaper

CHANNELSWe've taken necessary steps in Koluama disaster, says PresidencyThe Nation NewspaperBy Eric Ikhaile 3 minutes ago The Presidency yesterday took exception to Action Congress of Nigerian (ACN)'s criticism of Federal Government's inter...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Police Commissioner Orders – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersPolice Commissioner OrdersLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Umaru Manko, on Tuesday directed the Yoruba and the Hausa communities in the Ketu-Mile 12 area to set up a 12-man peace committee. Manko...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Kidnappers and aides arrested – gulfnews.com

Emirates 24/7Kidnappers and aides arrestedgulfnews.comAbu Dhabi An Emirati man, who was kidnapped by a Nigerian gang for ransom in January this year, was successfully freed by the UAE Ministry of Interior, a statement by the ministry stated yesterday. ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

EU To Fund $46 Million Anti-Corruption Project In Nigeria – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Independent OnlineEU To Fund $46 Million Anti-Corruption Project In NigeriaWall Street Journal (blog)Nigeria and the European Union have signed a $46 million deal to finance the fight against corruption in Africa's most populous nation, Agence Fran...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Ex-soldier in failed bid to force his way into Atiku’s residence – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersEx-soldier in failed bid to force his way into Atiku's residenceThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 18 hours 14 minutes ago Barely a week after a man climbed a telecom mast to protest alleged non-payment of his debt by former V...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Sixteen killed in tribal clashes in East Nigeria – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia

Leadership NewspapersSixteen killed in tribal clashes in East NigeriaAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja - Sixteen people have been killed in tribal clashes in the East Nigerian state of Taraba near the border with Cameroon. All the victims belong ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

NYSC Boss Warns Against Indecent Dressing – P.M. News

Leadership NewspapersNYSC Boss Warns Against Indecent DressingP.M. NewsThe Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia, has warned corps members to desist from indecent dressing that could insult the sensibilities of their host communities....
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Senate Moves Against Oil Firms – AllAfrica.com

Leadership NewspapersSenate Moves Against Oil FirmsAllAfrica.comBy Adekunle Adesuji And Dennis Naku, 20 March 2012 Port-Harcourt — Senate yesterday vowed to monitor implementation of United Nations Environment Programme report on the Oil spillage in ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

DIG Haruna, Others for Burial March 31 – AllAfrica.com

AllAfrica.comDIG Haruna, Others for Burial March 31AllAfrica.comBy Kingsley Omonobi, 20 March 2012 DIG John Haruna during his decoration with his new rank on March 2, 2012. (Photo Courtesy Daily Trust) Abuja — ACTING Inspector-General of Police Moham...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

N18,000 Minimum Wage – Oyo Workers Shun Duty Posts, Close Schools – AllAfrica.com

N18,000 Minimum Wage - Oyo Workers Shun Duty Posts, Close SchoolsAllAfrica.comBy Yemi Bamidele, 19 March 2012 Ibadan — Oyo State Government workers on Monday shunned their duty posts as they embarked on a strike action in protest against the governme...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

N44 Million Bribery Scandal – AD Hoc Panel Takes Over Probe – AllAfrica.com

CHANNELSN44 Million Bribery Scandal - AD Hoc Panel Takes Over ProbeAllAfrica.comBy Turaki A. Hassan, 20 March 2012 The House of Representatives is to raise an ad hoc committee to take over the capital market probe from the Herman Hembe-led standing com...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

FG Not Serious On Boko Haram Talks – Hameed Ali – AllAfrica.com

Reuters BlogsFG Not Serious On Boko Haram Talks - Hameed AliAllAfrica.comBy Christiana T. Alabi, 20 March 2012 Kaduna — The leakage of preliminary discussions between the President of Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN), Dr. Ibrahim Datti Ahm...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

The New Police Uniform – AllAfrica.com

The New Police UniformAllAfrica.comLast week, Mr Olusola Amore, a deputy commissioner of police and the force public relations officer, issued a statement wherein he announced that the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force had acquired new unifo...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Nigeria, EU sign $46m accord on graft – News24

Nigeria, EU sign $46m accord on graftNews24Lagos - Nigeria and the European Union have signed a $46m deal to finance the fight against corruption in Africa's most populous nation, an official statement has said. The agreement was jointly signed lat...
1 min read
20Mar
General, Thoughts

Nigeria has talents – Bindir is one

I am a man of faith. The happenings, in and around Nigeria, most times put this faith to test. However, with a resilient faith like mine, it’s been tough but hardly have I ever given up on Nigeria. Albeit, there have been very few occasions that have caused the light of my faith to burn
3 mins read
No Comments
20Mar
Top Stories

Oil spills: Senate threatens to sanction oil firms – Vanguard

Oil spills: Senate threatens to sanction oil firmsVanguardBY Inalegwu Shaibu & Laide Akinboade ABUJA – Senate panel, yesterday, threatened to sanction oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region over any reckless act resulting in oil spilla...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Apagun Oluwole buried amidst autopsy controversy – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersApagun Oluwole buried amidst autopsy controversyVanguardBy DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA—The remains of the late Egba High Chief, Apagun Oluwole Olumide, who was reported to have committed suicide last weekend, was committed to mother e...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Fayemi, Amaechi, Ezekwesili Task Youths Over National Devt – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersFayemi, Amaechi, Ezekwesili Task Youths Over National DevtLeadership NewspapersGovernor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, his Rivers State counterpart Chibuike Amaechi and the former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Mrs. Obiageli ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Labour shuts schools, offices in Oyo – Nigerian Tribune

Labour shuts schools, offices in OyoNigerian TribuneWorkers in the payroll of the Oyo State government were, on Monday, divided over the planned strike declared by the caretaker committee of the labour union to drive home their clamour for the payment ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

N22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for Mimiko – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderN22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for MimikoNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING the approval of the minimum wage of N22,000 across board for civil servants in Ondo State, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

N22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for Mimiko – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderN22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for MimikoNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING the approval of the minimum wage of N22,000 across board for civil servants in Ondo State, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

N22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for Mimiko – Nigerian Tribune

Osun DefenderN22,000 minimum wage: NANS plans campus-to-campus campaign for MimikoNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING the approval of the minimum wage of N22,000 across board for civil servants in Ondo State, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) ...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

PDP is losing its political hold on states – Tukur – Nigerian Tribune

Leadership NewspapersPDP is losing its political hold on states - TukurNigerian TribuneAN apsirant for the national chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday, lamented the dwindling fortune of the part...
1 min read
20Mar
Top Stories

Insecurity: Northern elders want govs to diversify economy of region – Nigerian Tribune

Insecurity: Northern elders want govs to diversify economy of regionNigerian TribuneAT the peace forum convened by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, at his farm house on the outskirts of Minna, the Niger State capital, between last ...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Supreme Court orders Yuguda to pay ex-deputy N215m – The Nation Newspaper

Leadership NewspapersSupreme Court orders Yuguda to pay ex-deputy N215mThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 19 hours 3 minutes ago The Supreme Court yesterday struck out the appeal filed by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda and 15 others ag...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Supreme Court orders Yuguda to pay ex-deputy N215m – The Nation Newspaper

Supreme Court orders Yuguda to pay ex-deputy N215mThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 10 hours 1 minute ago The Supreme Court yesterday struck out the appeal filed by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda and 15 others against the judgement of...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Experts seek improved infrastructure – The Nation

Leadership NewspapersExperts seek improved infrastructureThe NationBy Taiwo Disu 13 hours 4 minutes ago Nigeria can serve as a hub for sea-ports in Africa, experts have said. They warned that such opportunity may slip away if infrastructure decay and l...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Experts seek improved infrastructure – The Nation

Leadership NewspapersExperts seek improved infrastructureThe NationBy Taiwo Disu 7 hours 2 minutes ago Nigeria can serve as a hub for sea-ports in Africa, experts have said. They warned that such opportunity may slip away if infrastructure decay and le...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

…As FG poises to clean up rot in Nigeria’s varsity system – Nigerian Tribune

...As FG poises to clean up rot in Nigeria's varsity systemNigerian TribuneAttainment of President Goodluck Jonathan's transformation agenda is dependent on the development of skilled manpower to drive the process. Clement Idoko, in this report...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

New police uniform – The Nation Newspaper

New police uniformThe Nation NewspaperBy Editorial 4 hours 39 minutes ago THE way Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police's (IGP) adornment of new police uniform was celebrated; the world was made to believe, though erroneously, t...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

New police uniform – The Nation Newspaper

New police uniformThe Nation NewspaperBy Editorial 4 hours 39 minutes ago THE way Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police's (IGP) adornment of new police uniform was celebrated; the world was made to believe, though erroneously, t...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Police begin training for officers on handling of firearms – Vanguard

AllAfrica.comPolice begin training for officers on handling of firearmsVanguardBY EVELYN USMAN THE Nigeria Police Force has begun capacity building with particular reference to handling of arms by policemen, following spate of extra judicial killings a...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Fresh crisis in Edo ACN over choice of running mate – Vanguard

BusinessDayFresh crisis in Edo ACN over choice of running mateVanguardBENIN CITY— FRESH crisis is brewing in the Edo State Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, following protest by some loyalists of the National Vice-Chairman of the party, Pastor Osagie ...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

NEMA to host regional peace forum in Nasarawa – CHANNELS

NEMA to host regional peace forum in NasarawaCHANNELSThe Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in conjunction with the Institute for Peace, is set to host a regional peace forum in an attempt to put an end to increasing sect-related viol...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Lagos State Government demolishes Apapa Amusement Park – Information Nigeria

CHANNELSLagos State Government demolishes Apapa Amusement ParkInformation NigeriaBy the time we've eaten all our crocodiles finish… The Lagos State government via the Enforcement unit of State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences on Sund...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Continuing attacks by radical Islamist sect see some flee north Nigeria, a … – Washington Post

Continuing attacks by radical Islamist sect see some flee north Nigeria, a ...Washington PostNNEWI, Nigeria — Gathered for discussions about a funeral, a town hall meeting held in northern Nigeria by members of a Christian ethnic group turned into a ...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Jonathan orders MDAs to hook up to NigComSat- 1R – The Nation Newspaper

Jonathan orders MDAs to hook up to NigComSat- 1RThe Nation NewspaperBy Gbenga Omokhunu 1 hour ago Nigeria formally took delivery of its communication satellite, NigComSat-1R, on Monday with President Goodluck Jonathan advising all Ministries Department...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Low number of blind candidates for UTME worries JAMB – Vanguard

Low number of blind candidates for UTME worries JAMBVanguardLagos – Only 22 blind candidates registered for the 2012 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), organisers of the examination, said...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Consensus candidates win at PDP congresses – Information Nigeria

Leadership NewspapersConsensus candidates win at PDP congressesInformation NigeriaA FAMOUS chieftain of the party goes by the sobriquet “Mr. Fix it.” On the evidence of the party's state congresses held nationwide at the weekend, his singular, ...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Magdalene College awaits its new master – The Australian

Magdalene College awaits its new masterThe AustralianARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Rowan Williams will swap one ancient and traditional institution for another when he takes up his role as the new Master of Cambridge's Magdalene College. The college was...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Gov Shettima appoints 81 new aides, including 2 Journalists – Vanguard

Gov Shettima appoints 81 new aides, including 2 JournalistsVanguardGovernor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Sunday appointed 81 new Aides including two journalists, Miss Kwapchi Bata of the NTA and Usman Kumo of the FRCN Peace FM station, Maiduguri. ...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Gunmen Kill Bank Manager, Seven Others in Sapele Beer Parlour Attack – AllAfrica.com

Gunmen Kill Bank Manager, Seven Others in Sapele Beer Parlour AttackAllAfrica.comBy Emma Amaize and Godwin Oghre, 19 March 2012 Sapele — IT was a bloody weekend in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, as gunmen killed a bank manager a...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

No Justice, No Good Governance In Nigeria — Buhari – Leadership Newspapers

Leadership NewspapersNo Justice, No Good Governance In Nigeria — BuhariLeadership NewspapersPresidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential election, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday said that unt...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Boko Haram: Worshippers desert churches in Jos – Nigerian Tribune

CHANNELSBoko Haram: Worshippers desert churches in JosNigerian TribuneFOLLOWING new arrangements put in place by the security operatives in Plateau State to arrest the spate of suicide bombings, most churches in Jos, the state capital on Sunday, record...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

That the NFF Bill 2012 may be properly passed – Vanguard

That the NFF Bill 2012 may be properly passedVanguardBy Paul Bassey Immediately after the meeting of the FIFA –CAF Consultative Committee last week in Lagos, I travelled out denying myself the full benefits of the reactions that followed our determin...
1 min read
19Mar
Top Stories

Capital Market Crash Investigation: The mutual crash of integrity – Vanguard

Leadership NewspapersCapital Market Crash Investigation: The mutual crash of integrityVanguardIt was meant to be an investigation of the crash of the Nigerian Capital Market by the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets. However, mutual ...
1 min read
18Mar
Top Stories

Food union, PENGASSAN flay proposed labour bill – The Nation

Leadership NewspapersFood union, PENGASSAN flay proposed labour billThe NationBy Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu 14 minutes ago Workers in the food and beverage sector and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have condemne...
1 min read
17Mar
Top Stories

Walk the talk – The Nation Newspaper

BusinessDayWalk the talkThe Nation NewspaperBy Editorial 18 hours 42 minutes ago President Jonathan asks Northern governors to look inward for more income. Let him show the way It is sad to note that flat, hollow words seem to have become the trademark...
1 min read
17Mar
Top Stories

‘Tit-for-tat’ with who? – Vanguard

CHANNELS'Tit-for-tat' with who?VanguardBy Tonnie Iredia It is now obvious that South Africa over- reached itself when it decided on the first day of March 2012, to deport 125 Nigerians on account of what is generally regarded as a rather flimsy...
1 min read
17Mar
Top Stories

Black Saturday in P/Harcourt: Family of five wiped out in tanker fire – Vanguard

BusinessLIVEBlack Saturday in P/Harcourt: Family of five wiped out in tanker fireVanguardBY JIMITOTA ONOYUME A family of five and two others were confirmed dead in an inferno, yesterday, after a petrol tanker lost control on Igwuruta round about, spill...
1 min read
17Mar
Top Stories

I won’t interfere in Bayelsa – Jonathan – Vanguard

WorldStageI won't interfere in Bayelsa – JonathanVanguardBy SAMUEL OYADONGHA President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, said he would not interfere in the administration of the state. He said the responsibility...
1 min read
17Mar
Featured

What are you Reading… Which voices are shaping your life?….

If you are on facebook, please join the Naija read group. Let’s know what you are reading and share your knowledge with others. Ralph Waldo Emerson (US Poet: 1803 – 1882) said “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads”. _________________________________________________ A group to encourage the reading
1 min read
No Comments
17Mar
Hall of Shame

Tell Governor Suswam that we need more than the Governor’s Lodge

Thisday Newspaper of Thursday March 8th 2012 was exciting. Exciting in the sense that the Benue State Government chose this medium to advertise its achievements under Governor Gabriel Suswam watch. Such being necessary as to publicize the official visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the state. Now, in the words of a good friend of
2 mins read
1 Comment
Next Page »
Load More

Location

map image

Located at - Perth, WA

Categories

  • Adventures Around Nigeria (3)
  • Agbekoya (15)
  • Australia, From an African's Eyes. (33)
  • Currently reading (30)
  • Featured (57)
  • General (154)
  • Global Chat Radio (3)
  • Hall of Shame (28)
  • Memoirs (24)
  • PhD Memoirs (2)
  • Plays (7)
  • Poems (4)
  • Thoughts (45)
  • Top Stories (43,466)
  • Travels (34)
2021 Designed by Daniel Abimibola