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By Afe Babalola I AM a good beneficiary of quality primary education as my formal classroom education ended at primary school. Everything I am today is due to the quality education inculcated in me by my teachers at Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti in those days. It was this that made it possible for me to read…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has again come under fire over recent killings of some Catholic priests and other Nigerians. The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan and the Director of Legal and Public Affairs of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwamkur Vondip, expressed concerns over increasing insecurity in the country. They especially…
A guard, Asimiyu Lawal, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing N12million from the safe of a hospital in Mushin, Lagos, property of his employer, Dr. Ayantola Oladipo. Lawal, of 6, Olawoye Street, off Kola bus stop, Alagbado, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of constructive damage and stealing…
Residents of Aboru, Alabede and Ipaja areas of Lagos State have hailed the government for clearing drainage in the areas. They said the monthly cleaning would improve the people’s living condition and prevent flood during the rainy season. Workers of the company handling the cleaning, Quality Sanctuary Ltd, were seen working on the project on…
Petroleum Resources ministry keeps muteResolve P&ID controversy urgently, HOSCON tells FGSays issue would impact on oil output, host communities By Udeme Akpan, Michael Eboh & Princess Owoh The Federal Government, yesterday, urged Nigerians to ignore the ostentatious claims by the Process and Industrial Developments, P&ID, Ltd, on compilation of Nigeria’s assets for attachment over a…
THROUGH their managements, three South African companies – MTN Nigeria, MultiChoice and Shoprite – on Tuesday condemned the attacks of foreign nationals in South Africa. The firms said that their mission in Nigeria was purely business. Reacting to the resurgence of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in its home country which has led to death and…
Two traditional rulers of Imo State, Eze Samuel Ohiri and Eze Cletus Ilomunanya are now at each others neck over the chairmanship position of the Imo State Traditional Rulers Council. Eze Cletus Ilomuanya (White attire) and Eze Samuel Ohiri (Black attire) Southeast Voice in Owerri has been observing what many have painted to be “the…
NEWS of the query issued to Mr Tunde Fowler, the FIRS(Federal Inland Revenue Service) boss, has once again put the issue of tax in the country in the spotlight. The importance of taxation to a country’s development cannot be overemphasized, especially as without tax revenues the civil service will be grounded, and we know what…
THE Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke, has extolled the leadership qualities of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. Oke described Ugwuanyi as a peaceful, humble, focused, hardworking and grassroots politician who has concentrated massive development more in the rural areas than in the state capital. Oke, who spoke when members…
THE Abuja Zonal Office of the — Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two of the 77 Nigerians on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted list in the United States (U.S.). A list of suspects was released last month. Those on the list were implicated in a massive…