GMO FOR POWER NOT FOOD

In my days in secondary school, one of my best subjects was integrated science. That subject had Biology, Physics, and Chemistry all fused in one even though we didn’t know it then. I developed an unusual interest on one topic then – Photosynthesis – not just because of the name but also because of the…

Read More

Ekweremadu accuse Buhari of Military style

Deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of using military style in asking for extra money to fund capital projects.  Ekeremadu made this assertion on the floor of the upper house of legislature as the senators debated on Buhari’s request for N180bn virement.  Ekweremadu noted that the president should have requested for…

Read More

PDP Senators stage walk out

John Okechukwu in Abuja Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a walk out walked out of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday, November 30. The opposition senators staged the walk out in protest over the defection of Sen. Yale Omogunwa of Ondo South to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Trouble started when Senate…

Read More

Nigerian Communications Commission Suspends Data Price Increase.

Nigerian Communications Commission PRESS RELEASE NCC suspends directive on data segment price floor. Following the concerns that visited the directive to introduce price floor for data segment of the telecommunications sector beginning from December 1, 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended any further action in that direction. The decision to suspend this directive…

Read More

Biafra, scene of a bloody civil war decades ago, is once again a place of conflict

Robyn DixonContact Reporter At first, the mood at the demonstration staged on a high school playing field in the city of Aba, Nigeria, was almost festive. Dozens of demonstrators, calling for Biafran independence, waved red, black and green flags, and danced, clapped and chanted. Within hours, the military moved in and opened fire with live…

Read More

INEC deny it flooded Ondo with bad card reader

The  Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC[  has said only 11 card readers malfunctioned during the Ondo governorship election held held on Saturday. INEC Director of voter Education and Publicity  Nick Dazang  made this disclosure in Abuja in response to Ondo Governor  Olusagun Mimiko allegations that  faulty card readers that flooded the state during the election…

Read More

Akeredolu is new Ondo Governor Elect

Tunde Ibrahim THE Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has declared Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress [APC] the Governor elect in the governorship election in Ondo state. Prof Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, INEC’s Returning Officer declared Akeredolu as the governor elect after satisfying all the requirements and having the highest number of votes. He polled…

Read More

Ex Minister queries existence of black market

Osas Musa In Benin A former minister of State for Works under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi  on Wednesday queried the existence of dual dollar exchange rates in the country; declaring that the development is “supervised corruption”. He wondered why rate duplicity is maintained with the current interbank dollar rate at N305 while…

Read More