Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) FBCS, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been conferred with the Fellowship of British Computer Society (BCS) the leading professional body of IT experts globally. The decision was reached after rigorous assessment bordering on eminence, authority and experience in the IT profession. The fellowship is in recognition…
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Fear grips Nigerian lawmakers over terrorist attack on British Parliament:
Following terrorist attacks on British Parliament at Westminster in London on Wednesday, Nigerian Senators have expressed fears that nowhere is safe anymore. In a point of order raised by the Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, he explained that the attack was an unfortunate incident happening at a time the British Parliament had done more than enough…
Okorocha Laments: “One Of The Greatest Danger Of Colonisation Is The Removal Of Our Culture”
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Thursday in Abuja expressed concerns over the effects of western culture on the society. Okorocha who was the guest speaker at the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) Quarterly Public Lecture entitled: “Promoting Culture, Developing the Economy’’ said relegating our culture and embracing that culture,`is a problem.’ “People that…
Ibori was deported, still under probe –UK govt
Contrary to the thinking of most Nigerians that former Delta State governor, James Ibori, came into Nigeria of his own volition, it has been revealed that he was actually deported by the British government after serving out his jail term. Ibori who came into the country, and headed for his home town Ogara, Delta State,…
N. Korean elites brace odds, speak against President Kim
The leadership style of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been criticised by elites in the country who have expressed their discontent and have decided to turn their backs at their hard stance leader. Leading the action is former deputy ambassador to London, Thae Yong Ho who defected to South Korea in August last…
Over 100 migrants feared dead after rubber boat sinks in the Mediterranean
The president of the Italian unit of an aid group, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has revealed that no less than six migrants died and up to 100 more were missing and feared dead after their rubber boat sank in the Mediterranean on Thursday. According to MSF Italy president Loris De Filippi, a British navy ship…
How The British Planted Regionalism In Nigeria – Odia Ofeimun {Continuation}
Yesterday, we brought you the part 2 of Odia Ofeimun’s explosive city people 20th anniversary lecture.This is the concluding part GRATING COMPETITION AND REGIONALISM At this point, let me note that Nigeria’s odyssey, particularly since the Lyttleton Constitution of 1954, has been a hostage, to the different and incongruous ambitions of the three colonial…
British Pound Falls Below Dollar After 31 Years
Britain’s pound sterling dips below the dollar on Wednesday Britain’s pound has experienced a fall below dollar for the first time since June 1985, the outcome of trading showed on Wednesday that the pound slipped below 1.27 dollars. The pound sterling hit a low of 1.2686 dollars GBP=D4 after 31 years at the opening of trade, before…
Palmer, ‘the King’ of golf dies
dpa/NAN, Abuja; Legendary US golfer Arnold Palmer died on Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, aged 87, the US Golf Association confirmed. Palmer died at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he had been undergoing heart tests since Thursday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Fondly known as “The King,” Palmer won seven major championships during his playing career,…
British detectives in Nigeria to interrogate Dieziani, associates over fraudulent oil deals
There are indications that a seven-man investigative team from the United Kingdom have arrived Nigeria to interrogate suspected allies of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Dieziani Alison-Madueke. According to SaharaReporters, the detectives from the UK’s anti-corruption agency, National Crimes Agency, NCA, comprising of four women and three men, are in the country as part…
Copy of Nigeria: Inflation Accelerates – Reuters. Kaduna is sinking, El Rufai is an Abomination to Good Governance – Kaduna Elders. MMM – You are on your own, CBN warns Nigerians. IPOB responds to Buhari – stuff your ‘trek-story’. British support won the Biafra war for you, not trekking. Stolen? Buhari’s Change Begins With Me Speech in Fresh Scandal.
Nigeria: Inflation Accelerates – Reuters. Kaduna is sinking, El Rufai is an Abomination to Good Governance – Kaduna Elders. MMM – You are on your own, CBN warns Nigerians. IPOB responds to Buhari – stuff your ‘trek-story’. British support won the Biafra war for you, not trekking. Stolen? Buhari’s Change Begins With Me Speech in…
Nigeria: Inflation Accelerates – Reuters. Kaduna is sinking, El Rufai is an Abomination to Good Governance – Kaduna Elders. MMM – You are on your own, CBN warns Nigerians. IPOB responds to Buhari – stuff your ‘trek-story’. British support won the Biafra war for you, not trekking. Stolen? Buhari’s Change Begins With Me Speech in Fresh Scandal.
Nigeria: Inflation Accelerates – Reuters. Kaduna is sinking, El Rufai is an Abomination to Good Governance – Kaduna Elders. MMM – You are on your own, CBN warns Nigerians. IPOB responds to Buhari – stuff your ‘trek-story’. British support won the Biafra war for you, not trekking. Stolen? Buhari’s Change Begins With Me Speech in…