Education High Commissioner commends Sir. Emeka Foundation

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Education Initiative by the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a Nigerian based non- governmental, not for profit charity organization, to stamp out illiteracy and promote learning across the continent of Africa, particularly in the hard to reach communities, was extended to Bagamoyo, Tanzania, recently where over 1500 students representing six secondary schools gathered...

Zambian Minister in Face-off with Dangote over Graft Allegations

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A row is brewing between Zambia and Dangote Cement, a major employer in Africa’s second largest copper producer, after a government minister accused an executive at the local unit of the Nigerian company of attempting to bribe him. The dispute appears to be the latest in a string of incidents in which the...

Nigerians In Ghana Control Over 50% Real estate investments

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Having soaked the real estate business in Nigeria market, investors have demonstrated burning investment appetite with their dominance of Ghanaian real estate market where they account for over 50 percent of the total transactions in the country’s bourgeoning middle and high end markets. According to Robert Davis, the Marketing Manager of Movenpick Ambassador...

JAMB test Goes Computer Based

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) will from next year go full-blown computer based test. Registrar and Chief Executive of the board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde disclosed this at the second technical committee meeting for 2014/2015 admissions into tertiary intuitions in the country Ojerinde stated that...

Nigeria declares Abia, the Worst State in The South.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Going to Umuahia, the capital of Abia State is a tough task; it is like a journey to Golgotha. It is an exercise that has deleterious effect on commuters as well as takes a heavy toll on vehicles. Whether you are coming from the Port Harcourt/Aba axis or the Okigwe section, it is...

On Boko Haram; Shetima says Insurgence affects Nine LGAs

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Governor of Borno State, Alh. Kashim Shettima, yesterday admitted that Boko Haram insurgency has affected nine out of the 27 Local Government Areas in the state, representing one third. The worst hit areas are Gwoza, Damboa, Askira/Uba, Marte, Chibok, Konduga, Dikwa and Bama. He begged the Federal Government to redouble its present...

BOKO HARAM: Bama battle slows down rescue operation for Chibok girls

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The planned rescue of  the over 200 school girls  abducted in Chibok in April by Boko Haram is on hold for now. The battle by troops to reclaim Bama and Gwoza both in Borno State  from the terrorists is said to have forced a shift in focus of military operations in the Northeast,it...