By Dianabasi Effiong The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a wildlife trafficker with illegal items on the Cameroon/Cameroon border. A press statement from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) confirmed this on Tuesday. It stated that the items recovered from the trafficker includedContinue Reading
Nine persons, including five students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), have died in a road crash on Ikire/Ibadan Expressway. The Nation gathered that the 18-seater bus in which they were travelling had an accident with a luxury bus that was moving against traffic. The institution’s Public RelationsContinue Reading
Sole Administrator Appoints Ibibia Worika new SSG For Rivers By Dianabasi Effiong The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Adm Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), has announced the appointment of Prof. Ibibia Worika as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). According to a statement from the Government House on Tuesday,Continue Reading
NIMechE advocates commercialisation of indigenous innovations By Olatunde Ajayi Experts in mechanical engineering have emphasised the importance of commercialising indigenous innovations to rapid national economic development. The experts made the call at the 4th Annual Prof. Olusoji Ofi Distinguished Academic Lecture, organised by the Nigerian Institution of MechanicalContinue Reading
Engineering Regulations Get a Boost as Makinde Inaugurates Monitoring Committees. By Adewale Owoade Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated two key committees to ensure that engineering practices in the state meet global standards. The State Technical Committee (STC) and the State Expatriate Monitoring Committee (SEMC) will monitor and enforceContinue Reading
By George Odok The 37th convocation/50th anniversary of the University of Calabar has come and gone, but the memory of the beautiful and well organized event will remain vivid in the annals of history of the institution and in the minds of the public. The 37th convocation ceremonyContinue Reading
By Samuel Tanimowo Lagos (FLOWERBUDNEWS): The Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Vatika Rawat has declared that the doors of India are open to Nigerian investors. The India Envoy who dropped the hint at an interactive session with the media in Lagos, said “various sector of Indian economy isContinue Reading
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rejected Governor Ademola Adeleke’s nomination of ex-Finance Commissioner, Wale Bolorunduro, as a Director of Osun-owned Living Trust Mortgage Bank. The Nation reports Adeleke appointed Boluwaduro, who served under the administration of Ex-Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the Director and Chairman of Living TrustContinue Reading
Twelve inmates have escaped in a jail break in the early hours of Monday in Kogi State. Kogi State Government confirmed this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi Fanwo. He commended the swift response of security agencies to the jailbreak at theContinue Reading
