President Goodluck Jonathan Monday admonished public office holders to bring smiles to the faces of Nigerians or risk what he called possible youth revolt in the country. “In the coming years, youths will revolt against any president or state government if we do not come up with policies that will create jobs,” he said. Jonathan [...]

THE Federal Government has commenced the training of about 28,000 head teachers of primary schools across the country, as part of the effort toward the actualisation of the Millennium Development Goals and Education For All (EFA) by 2015. The Federal Government also lamented over what it described as “total decay of infrastructure and erosion of [...]

Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, recently had a breakfast meeting with journalists in Warri, the state capital, during which he entertained some questions. Sylvester Idowu, who was there, brings excerpts: YOU recently took a 50 billion naira bond, why did you have to do this? All over the world, bonds are taken by government [...]

The Federal Government is to halt the importation of rice from next year, President Goodluck Jonathan has said, explaining that the rationale is to encourage local rice farmers to improve their productivity and become self-reliant in rice production. Jonathan, who unfolded the plan at the flagging off of the three days Agric Show, organized by [...]

No fewer than 212 firms spread across 38 countries have been pre-qualified to participate in the bid for 17 unbundled companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in the on-going privatisation of the power sector. Disclosing this yesterday, the Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, also said that the process of transferring government [...]

THREE suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the anti-kidnapping unit of the Delta State Command of the State Security Service (SSS). The suspects were apprehended at Otor-Iyede in Isoko Local Government Area of the state after weeks of surveillance by the undercover security agents. The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the suspects abducted their victim and [...]

OFFICIALS of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority, NEPZA, visited Warri at the weekend to inspect site and facility on ground for the multi-billion dollars Warri Industrial Business Park, WIBP, designed to turn around the economy of Delta State and Niger-Delta region. Senior Manager, Zones Technical Services, Mrs. Pwash Eldon, who led the NEPZA delegation [...]

THE global push for clean energy may have found a positive expression in Nigeria, as the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has concluded plans to deploy solar panels in the Niger Delta, to boost power supply in the oil rich region. The development was sequel to the approval given by the Federal [...]