(1) At least three primary schools
(2) At least one secondary school
(3) One vocational technical college
(4) One library
(5) One Internet cafe
(6) One sports centre
(7) One general hospital
(8) One police station to provide security
(9) One food processing or industrial plant
(10) One railway network station to link it up to the rest of the country
GOVERNORS of the six states that make up Nigeria's southwest geo-political zone are putting final touches to the bill that will birth the regional security outfit Amotekun with a caveat that its members will have to apply to the inspector-general of police for gun permits.
ISLAMIC Movement in Nigeria (IMN) leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat will appear in court again on February 24 and 25 after a Kaduna high court fixed a new date for their ingoing trial in which they are facing charges of culpable homicide among others.
SEVERAL Nigerian passengers on a flight from Abuja had a minor incident yesterday when their aircraft skidded on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport as it landed blowing about by gusty winds brought on by the fierce Storm Ciara.
NIGERIAN striker Odion Ighalo looks set to make his Manchester United debut on February 20 when the Red Devils travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge in the knockout rounds of the Europa Cup.
PRESIDENCY officials are searching for a face-saving way out of a message mix-up after presidential spokesman Femi Adesina inadvertently conceded that the government had failed when it comes to providing security and is now dependent on regional outfits.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has threatened to go after the children of the Abia State police commissioner Ene Okon should there be any killings at the funeral of his parents on Friday February 14 in Afaraukwu near Umuahia.
ODION Ighalo will miss out on Manchester United's week-long training camp in Spain because the club fears travel restrictions will prevent him returning to England due to quarantine guidelines put in place for recent visitors to China.
(1) I have been wracking my brains about this and each time I come to a standstill. Our national budget is only $28bn when we have an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn, our population is growing at a rate of 6.2% a year while our economy is only growing at a rate of 1.9% and our national gross domestic product (GDP) is a pitiful $400bn when we need at least $2trn. We simply need dramatic economic growth to get out of this rut
GOVERNORS of the six states that make up Nigeria's southwest geo-political zone are putting final touches to the bill that will birth the regional security outfit Amotekun with a caveat that its members will have to apply to the inspector-general of police for gun permits.
ISLAMIC Movement in Nigeria (IMN) leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat will appear in court again on February 24 and 25 after a Kaduna high court fixed a new date for their ingoing trial in which they are facing charges of culpable homicide among others.
SEVERAL Nigerian passengers on a flight from Abuja had a minor incident yesterday when their aircraft skidded on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport as it landed blowing about by gusty winds brought on by the fierce Storm Ciara.
NIGERIAN striker Odion Ighalo looks set to make his Manchester United debut on February 20 when the Red Devils travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge in the knockout rounds of the Europa Cup.
PRESIDENCY officials are searching for a face-saving way out of a message mix-up after presidential spokesman Femi Adesina inadvertently conceded that the government had failed when it comes to providing security and is now dependent on regional outfits.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has threatened to go after the children of the Abia State police commissioner Ene Okon should there be any killings at the funeral of his parents on Friday February 14 in Afaraukwu near Umuahia.
ODION Ighalo will miss out on Manchester United's week-long training camp in Spain because the club fears travel restrictions will prevent him returning to England due to quarantine guidelines put in place for recent visitors to China.
