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By  Zigwai Tagwai   The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), also known as Banque Africaine de Developpement (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution with the motto “Building today, a better tomorrow” and the objective of fighting poverty and improving living conditions on the continent by promoting the investment of …

Fifteen years ago, the city centre of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was cleansed of the presence of beggars. In this piece, Zigwai Tagwai reports that the beggars, who were relocated to a satellite community by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), have made a return to the city centre. …

Greek Thinkers The great thinkers of ancient Greece were called Philosophers. Philosophy is Greek for ‘love of wisdom’. The key philosophers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Socrates (466-399 BC) believed people would behave well if they knew what good behaviour was and challenged people to think about truth, good and …

Kogi State is generally regarded as civil service state. Whatever that means, it is nevertheless   not a complimentary statement. I see it as derogatory. It is a spirit that has stuck, since the state was created in 1991. By 27 August 2018, Kogi state would have been 27 years …

On the November 16, 1946 a small company that would later become a corporate giant Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries born. The company started with Star Lager as it first bottled beer. The company has since grown with assorted brands in the market wit (which it controls the nation’s beverages market. With …

The Socio-Cultural groups in Benue state have issued a two week-  ultimatum to the state Governor,  Samuel Ortom to discuss with his Northern counterparts to take proactive action to halt the killings in Benue. “If they fail to do something, we will have no option than to pull out of …

The National Mathematical Centre (NMC) is to develop appropriate initiative and resources of international standing for the re-awakening and sustaining interest in the mathematical sciences and their applications to life. By this objective, the centre is expected to produce specialists in mathematical sciences and at all levels of the nation’s …

1809-1865 Abraham Lincoln: • Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was America’s 16th, and possibly greatest, president. He led the Union through the Civil War and the freeing of slaves. • He was born in a single-room log cabin in Kentucky, to a poor family. • He never went to school but a …

Alhaji Abdulsalam Mohammed is the Madaki of Ohikwo community in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi State and youth president of Kwararafa kingdom. In interview with DAILY ASSET Correspondent Atabor Julius, he speaks on the roles of traditional rulers in curbing crimes at the grassroots, among other issues. There was a reported …

Immediate past National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the main opposition – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has successfully built the profile of an effective leader who delivers results when he is least expected to do so. As former Governor of Kaduna State, Makarfi effectively managed the the …