The disclosure by the United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) that more than 152m children or nearly one in 10 children globally are victims of forced labour is not only heart rendering but also inhuman. […]
Today, Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2019 Mandela International Day also known as Mandela Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to honour the iconic figure that […]
The admonition by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to Nigerians on the indiscriminate use of pesticides to eliminate insects in their homes is very necessary. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. […]
The current agitation by the Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ben Ayade, for the review of the 2012 Supreme Court decision which transferred ownership of 76 oil wells from the state to neighbouring Akwa […]
A recent report indicated that the 11 Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country require recapitalisation as well as the injection of $4.3 billion (about N1.556 trillion) into their networks to enable them function efficiently. […]
The recent warning issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency that about 29 states of the federation are at the risk of flooding this year is likely to be taken by Nigerians as one of those […]
The appointments of Mr Mele Kolo Kyari and Dr Thomas John as the new Group Managing Director and the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board, respectively, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by […]
The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, ruffled feathers in the education sector of the state last Friday when he announced the cancellation of operational approval given to all private schools in the state. Addressing […]
Recently, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared that about 90 per cent of lunatics undergoing treatment in various psychiatric hospitals in the country were victims of illicit drugs. Deputy Commandant of the agency, […]
A recent report to the effect that Nigeria’s 36 state governors, especially 12 of them, who are first timers, face a debt burden of N3.9 trillion that may hurt their ambitious plans for their states […]
Although the 2019 general elections may have been mired in some controversies, considering the plethora of litigation, hovering around 800, arising therefrom, the elections, no doubt, attained a significant milestone in not just the active […]
The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director, Mr. David Beasley, recently raised an alarm that hunger had grown from 778m people in 2015 to 815m in 2016, noting that about 60 per cent of […]
In a demonstration of rare humanitarian gesture among the 9Nigerian public office holders, the immediate past President of the eighth Senate, Bukola Saraki, donated his entire severance allowance to some victims of the Boko Haram […]
Obviously worried by the classification of Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, President Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that the All Progressives Congress-led federal government can move 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within […]
The recent appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Aspirants Forum to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint women into key positions as he plans to form a new cabinet to steer the affairs of […]
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Cardinal John Onaiyekan’s admonition to Nigerian leaders at all levels to change their system of governance in order to address the numerous challenges facing the country and its people is […]
The emergence, on Tuesday, of Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker, respectively, portends a good omen for the nation’s evolving democracy. […]
Nigeria once again took the centre stage of global reckoning last week with the election of Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as 74th president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Muhammad-Bande is the second Nigerian to […]
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state raised a salient but striking point when he blamed the corruption in the judiciary in recent times on the challenges arising from the incursion of strange elements into the […]
Last week’s signing into law of the 2019 appropriation bill of N8.92 trillion by President Muhammadu Buhari in spite of certain grey areas in the document is an ample demonstration of the federal government’s commitment […]
The election last week of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state as the new chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is a welcome development. The emergence of Fayemi, who succeeds Abdulaziz Yari (having completed […]
The federal government’s recent condemnation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments, attributing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) was not unexpected. As a matter of fact, no government, responsible or not, the Obasanjo […]
Not a few Nigerians may have been stunned when President Muhammadu Buhari bared his mind, revealing that he is upset by the poor living condition of Nigerians, especially the less-privileged in the society. This may appear […]
Last week’s allegation by the federal government that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were planning to overthrow the President Muhammadu Buhari administration through a military coup is quite weighty […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering the appeal from the Bayelsa state government for the shift of the November 2, 2019 governorship election in the state. This was as the Commission is poised […]
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