About a year or so ago, a tragedy occurred along the Airport Expressway, near Federal Housing, Lugbe, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, when a pedestrian was killed after being hit by three vehicles […]
The recent award of “Best Governor in 100 Days in Office’’ conferred on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state by An African group of democrats under the aegis of African Democracy Assessment Network (ADAN) […]
The disagreement between the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and Governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over the legality or otherwise of security votes to governors of the 36 states of […]
Following renewed xenophobic attacks in South Africa at the beginning of this month, targeting mainly Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed that Nigerians willing to return home, numbering about 640, should be evacuated from […]
The African continent last week lost one of its revolutionary leaders and pan-Africanists, Robert Mugabe. The former president of Zimbabwe, who died at the age of 95, was a rebel leader who led his country […]
It is now a peculiarity of our democratic dispensation that the courts rather than the polls have the last say on the final verdict of electoral contest. Absurd as it is for a panel of […]
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria was on point a couple of years ago when it said the revival of the cassava bread initiative is capable of reflating the economy with about […]
Last week the media was awash with reports that the former Governor of Gombe state, lbrahim Hassan Dankwambo, narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state. Besides, the kidnappers […]
The disclosure by the Kaduna state government to the effect that it will begin the implementation of the New Minimum Wage Act 2019 this month is indeed a trail blazer worthy of emulation by other […]
The three targets set by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) for the country’s new health ministers to work on, namely, making primary healthcare sustainable, interfacing with other ministries to achieve better health and encouraging federal […]
Although there have been conflicting statistics about the percentage of Nigerians that have access to potable water, the bottom line, however, is that the situation does not portray the country as being committed to the […]
Not a few patriotic Nigerians were amazed by the revelation of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) that Obasanjo Farms, owned by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is among 19, 901 consolidated tax defaulters in the […]
The recent disclosure by the Country Director, World Bank Group, Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, that the bank’s net commitment to Nigeria over the years is about $11 billion tends to raise questions bordering on the continuous […]
In an ample demonstration of his government’s desire to nip in the bud the rampant cases of theft of food and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs), the Governor of Borno state, Professor […]
Veteran journalist and technocrat, Mr. Sunday Dare, was last Wednesday sworn in as the Minister of Youth and Sports by President Muhammadu Buhari along with 42 others at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He has promised […]
Barring any last minute alteration, President Muhammadu Buhari will today inaugurate the Federal Executive Council (FEC) composed of 43 ministers and other cabinet members that will bear the burden of the implementation of the Next […]
In an apparent move to mitigate the devastating effect of the ongoing flood in the country, which has killed scores of people including the Director of Finance, Federal Capital Territory High Court, Mr. Tony Okecheme, […]
The good tidings coming from the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa state, recently, was that a don at the institution has developed herbal-based drugs for the cure of two serious medical conditions – diabetes and cancer. […]
The recent disclosure by the National Chairman of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress :APC), Adams Oshiomhole, that his party will establish an institute for progressive studies in Nigeria is welcome development. When it […]
In a move to eliminate certificate racketeering and restore academic excellence in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission (NUC), in collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said it has put measures in place to […]
Sunday, Nigerian Muslims will join millions of other faithful all over the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. It is the major festival in the Islamic calendar. Its significance is rooted in the spirit of […]
Nigerians may soon heave a sigh of relief if the vow by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, comes to fruition. The new NNPC helmsman said before […]
Last week’s announcement by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as the Shiite group, of the suspension of its street protests, which began since the arrest of its leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in 2015 […]
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi recorded another feat on Friday following the successful total hip replacement surgery carried out on a female patient. The woman named Rabiatu Usman was said to […]
The revelation last week by the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, that Nigeria has spent about N2 trillion on constituency projects in the past 19 years without commensurate development at the […]
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