$6bn Q1 FDIs in Nigeria
The recent revelation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that the country attracted $6 billion foreign investments in the first three months of the year is a welcome development. …
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The recent revelation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that the country attracted $6 billion foreign investments in the first three months of the year is a welcome development. …
$6bn Q1 FDIs in Nigeria Read MoreRecently, the President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Dr. Sally Bolujoko, ruffled feathers in the nation’s educational circle when she enjoined political leaders and civil …
Neglect of public schools Read MoreThe recent declaration of a state of emergency on public health in relation to maternal and child deaths occurring at the primary healthcare centres could not have come at a …
Maternal and child health care challenges Read MoreThe recent revelation that about 12,000 new cases of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) are recorded annually in Nigeria with 5,000 cases treated must have ruffled feathers in the health care …
The VVF onslaught must be checked (Video included) Read MoreThe explanation by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the effect that it made the process of replacing lost, stolen or damaged Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards more stringent in …
Curbing SIM card swap fraud Read MoreThe recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to the effect that there is currently in circulation, fake Dukoral Oral Cholera vaccine circulating …
The alert on fake cholera vaccine Read MoreLast week, Nigerians woke up to the sad news of the execution of one of their own for drug related offences in Saudi Arabia. The widow, named Kudirat Afolabi and …
Execution of Nigerian drug traffickers Read MoreTwo of the three pillars of the Buhari administration, the fight against corruption and insecurity, got a major boost last week with the disclosure by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit …
NAFIU’s move on public assets declaration Read MoreToday is being observed as International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. The day is set aside to draw the attention of the international community to the important roles …
Sport for development and peace Read MoreThe recent survey released by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) rating the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as the most corrupt institution in the country must have sounded like …
Corruption in the police Read MoreThe recent disclosure by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) that 6,000 newborns in Kaduna state are at risk of contracting HIV in 2019 if elimination of Mother-To-Child …
HIV risk among 16,000 Kaduna children Read MoreIn an apparent endorsement of the result of the February 23, 2019 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to purge itself of “bad …
Obasanjo’s admonition to PDP Read MoreLast Tuesday, the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, revealed that the federal government has rolled out plans to train about 3,200 youths in …
Slow pace of mechatronics training Read MoreThe sad commentary by the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 2017 World Food Laureate, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is that Africa spends $35bn dollars annually on food imports …
Sad commentary on Africa’s food import bills Read MoreTax administration and the system of taxation in Nigeria was once again brought to the fore when President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated the federal government’s resolve to continue to …
Revisiting Nigerians’ tax culture Read MoreThe appeal by the federal government for the support of the British Government in building the capacities of anti-corruption institutions in Nigeria is not only germane and timely but also …
On UK’s aid in anti-graft fight Read MoreDuring the past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, plans were put in place to install surveillance cameras in major cities and towns as a way of boosting security especially in …
Still on policing with CCTV Read MoreThe recent report that Nigerian students in Morocco have turned to begging as a means of survival over unpaid scholarship allowances is not only a sad commentary on the nation …
The plight of Nigerian students overseas Read MoreThe recent disclosure by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that Nigeria occupies the 5th position among the 22 countries of the world with the highest tuberculosis burden calls for a …
Nigeria’s TB burden Read MoreThe federal government’s decision to ban sale of drugs in the open markets effective from January, this year, was seen as a step in the right direction. In its place, …
Enforcing ban on open drug market Read MoreThe recent disclosure by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that about 75 per cent of electronic devices imported into Nigeria annually is toxic junk and irreparable is as worrisome as …
The alarming rate of junk electronic devices in Nigeria Read MoreThe report by WaterAid that Nigeria is home to over 10m children that are stunted should be a matter of serious concern to the government at all levels in view …
Nigeria’s malnourished children Read MoreLast Wednesday, a tanker loaded with kerosene and heading for Upper Iweka from Awka lost control and barreled into a market situated along the OnitshaAwka expressway, Onitsha, Anambra state, killing …
Still on roadside markets as killing fields Read MoreThe disclosure that Nigeria spent a whopping N47trn within a 5-year period on the importation of raw materials and products which are abundantly available in the country and in which …
High cost of raw and processed food imports Read MoreRecently, the former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, ruffled feathers in the academic circle when he stated that over 60 per cent of project …
Nigerian undergraduates and copycat projects Read More