Timely warning from NEMA
The recent warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) against indiscriminate bush burning could not have come at a better time. The admonition is timely in view of the …
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The recent warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) against indiscriminate bush burning could not have come at a better time. The admonition is timely in view of the …
Timely warning from NEMA Read MoreOn Friday, September 7, this year, residents of Mpampe, a suburb of the Abuja City Centre, went into a panic mode following the earth tremors that occurred in their locality. …
Still on quarry activities in FCT Read MoreThe assurance by the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, that all candidates of political parties who have cases with the agency and are seeking election into …
Magu’s preventive mechanism Read MoreThe ranking of Nigeria along with war-torn Somalia, Yemen, and South Sudan, among others by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) as leading countries with the …
Giving attention to rising humanitarian crisis Read MoreMonday was observed globally as the World Anti-Corruption Day. The United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 58/4 of October 31, 2003 designated December 9 every year as the day to …
Sustaining the anti-corruption war Read MoreAgainst all odds, Nigeria’s senior women’s football squad, the Super Falcons, last weekend in Ghana reaffirmed their dominance on African female football when they successfully defended the trophy they won …
S/Falcons should fly beyond Africa Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion that no country can confront climate change alone should serve as save our soul to Nigeria’s development partners like the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), …
Nigeria’s bid for climate change Read MoreAfter six years of being in the limbo, the biennial National Sports Festival (NSF) is back on track with its 19thedition kicking off in Abuja today at the National Stadium …
The rebirth of National Sports Festival Read MoreThe alarm raised last week by the House of Representatives that Nigeria may have lost up to $10 billion in the controversial Malabu oil deal in one transaction on Operating …
OPL 245 and Nigeria’s $10bn loss Read MoreThe demise of elder statesman and former military governor of North Central State, Brigadier Abba Kyari, has, without a doubt, created a huge vacuum in Nigeria’s socio-political matrix. Kyari, retired …
Abba Kyari (1938-2018) Read MoreThe 2019 general elections may be in dire-straight if the petition by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent …
Probing APC, PDP primaries Read MoreLast week’s disclosure that the federal government is set to conduct an impact assessment on some selected privatised enterprises under the reform and privatisation programme is, indeed, a welcome development. …
Assessing privatised enterprises Read MoreThe disclosure by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) that1,602 people died in 2,805 road crashes recorded in the last quarter of 2017 is quite alarming. This undesirable tide, no …
Stemming road crashes in Nigeria Read MoreNotwithstanding the federal government’s explanation that the ban on 50 persons from traveling abroad over corruption cases is not a witchhunt, the policy has attracted scathing criticisms from some quarters, …
The travel ban on 50 Nigerians Read MoreYesterday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) commemorated the World Food Day. Founded in 1945 on the heels of the World War II, the day was marked in over 150 …
The world is still famished Read MoreThe recent admonition to pregnant women to choose the hospital rather than the church for the delivery of their babes should not be dismissed with a wave of the hand …
Differentiating delivery from deliverance Read MoreJust as Nigeria was set to celebrate its 58th independence anniversary on October 1, 2018 the news broke of the demise of one of her illustrious sons – a former …
David Dafinone (1927 – 2018) Read MoreThe global community observed yesterday as the World Mental Day (WMD). The day is set aside annually to draw the attention of governments and healthcare givers to the need to …
Mental health challenge Read MoreThe recent disclosure by the former acting director of the Satellite Town Development Agency (STDA), Victoria Imande, that only 20% of the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) live …
Poor state of FCT’s satellite towns Read MoreToday, Nigeria joins the rest of the globe in celebrating this year’s World Teachers’ Day (WTD). The commemoration came into existence on October 5, 1994. By 1996, the United Nations …
Time to revitalise teacher education Read MoreEarly marriage has been identified as one of the forerunners of vesico vaginal fistula (VVF). This avoidable condition plagues the Nigerian girl-child especially in the northern part of the country …
Curbing VVF onslaught Read MoreAlthough mixed reactions have trailed the approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that the Electoral Offences Commission Bill (2018) and two other bills on electoral reforms be forwarded to …
The proposed Electoral Offences Commission Read MoreNigeria celebrates its 58th anniversary as an independent nation today. October 1, 1960 saw the exit of British rulers after close to a century of colonialism, followed by wild jubilations …
Nigeria: 58 years of profligacy Read MoreToday is being observed by the global community as the World Tourism Day. The day was set aside by the United Nations Tourism Organisation in 1980. The cardinal objective of …
Nigeria and the World Tourism Day Read MoreThe Social Democratic Party, Action Democratic Party, and African Democratic Congress said yesterday held talks to consolidate efforts at forestalling what they described as “the rigging antics of the ruling …
Osun: SDP, ADC, ADP partner to stop ‘APC rigging’ Read More