Although, the pardon last week of former governors of Taraba state, Jolly Nyame, and Joshua Dariye of Plateau state, among 159 other convicts, by the Council of State, has drawn the ire of many Nigerians, including the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, human rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and fiery lawyer Femi Falana, the underlying wisdom in Read More
The Mayor of Girne, Cyprus, Engineer NiDai Gungordu, has pleddge that the citizens of the country will continue to accommodate foreigners without discrimination. He spoke in Girne, when leaders of African Nations in North Cyprus (ANNC) led by the founder, Oya Baspinarli, a Cypriot, paid him a courtesy visit. A statement issued in Cyprus over the weekend by the President Read More
Minister of Water Resources Suleiman Adamu has said that only 20% of hospitals have basic sanitation facilities, adding that this should raise concerns over the poor hygiene situations in the country. Adamu said this recently at the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation in Abuja, noting that these statistics were abysmally low and Nigerians should show more commitment to change the narrative. Read More
Russia has given the assurance that it would continue to provide necessary assistance to ensure the safety and well-being of Nigerian citizens in the Russian Federation. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow, Russia, on the sideline of the meeting between officials of the two countries. The meeting was between the Read More
Politicians are gathering again to outdo one another through the formation of alternative platforms for elective offices. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes on the desirability or otherwise of a third force that can displace the two major political parties come 2023. As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, politicians in their usual gimmicks are devising every conceivable option to remain afloat since Read More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians to desist from patronising unlicensed finance houses. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made the appeal Thursday in Yola at the 2022 Central Bank of Nigeria Fair. Speaking at the Fair which has as its theme “Promoting Financial stability and Economic development”, he noted that a lot of Nigeria were daily falling victims Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would continue to defend the interest of Nigerians “wherever they may be” as the nation began the evacuation of citizens stranded following the Russia-Ukraine war. The president’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, said in a statement on Friday that the president stated this Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, at a Town Hall Meeting with a Read More
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said many Nigerians have been moved out of Ukraine amidst attacks by Russia. Onyeama, who disclosed this in a ‘Daily Update’ on Nigerians in Ukraine, assured that efforts were on top gear to ensure that all Nigerians were evacuated “in safety and dignity.” According to the update: “In the last 24 hours, Read More
The world and its economies are going digital and Nigeria cannot be an exception as efforts are being made in that direction. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes what Nigeria stands to get from a digitised economy. At last, what seemed like eternity is becoming a reality as the federal government is finally working towards an integrated digital economy. At a public forum Read More
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Friday flagged off a novel issuance and re-issuance of Nigerian passports’ intervention programme in a move to ease the stress Nigerians residing in Germany faced in accessing passports. This was contained in a statement issued in Bauchi. According to the statement, the initiative came on the heels of the immense difficulties faced by Read More
Nigeria will score a first in inter modal accident investigation on the African continent if President Muhammadu Buhari assent to a bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency. The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill barely a month after the House of Representatives did same. When assented Read More
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. Moji Adeyeye, gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja, recently. The NAFDAC boss particularly mentioned a chemical known as Toptoxin fumigation tablets which Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the nation’s poor and vulnerable “remain top priority for protection and lifting from the poverty cycle.” The president stated this at the virtual official presentation of the Country Review Report of Nigeria. He stated this at the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of the African Union leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday. President Read More
A new public opinion poll released by NOIPolls has revealed that the top key areas Nigerians want the government to focus its attention in 2022 are security, inflation and economy. Others are electricity, health, agriculture, education, water and roads. While result shows that 50 percent Nigerians want government to focus on security, 44 percent of Nigerians want attention focused on Read More
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has called on all Nigerians to reiterate the significance of collective and honest commitment in order to deepen the culture, values and practice of democracy as a framework for the development and progress of the country. The National Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council of IPAC, Engineer Yabagi Yusuf Sani, in a press statement said it is Read More
Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has congratulated the people of the state and Nigeria on the grace to witness the New Year, 2022. Governor Akeredolu, who rejoiced with the people of the state, said despite the hurdles and the challenges experienced in the out gone year, God’s grace sustained the state, her people and the country at large. Read More
The North Central Peoples’ Forum (NCPF) has congratulated all Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora for a successful end of the year 2021 and wishes them all a happy and prosperous year 2022. In a congratulatory message signed by NCPF Executive Chairman, Architect Gabriel Yakubu Aduku on behalf of the Chairman, Board of Trustees, General Jeremiah Timbut Useni Read More
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has predicted that 2022 “will be better than 2021” in the nation’s socio-political environment, urging Nigerians to “keep hope of a better Nigeria alive in 2022.” In his New Year message to Nigerians, Sylva said the citizens needed to continue to think positively of a better Nigeria, adding that President Muhammadu Read More
Human lives matter: That is why the recent arrest of individuals and non-state actors with large cache of arms in the country poses serious concerns; ELEOJO IDACHABA writes. Concerns are being expressed in many quarters about the mounting incidents of arms and high-calibre weapons being purloined into the country by unscrupulous Nigerians. Recent incidents Recently, in a space of two Read More
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hasan Kukah, has posited that Nigerians would continue to have problems until they agree to focus on their common citizenship rather than tribal or religious sentiments. Hassan Kukah, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Sokoto on state affairs of the nation said he is more concerned about fixing Nigeria Read More
Stanford University, United States of America-based Elsevier B.V. has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. The two Nigerian professors are Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, the Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Prof. Musa Yakubu, immediate past Director, Central Research Laboratories, both Read More
The family of Fatai Jimoh Opeyemi is desperately calling on Nigerians to help save the life of their father who is currently down with End-Stage Renal failure. According to medical doctors at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, Opeyemi needs an urgent kidney transplant to live again. An invoice from the General Hospital Gbagada, Lagos and made available to Blueprint showed that Read More
As the dry season sets in there have been many fire out breaks in most parts of the country with victims rendered jobless and homeless, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). PAUL OKAH reports. Fire outbreaks are reported in states across the federation, almost on daily basis, including fire in markets, shops, homes, vehicles, among others, despite efforts by Read More
The Deputy National Chairman (South) Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja Tuesday said the party is determined to win and liberate Nigerians from oppressors come 2023. Ambassador Arapaja stated this in a statement personally signed by him made available to journalists in Ibadan. The PDP Deputy National Chairman (South) maintained that towards this end, the party’s leadership has embarked Read More
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has cautioned Nigerians on possibility of poor visibility in the coming days. According to a release by the Agency’s Central Forecast Office on Tuesday, the development is as a result of fresh dust plumes raised at the dust source region (Faya Largeau in Chad Republic). This, according to the statement is expected to advect into Read More
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