The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has pledged to invest more in Nigeria by launching a mentorship and internship scheme for the next generation of West African journalists. Director of the BBC World Service, Jamie Angus disclosed this at the launch of…
A former minister of defence, Gen TY Danjuma (retired), yesterday accused the Nigerian Armed Forces of aiding attacks by bandits on communities across the country, warning that if such attacks continued, the consequences would make what happened in Somalia a…
Akere, a riverine community located in the interiors of Idiroko LCDA, Ipokia Local government Ogun state boasts of a population of 3000 inhabitants. The community which shares boundaries with Badagry in Lagos State and Benin Republic, is home to the…
Here is the closing remaks of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the just concluded 62nnd session of tyhe Uited Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The session was able to addressed…
Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to go spend one hour at a health center in the necxt month. He said the political leaders and government officials should…
On March 13, 2018, a reporter from Daily Trust attached to the House of Representatives in the National Assembly,Musa Abdullahi Krishi, was abducted by policemen who claimed to have come from Zone One Command Police Headquarters in Kano. He was hauled…
Bill Gates, the world’s second richest man, picked holes in the Economic growth and Recovery Plan (EGRP) of the Muhammadu Buhari government when he addressed a special session of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday.…
The UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s rights concluded today in New York with the strong commitment by UN Member States to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls. Coming on the heels…
In the wake of the many happenings in the country, there is a need for synergy in thoughts and actions embarked upon by citizens who are passionate about the nation. Citizens being at the forefront of democracy comes with its demands,…
There is something unrivalled about our collective sense of outrage as Nigerians. It does not exist. I could wage a bet that our gene for outrage has long been isolated and smashed. I’ll explain. Some of the reactions to the recent…
