When President Mohammadu Buhari was recently in the United Kingdom on a medical vacation, which lasted 59 days, many public officers said that he was “hale and hearty.” But upon his return to the country President Buhari disclosed that he…
An Opinion Piece by Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in a push to eliminate polio in Africa and rid the world of…
A multilateral proposal for peace, coexistence and mutual understanding Four years have passed since Nelson Mandela, the conscience of humanity in both South Africa and the globe, passed away. The long struggle for rebuilding human rights by Mr. Mandela and…
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is accepting proposals to offer grant in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tome and Príncipe and…
Heeding several calls by the Federal Government, Nigerians and experts in the financial institutions in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Bank Verification Number (BVN) exercise to microfinance banks. This was disclosed in a circular…
The Lagos State Government has said that it would relocate the popular Computer Village in Ikeja to Katangowa in Agbado/Oke-Odo area of the State, just as it also disclosed that an embargo has been placed on approval for construction of…
An Opinion Piece by Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates NEW YORK, United States of America, April 25, 2017/ — This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in a…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has banned the use of chloroquine and artemisinin monotherapy for the treatment of malaria. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who made this announcement, stated that about N300bn was being lost annually by the…
Eze Onyekpere Every country in the world needs peace, good relationship and unanimity of purpose at the highest levels of its leadership before the forces of development can be unleashed. It also needs peace in its society, between different groups…
The Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse (YIAVHA), a non-governmental organisation, has urged the national assembly to speedily pass the “not too young to run” bill into law. During an interview with NAN in Jos on Tuesday, Pwakim…
