The UN has said no fewer than 1.6 million people are killed annually by tuberculosis and the disease would cost about one trillion dollars in economic loss by 2050. “Despite being curable and treatable, TB kills more than 1.6 million…
Nigerian Civil Society Groups (CSOs), have spoken against the suspension of a teacher, Baba Mohammed Wanigi, for criticising the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Paradigm Initiative and Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, in a joint statement on Monday said the suspension…
Gabriel Ogunjobi – The 8th Senate is about to make history in record time again by signing into laws three high-profile Petroleum Industry Bills viz; Petroleum Industry Fiscal Framework Bill; Petroleum Host Community Bill and Petroleum Industry Administration Bill. At…
IDPs in the North East in spite of the fiery activities of insurgency are receiving a kind gesture of the Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote this month as his Foundation will build 200 housing units for them in Borno state
Nigeria operates a rigid constitution. Rigid constitutions by their nature are complicated and painstaking to change. It takes time, effort and resources to insert a comma, full stop or delete a word from a rigid constitution. This is attributed to…
Gabriel Ogunjobi – Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisation, Amnesty International, has expressed concerns over what it called sponsored protest against its activities in Nigeria. On its official Twitter page, @AmnestyNigeria, the organisation traced a timeline of such protest in recent years.…
The National Library of Nigeria (NLN) is the latest inductee into the ‘Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame’ over its failure to fully implement the act. Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a Non-Governmental Oraganisation which focuses on promoting and protecting…
Electricity Generating Companies, Gencos, weekend, accused Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, of rubbishing the Federal Government and stakeholders’ efforts at ensuring stable electricity
SPECIAL REPORT: Fraud allegations, unremitted loans, crop failure, other anomalies dog Nigerian govt’s “rice revolution” – Nicholas Ibekwe Traditional method of thrashing harvested paddy Speaking to a packed audience at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium, an annual conference held to…
Further accolades are pouring in for the late Chairman of Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr. Wale Aboderin, who passed on Wednesday at 60 years old.
