Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria is likely to experience significant improvement following the rise from a slump in the second quarter, according to a Bloomberg survey. According to the survey, Nigeria’s GDP likely grew 1.6 per cent from a year earlier…
I just made a new friend. I fondly call her Nurse. At age 14 she aspires to become a nurse when she grows up, hoping she would not get pregnant like some of the other girls around her age that…
…charges Members to mobilize against Corruption The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has charged officials and members of the newly-reengineered National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps (NAVC) to mobilize and create awareness on the devastating effects of corruption,…
The Lagos Police Command Public Relations officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, has made public the telephone number of the new Lagos Police Commissioner, Ag./CP Edgal Imohimi for the purpose of distress and emergencies. Ag./CP Edgal Imohimi was Deputy Commissioner of Police…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has condemned Sunday’s reported nuclear bomb test by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Director General of IAEA, Yukiya Amano, described North Korea’s latest nuclear launch as “an extremely regrettable act that completely…
The names of the tested sachet water are Maja Water, Makus Water, Unilag Water, Haars Premium Water, Skord Water, Le Harmonious Water, David’s Key, Fizco Water, Dis Day Water, Clock Water, Austin Water, Vic…
In this first of a two-part series, HANNAH OJO reports the result of the first 15 laboratory-tested sachet water samples randomly selected in the five divisions of Lagos. From the presence of pathogenic bacteria to coliform, high microbial levels, acidity…
Indications have emerged that Nigeria’s economy is rallying from negative to positive growth in the second half of 2017, if data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI, and global rating agency, Fitch’s, are anything to go…
The Nigerian National Assembly recently passed the independent candidature bill in the ongoing constitutional amendment. This is coming on the heels of an avalanche of reports on electoral reforms recommending the introduction of independent candidacy into Nigeria’s electoral system. Without…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says sustained strategic intervention in the efficient supply and distribution petroleum products has led to significant fall in the prices of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),…
