By Patience Ogbodo BAUCHI — A  lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Maiduguri, Dr. Abubakar Mu’azu, has decried the monopoly of public-owned media by politicians and their seeming lack of tolerance for private-owned media saying the media is an important tool of protecting democracy from abuse and should be allowed […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—EIGHTEEN FADAMA Community Associations in Enugu state have received loans worth millions of naira for the execution of various agricultural projects under the FADAMA III programme, which has taken off in the state. The FADAMA III Project jointly financed by the Federal Government, World Bank, African Development Bank and Enugu state government […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Following arguments on the legality or otherwise of development councils, the coordinator and Management Committee members of Onicha Development Centre in Ebonyi state are being accused of undermining their own development by engaging in sales of subsidized fertilizers meant for peasant farmers of the area. Youths of Isuokoma community had petitioned Governor […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA — Respite for Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be far from sight as the youth in Plateau State are starting a one-million-man protest against his chairmanship. The political youths, under the auspices of Coalition of Plateau Youths Forum, in a statement by Musa […]

As the global economy continued to battle the financial crisis that enveloped the world economy as a result of the 2007 financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) has designed a multilateral -supported programs that has created space in many countries for counter-cyclical policies to address the impact of the global food, fuel, and financial crises.