At the June 12 inauguration ceremony to mark the commencement of his second term administration, President Muhammadu Buhari made a significant governance promise to the effect that his government would lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next four years. As far as promises go, this is a significant one. And it is fundamental to the present circumstance of the Nigerian state because it captures one of the major dimensions of the Nigerian predicament, aside from unemployment and security. The President’s statement, therefore, puts into proper perspective the deep relationship between poverty and unemployment to the extent that intervening in the dynamics of unemployment implies a simultaneous alleviation of poverty. The idea of the “Next Level” is also a significant political slogan that implies moving up the governance reflection on how the government can impact the lives of Nigerians more than the first term of this administration. But most significant, this governance promise alludes to the ‘how’ and the implementation challenges ingrained in delivering on specific goals and objectives based on measurable targets through a recalibrated system and strategic reflection.

THE the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, yesterday, called for the banning of illegal transport unions saying it will stem kidnapping and other violent crimes on highways.

Prices of rams in the FCT have remained stable with one day to the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.

Imam Abubakar Abdullahi By Kayode Sanni-Arewa from Makkah, Saudi Arabia   An officer of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, Corporal Bashir Umar who recently found and returned €37,000 belonging to a pilgrim at Kano Hajj Camp, has been selected by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, as member of the National Security team for […]

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he does not perceive fans’ frustration over the Red Devils business in the transfer window, but needs a fast start to the new Premier League season against Chelsea on Sunday to turn the tide of opinion at Old Trafford.

KATSINA – The Katsina State Children Parliament have elected 16 year old, Ibrahim Maharazu as it new speaker and other principal officers to run the affairs of the parliament for the next three years.

Irked with the report making rounds that he was denied visa by the American Embassy, the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi, Saturday quashed the report, noting that nobody denied him visa.

‘Call me the greatest show woman’. That’s what Ufuoma Mcdermott said on Saturday, July 27 at Eko Hotel where she held the magical ‘The USM Show’.

KATSINA – Katsina State government have employed not fewer than 52 nurses and midwives and graduates of the Foundation Year Programme, FYP under Women for Health, W4H project to address shortage of female health workers in health facilities as well as address infant and maternal mortality in the state particularly in the rural communities.

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The road stood large. She sat like a saint. She had to be . She had a   flimsy tank top and a mini skirt. Her knees shone. 

Someone poked a joke recently about Governor Nyesom Wike’s building a Press Centre in honour of Chief Segun Osoba somewhere around Olu Obasanjo Road, Port Harcourt. I reminded him that hip hop star, Duncan Mighty, must also do a remix of his Port Harcourt boy track.

Theresa was serially raped by her uncle until she became pregnant at 14. When her parents and other family members found out, they didn’t hesitate before deciding that she would not keep the unintended pregnancy.  

THE fourth day of the ongoing 67th annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, with the theme; “And God Said” took a radical change as the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye made the deliverance night an interactive session.

Habits are things we do regularly until they consciously or unconsciously become part of us. Our habits are dots which connect to make up our character. There  are good habits, bad habits and ruinous habits. Our focus today are bad habits.  I hate to be a slave to bad habits and I have fought to free myself from such slavery all my life. I remember one of my bad habits in my younger days.