Amnesty International, AI, on Tuesday, warned that Nigeria might lose a generation to insurgency in the North-East. AI declared that Nigeria must urgently address its failure to protect and provide education to an entire generation of children in the region devastated by years of Boko Haram atrocities and gross violations by the military. In a […]

ABUJA – THE Senate and the House of Representatives Assembly have cut short their resumption date with some days from its hitherto resumption date, with a new date fixed for Thursday, May 28 to enable the Senators and members of House of Representatives consider the reviewed 2020 budget.

Organised labour, on Tuesday, raised alarm over moves by Ministry of Power to acquire a new office complex for the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN at the cost of N13 bilion after the same complex rejected by stakeholders in the power sector in 2015 at the cost of N7 billion.

COVID-19 is severely testing Africa’s social, economic and political resilience. While it is true that our countries are taking bold actions to slow down and contain the spread of the virus, it is also undeniable that recession looms in our continent.

ABUJA- THE Presidency last night said that there was no iota of truth on the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has upturned about 150 memos and reversed some appointments made by the late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari.

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The management of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo has charged members of the public with corpse in the hospital morgue to remove the bodies within two weeks to avoid being given mass burial. A public service announcement signed by the hospital management said the move was to decongest the […]

Igbo World Assembly, IWA, the umbrella organisation that represents the apex national Igbo organisations in the diaspora, has raised the alarm, saying the movement of youths from North to South was an ominous sign that something sinister might be in the offing. The group, in a communiqué after its virtual meeting held recently while making […]

Macro-economic convergence is key to facilitate convertibility of currencies and increasing investments on the continent. There is room to reform immigration policies without compromising national security, to enable countries with skills shortages to tap on the continent’s excess talent pool.

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Tuesday, condoled with the Muslim community in Ogun State over the death of Chief Imam of Egba land, Alhaji Sheikh Liadi Orunsolu, who passed away early this morning. Adegbite sent his condolence to the family and Muslims in a statement […]

By Ndahi Marama No fewer than 90 residential houses, a Church, clinic, nine shops and other properties worth millions of naira were razed in Debiro, Tarfa and Dakwaima villages of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, when some insurgents, suspected to be of Boko Haram members, invaded the communities. This was disclosed, on Monday, […]