SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in several states’

SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in several states’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to “promptly, thoroughly, transparently and effectively investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states, which ought to have been distributed to the poorest and most vulnerable people during the lockdown, […]
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Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung rose to become the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm’s overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of […]

ECONOMY LOSSES PUT AT N1.5TRN: It may take 8 years to recover from mayhem — Economists

ECONOMY LOSSES PUT AT N1.5TRN: It may take 8 years to recover from mayhem — Economists

…Massive job cuts loom as victims count cost …Hard times await uninsured businesses …How unrest will negatively affect Nigeria as investment destination By Tunde Oso Business owners may have begun to count their losses after the mayhem that visited Nigeria last week even as economists warned that losses to the economy, still struggling from the […]

CISLAC: Positioning legislatures for prevention, treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition 

CISLAC: Positioning legislatures for prevention, treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition 

Reliable statistics indicate that acute malnutrition remains high in northern Nigeria with about 2.2 million out of 2.5 million children severely malnourished. It was against this backdrop that Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a non-governmental organisation, convened a one-day legislative summit with legislators in affected five states. By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Each year, […]

How corruption, nepotism killed SARS  – Ex-IGP Suleiman Abba

How corruption, nepotism killed SARS – Ex-IGP Suleiman Abba

By Chris Onuoha Suleiman Abba, Inspector General of Police under the Jonathan administration, is Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. In this interview first aired on Channels Television, Abba speaks on the crisis rocking the police. If you are to diagnose the crisis in the police, especially SARS, what will you […]