As it begins  a public hearing this week on the Power Sector Recovery Plan, the National Assembly has been urged to ensure that this latest  intervention does not amount to a wasted effort like previous ones.

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group killed six people Saturday in an assault on Monguno, a strategic garrison town in Borno, security sources and residents said. Dozens of fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction clashed with soldiers and members of a government-backed militia after attacking Monguno near […]

By Chioma Obinna Cross River State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has warned the State Government against the planned resumption of schools by next Tuesday, despite the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. In a statement by its Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, and Secretary, Dr. Ezoke Epoke, the medical doctors said there […]

Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, while reacting to the worsening state of security in the Northern states, said on its official twitter handle that the Buhari-led government must take a comprehensive action to stop the killings.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says no fewer than 72 million children in Africa are forced into child labour. The UN’s health agency said in its official twitter account @WHOAFRO that the COVID-19 crisis had further put many more children at risk of child labour. “Child labour is […]

By Chioma Obinna As the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, reviews restriction measures, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday issued new guidelines for places of worship across the country, warning against any form of direct contact. In the new guidelines signed by the Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, practices such […]

Traders in Abakaliki metropolis have decried the sealing of their shops on the orders of Ebonyi Government. The traders who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki, described the action of government as economic ‘annihilation’ and urged the authority to unseal the affected shops. The traders said that the shops […]

The Delta Council of Traditional Rulers has called on government at all levels to apply a stiffer penalty for perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence. The Chairman of the Council, Dr Emmanuel Efeizomor (11) made this known in a communique at the end of the council’s quarterly meeting in Asaba on Saturday. ”The council […]

Readers who have been following the revelations coming out of the ongoing judicial inquiry in Imo State might be forgiven for sneering, “Look, who is talking.” North and South of Nigeria, governors of states, from some of the first set of 12 appointed by General Gowon in 1970 till now, had been mostly accused of corruption. Inquiries into the affairs of the 12 states exonerated only two – Governors Mobolaji Johnson of Lagos State and Audu Bako of Kano State. Former Police Commissioner Bako not only kept his hands clean, he began the transformation of Kano (which included Jigawa at the time) from a mostly arid territory to the most self-sufficient in food production today.

Barbara Taylor Bradford, renowned author of Blockbusters like Woman of Substance and its sequel once said she was appalled by couples who row in public. She wrote: “When I open my mouth to say something, I edit my answer before it leaves my lips”.  According to her, her husband, Bob, is a terrible timekeeper who […]