I READ the brilliant article in the Vanguard Newspaper of January 6, 2020 titled: “Nigeria in Dire Need of Salvation” by my friend of over 20 years, Augustine Okhiria Agbonsuremi, a seasoned and fearless Nigerian journalist, formerly of The Guardian Newspaper and later African Independent Television, AIT, where he became famous for his programme, Political Platform, in which he lamented the in-action and complicity of the average Nigerian citizen against bad political leadership and apparent oppression and repression by the Nigerian political elite with great interest.

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has slammed a N15 million suit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged consistent breaching of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. MRA, in a statement issued on Wednesday by Mr Idowu Adewale, its Communications Officer, said NNPC violated its statutory duties under the FOI by denying access to […]

By Chioma Obinna As a commitment to ensure that adolescent girls are empowered with knowledge and skills to prevent HIV infection, unplanned pregnancy, among others, risk behaviours that hinder their successful transition into productive and healthy adults, Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative, YEDI, with support from FIFA Foundation, carried out a one-week Christmas holiday camp […]

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged to make civil servants in the state the cornerstone and fulcrum of his administration during his second term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello will be inaugurated for a second term in office on Jan. 27. The governor gave the assurance at a […]

According to the latest report regarding the world’s most powerful International Passport, the Nigerian passport places at 95, just above countries like Djibouti, South Sudan, and other war-torn countries in the middle-east.