Heads of states and governments on Wednesday gathered in New York as part of UN General Assembly to discuss reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level meeting at UN headquarters that two decades after a landmark Declaration was adopted to eradicate racism, it had continued […]

CONTRARY to fears that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was set to declare an all-out, genocidal war in the South East, the security forces appear to have applied a less kinetic approach which is reducing the high-level insecurity in the geopolitical zone. In June, the president had raised tensions when he granted a rare interview to […]

The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has condemned a statement credited to the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed boasting that northern Nigeria will retain the presidency in 2023 because they have the numbers to lead Nigeria in perpetuity.

The former commissioner for education under the former governor of the state Abdulaziz Yari Sanda Muhammad Wednesday said that, the security measures taken in Zamfara state by governor Bello Mattawale to stop or degrade armed banditry is yielding positive results.

By Olu Fasan  THE death of Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and a prolific columnist for this newspaper and many others, hit me like a thunderbolt. “Vanity of vanities; all is vanity”, my mind went to the common refrain in Ecclesiastes. How else would one describe a […]

THE question of who will fix our health system has become germane as it appears that those given the mandate to do so have abdicated their responsibility. President Muhammadu Buhari has not shown any interest in fixing our health system. After six years in office, he has continued to fly to foreign countries for medical […]

…Hails Gov. Bello’s stride on youth devt By Chris Ochayi Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja has commended the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for providing the platform for l youths to thrive in the state. Chief Onoja gave the commendation when he received the Kogi-State born Professional Wrestler and current African Middleweight […]

The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation will continue to fulfil its mission of implementing sustainable interventions that enhance the quality of life for under-served persons, Chairman of the Foundation, Dr Mrs Seinye Lulu-Briggs has said. She made the pledge during a special thanksgiving service held in Port Harcourt on Tuesday 21 September 2021 to commemorate and […]

The fourth Abuja Literary and Arts Festival [ALitFest21] hosted by the Abuja Literary Society [ALS] will hold multiple workshops and a bootcamp which seeks to empower participants with skills and know-how that would lead to improved writing quality, networking, publishing, earning and overall capacity building.

. It is instructive, however, that Fani-Kayode’s return to the APC has no links to the leadership of the party in the South-west. For instance, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State, which is Fani-Kayode’s home state was not involved in the negotiation; neither was Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the highest ranking member of the Buhari […]

The Nasarawa State Government has urged the youths to shun violence during and after the October 6  local government elections in the state. Mr Yusuf Musa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, said this during a violence-free sensitisation on Wednesday in Wanna, Wamba Local Government Area of the state. The permanent secretary said […]

Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, has declared that Nigeria is bedevilled with double tragedy of high rising hunger and malnutrition occasioned by lack of adequate food intake.

As a move towards diversifying its customers’ investment options,
PAL Pensions, a top-tier Pension Fund Administrator in Nigeria, today announced the launch of Fund VI.

In line with the vision of the Cross River State governor, Senator Prof. Ben Ayade’s agro-industrialisation policy, the chairman of Biase local government area of the State, Hon. Princess Ada Charles Egwu has flagged off 20 hectares of land for sesame seed cultivation by farmers in the area to boost their short term cash products.

By Ikechukwu Amaechi NIGERIA’s greatest challenge today is insecurity. The South-East is a theatre of war and Imo State is the worse for it. Non-state actors call the shots and chaos walks on all fours. Penultimate Saturday, a young man was kidnapped in broad daylight at a market square in a community in Ahiazu Mbaise […]