By Rick Egebo During the recent 2020–2021 Lassa fever outbreak, attention turned not only to hospitals but also to the behind-the-scenes efforts to protect food safety. Mary Tomi Olorunkosebi, a Food Safety Expert, Health Educator, and Emergency Medical Responder, played a pivotal role in risk communication, community sensitization, and coordinated response efforts. In this exclusive […]

President Muhammadu Buhari last night directed the military, police, and intelligence agencies to ensure the safe and early release of all kidnapped victims

By Gabriel Olawale Young people have varying information needs about their health and development that are often met with myths, misinformation, disinformation, and misconceptions. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed young people to greater risks of gender-based violence, adolescent pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, mental health issues and has posed a barrier to accessing accurate […]

By Moses Nosike Letshego Group, a leading retail finance organisation in Africa, launched its ‘LetsGo digital’ campaign through its digital financial technology platform. This, according to the company, is an enabler to deepen financial inclusion across African. From spoken word poetry to dance, our myriad of cultures and languages, cuisines and passions, we are Africans […]

The All Progressives Congress APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, a voluntary think-tank of the ruling party, has described the relationship between the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and state governors as cordial, dismissing speculations of frosty relations between the Federal and State Governments as obtained in the past

By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja A political pressure group under the aegis of Conscious Political Forum has described Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, the son of former governor of Kogi state, late Prince Abubakar Audu, as a political unifier capable of turning the fortunes of the state. The group in a press statement signed by its Chairman […]

The South-south Emerging Leaders’ Forum (SELF) has said that it was not by accident that the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was passed into law few days to the birthday anniversary of Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva. The minister will be 57 on Wednesday July 7, 2021. The forum said Timipre […]

Bayelsa-born activist and former Spokesperson of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, Timi Frank,  has said that the Yorubas have shown that they can be trusted. He said the Yorubas displayed trustworthiness during what he termed  “success of the July 3rd 2021 Yoruba nation rally” held in Lagos, Nigeria. In a Saturday interview he had with a […]

Originally implemented as a temporary response to the global pandemic, these flexible arrangements have now become a cornerstone of how organizations operate

The organised labour in Nasarawa State has suspended its three weeks strike action after reaching an agreement with the state government in Lafia

IT is a cliche to refer to youths as “future leaders of Nigeria”, ignoring the fact that they have a role to play now in the leadership of this country. Some youths are even wired to wait endlessly for a tomorrow that may never come.

EVENTS in Nigeria are so intractable and occur with such rapidity that the trouble of each day is more than enough even for a week and get sons of men so confounded.

By Patrick Dele Cole The first part of this piece focused on the dictatorial tendencies in the US political system HE could not spin himself out of a very inept handling of the US. As usual President Trump had to blame somebody else – this time it was the World Health Organisation and China. He charged […]

By Eric Teniola The first part of this piece focused on the major differences between Northern and Southern  parts of Nigeria that were brought together by the colonialists BEFORE southern Nigerians pounce with glee (as they often this evidence of northern economic dependency on the South, one must pause and reflect that amalgamation was a British […]

Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, advanced his administration’s concerted efforts in developing the rural communities through the deployment of government services to create fair and equal opportunity for every willing citizen of the state to create wealth, enjoy democracy dividends and live a healthy life. Besides numerous infrastructural projects across the 17 […]