By Adekunle Adekoya One of the front-burner issues agitating the polity, apart from pestilential insecurity and runaway inflation is the electoral act amendment. A few weeks ago, it came to light that a provision for electronic transmission of election results had been expunged from the proposed amendments to the Electoral Act. Naturally, this triggered an […]

A bill seeking a backup plan against natural disasters in the Niger Delta region provoked by the long period of oil exploration and exploitation has been introduced in the House of Representatives.

Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything for everyone -Steve Jobs Similarly, on Saturday the 10th of July 2021, a revolutionary, impactful, and – one may even infer – brilliantly innovative product came to life. The largest wealth-building community in Africa, the Pertinence Wealth Community (PWC), was launched. The […]

The AGCare Foundation in partnership with the Professional Golfers Association of Nigeria (PGAN), is set to host its 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament themed “Swing for a Cause”. The tournament will hold on Wednesday 21st to Saturday, 24th July 2021 at the Ibori Golf and Country Club, Asaba, Delta State. This year’s tournament focuses on […]

WHILE we rejoice at the “good news” of the British Government’s approval of work permits for Nigerian international students who wish to work in Britain after the completion of a UK degree at bachelor’s degree level or above, we must also consider the disadvantage – brain drain.  For 2020 alone, out of 13, 000 young […]

Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS, Haliru Nababa has initiated a high-level disciplinary procedure into the circumstances leading to an illicit marriage contract between the Officer in Charge of the Suleja Custodial Centre, AbdulRahman Musa, an Assistant Controller of Corrections and the wife of an inmate under his custody.

By Owei Lakemfa BAGRAM Airfield and Military Base, 70 kilometres north of Kabul was the epicentre of the 40-country coalition war to oust the Taliban from Afghanistan. At a point in 2012, over 100,000 U.S. troops passed through Bagram which is also a notorious detention centre where no human rights are observed. It was the symbol of American […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–A coalition of some Christian youth groups in the country, Friday, condemned recent protest at Dunamis Church, Abuja,by some associates of political actors. To this end,it warned that the church of God is not a campaign ground or place for carrying political protests, insisting that ” the church is not the seat […]

The member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi has reassured his constituents of educational development as the bill he sponsored for the establishment of a federal institute of fisheries research in Ogidigben passes second reading yesterday at the House of Representatives. Eteyitomi explained that Ogidigben is a coastal community […]

By Donu Kogbara I HAVE been feeling so depressed about the situation in Nigeria. As a onetime victim of kidnappers (who abducted me in Port Harcourt in 2015), I am particularly concerned about the chronic insecurity. Like so many other inhabitants of this besieged nation, I am hyper-vigilant and frightened of doing normal things like driving […]