Slavery Day: Obaseki urges sustained global efforts to curb human trafficking
EDO State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged stakeholders to step up global efforts to end the scourge of human trafficking and all other forms of modern slavery.
600 benefit as RCCG holds free medical outreach in Lagos community
600 benefit as RCCG holds free medical outreach in Lagos community
C’River workers block secretariat, protest non-payment of 5-year salaries
By Ike Uchechukwu No fewer than 1,700 civil servants in Cross River State, yesterday, took to the streets to protest non-payment of five years’ salaries purportedly owed them by the state government. The protesters, who gathered at the state’s secretariat as early as 7.30 a.m., blocked the entrance to the secretariat, demanding that their five […]
Domestic investors dominate foreign investors in stock market
By Peter Egwuatu The total transactions done by domestic investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) grew to N1.49 trillion as against N273.16 billion recorded by foreign investors in the first seven months of 2022. According to the Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) July 2022 report which captured these transactions as […]
Where the sum makes the whole
By Sunny Ikhioya TO understand this piece, we must put certain assumptions into perspectives: there is the whole as one, there are units or constituent parts standing individually and there is the totality of the constituent parts making up a whole. This arrangement is contrived to be fluid and dynamic in such a way that […]
For broadcasting, it’s the fire next time
By Okoh Aihe THERE was a rash of contradictory responses last week, when the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, in a moment of regulatory frenzy, directed 52 broadcast operators to shut down operations and return their licenses within 24 hours if they couldn’t settle their debt of N2.6bn collectively owed the Commission as […]
Terrorism: Surrender arms publicly, Zamfara panel tells bandit leader, Bello Turji
Zamfara State Committee on Prosecution of Bandits Related Offences, has said that until Bello Turji, the notorious bandit kingpin, publicly surrenders his arms and announces his repentance, it would not consider his repentance true. Chairman of the committee, Abdullahi Shinkafi, who spoke to newsmen in Gusau, said for over six months, there was no record […]
Customs’ Arbitrary Duty Charge and the Challenge of Food Security
Customs’ Arbitrary Duty Charge and the Challenge of Food Security
Wike’s man dumps PDP, moves to APC
As the crisis rages on, the Director General of Wike Solidarity Movement, Prince Sudor Nwiyor, yesterday, dumped the PDP for APC.
Insecurity: Army stockpiles Combat Service Support supplies for improved operations
By Evelyn Usman The Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has disclosed that the Nigerian Army had stockpiled its Combat Service Support supplies at various logistic bases across the country , to improve troops operations in the ongoing fight against terrorism. The COAS spoke on the occasion of the 23rd Combat Service […]
Is Abuja doing enough to stop the theft of Nigeria’s crude oil?
By Rotimi Fasan WE will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation’s crude oil supply, hence I have directed our security agencies to speedily bring to a halt the activities of these vandals in the Niger Delta.” The statement goes on to say:“There should be no hiding place for such […]
