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Upstream sector: Nigeria’s rig count rises 40% to 14

Upstream sector: Nigeria’s rig count rises 40% to 14

NIGERIA’s rig count, a major index of measuring activities in the upstream sector, rose year-on-year, YoY to 14 in November 2023, from 10 recorded in the corresponding period of 2022, indicating an increase of 40 per cent.

Making our political offices less attractive 

Making our political offices less attractive 

Too much money and other material resources are attached to political offices in Nigeria. This is the major reason contests to occupy the offices have become do-or-die battles, and political office holders in Nigeria prefer to die in office than resign like their counterparts in other countries, even after suffering damaging scandals or physical incapacitation.  It is […]

Earthquake kills 95 in China

Earthquake kills 95 in China

No fewer than 95 people have died and another 220 are injured following an earthquake in north-west China on Monday, state media report

FDI: Tackling Poor Signaling, By Dakuku Peterside  

FDI: Tackling Poor Signaling, By Dakuku Peterside  

Nigeria faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to “bend the curve” on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people among us struggle with what to hold onto to defend our slide into economic quagmire. This results from several years of economic mismanagement and the devastating global impact of COVID-19.   We need urgent economic recovery, and […]

PWDs: Group unveils 5-year strategic plan to achieve inclusive education, others

PWDs: Group unveils 5-year strategic plan to achieve inclusive education, others

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja In a significant move towards achieving inclusivity and equal educational opportunities, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Voice of Disability Initiative, VDI, has announced its strategic plan to promote inclusive education and various other initiatives. Aside from the unveiling of the five-year strategic plan, the event also witnessed the unveiling of its quarterly […]

PSLSIA partners ALGON, NGF to drive local govt competitiveness

PSLSIA partners ALGON, NGF to drive local govt competitiveness

By Juliet Umeh Former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, has assumed a pivotal role as Chair of the Public Sector Leadership and Social Innovation Academy, PSLSIA, leading the effort for sustained and impactful Local Government Competitiveness. This groundbreaking initiative, launched recently in Abuja, marks a strategic collaboration between the PSLSIA and the Association […]

Reconnecting to the global radar (6), By Eric Teniola

Reconnecting to the global radar (6), By Eric Teniola

From last week continues  the narrative of Federal government’s intervention in African countries The advance team visited Masvingo, Victoria falls, before we finally settled down in Harare. Bob Marley and other musicians played on the eve of Zimbabwe’s independence. It was during that time that Samora Machael of Mozambique described the new country as the “jewel of […]

That the Sun may shine Again

That the Sun may shine Again

By Sola Ebiseni It’s no gainsaying that for the greater part of the second term of Rotimi Akeredolu which began on 21st February 2021, as Governor of Ondo State,  things have not been at ease. The centre has not held for the state having been dogged by the state of health of the governor and the […]

DELTA Programme Implementation: NASENI, Delta-2 ink $21.7m projects agreement

DELTA Programme Implementation: NASENI, Delta-2 ink $21.7m projects agreement

By Emmanuel Elebeke, Abuja The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has signed an agreement worth $21.7 million with eleven firms in Nigeria as beneficiaries for the take-off of the Delta-2 Projects. The agreement is the outcome of the bilateral collaboration between the federal government of Nigeria and the Czech Republic. The Nigerian […]

A’Court ruling affirming Tambuwal senatorial victory, travesty of justice – CCSN

A’Court ruling affirming Tambuwal senatorial victory, travesty of justice – CCSN

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Coalition of Civil Society Networks (CCSN) has condemned the Court of Appeal’s judgment affirming Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s victory over Senator Ibrahim Danbaba Dambuwa as a ‘blatant miscarriage of justice.’ During a press briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday, Ahmed Bello, the National Coordinator of the CCSN, expressed deep […]