ECOWAS’ dwindling fortunes at 50
Chairman of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Governments, President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, last week returned to the birthplace of the regional body – the National Institute for International Affairs, NIIA, in Victoria Island, Lagos, to lead the ceremonial marking of its 50 birthday. ECOWAS is clocking […]
NANS inaugurates Advisory Board, organising committee for Edo inter-school quiz
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Joint Campus Council (JCC) of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Edo State Axis, has announced the inauguration of the Organising Committee and Advisory Board for the upcoming one-day symposium and inter-school quiz competition taking place in the state. The NANS Chairman, Comrade Ojumoola Miracle Timileyin, unveiled […]
Rights group report on mining in Nigeria indicts Chinese, Indians
The report, titled “Mining Practices in Ezillo and Ikwo Communities of Ebonyi State: An Environmental Time Bomb,” was publicly unveiled at a global briefing
WED: Put an end to plastic pollution in Ogun – NES
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Nigeria Environmental Society (NES), Abeokuta chapter, has called on residents of the state to put an end to plastic pollution and its menace on the environment for a cleaner, healthier and safer society. The Chairman of the society, Alhaji Badmus Jamiu made the call in a statement, made available to […]
The sociology of the “Northern Question” in Nigeria: A fundamental reasoning on some salient issues(4), by Usman Sark
“To a mind capable of reflection, such leading facts convey more instruction, than a tedious detail of subordinate circumstances”– Edward Gibbon The challenges, threats, risks and dangers that every Nigerian faces or experiences today are not categorised according to their emphatic relationships with the tribe, ethnic group, religious belief, region of origin, state or local government […]
USSD Charges: Telcos threaten to withdraw services over banks’ misinformation
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The telecom operators in Nigeria, including MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and 9Mobile have threatened to withdraw network support for banks’ Unstructured Supplementary Services Data, USSD following what they described as gross misinformation of subscribers on mode of deduction for transaction fees. USSD, commonly known as ‘bank transfers’, is done through short […]
