— Targets Underserved Communities Through Pharmacies and Medicine Vendors By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with the Society for Family Health (SFH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has launched the SWIFT Project—an initiative designed to expand women’s access to modern family planning services through pharmacies and Patent and Proprietary Medicine […]

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has reaffirmed the readiness of the Executive Arm of Government to collaborate closely with the National Assembly, the media, and other critical stakeholders in the ongoing review of the Cybercrime Act.

…Committee Inaugurated to Enhance Fire Prevention and Safety By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA — The Aba South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State has established a committee to address fire outbreaks in the region. During the inauguration ceremony in Aba, the Mayor of the council, Chief Anyanwu Obialo, emphasized that the committee’s purpose is to […]

By MUKHTAR YA’U MADOBI The time has come to draw a firm line in Nigeria’s protracted battle against insurgency. With thousands of so-called “repentant” terrorists surrendering, rehabilitated and reintegrated into society, the recent resurgence of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorism in the North-East demands a critical reassessment of the nation’s counter-terrorism approach, especially the controversial amnesty […]

Ostensibly, Nigeria is a multi-party democracy. But in reality, it is a one-party state. Those ululating over the recent gale of defections wrongly assume that there are material differences between Nigerian political parties. Yet, in truth, the prevalence of defections, decamping, cross-carpeting, or name it, only proves that nothing distinguishes political parties in Nigeria. Lord […]