CSOs commend Kebbi governor for ₦585.4m education initiative
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has commended the Executive Governor of Kebbi State, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, for approving ₦585.4 million to cover the tuition fees of 100 Kebbi students studying in India and local institutions. The approval was highlighted during a press briefing held in Abuja on […]
Reigning Mr Nigeria, Dennis releases soul-stirring single ‘Blessing’
Nigeria’s reigning Mr. Nigeria and celebrated artist, Dennis, has just released a deeply personal and spiritual anthem titled “Blessings.”
Wema to reward 131 Nigerians with N11m, kicks off 5-for-5 promo
Wema Bank is set to reward 131 customers across Nigeria with N11 million in cash prizes, in its first 5 for 5 Promo Season 4 monthly draw which will take place in Warri, Delta State, on January 24, 2025. Launched in 2021, the 5 for 5 Promo is a reward initiative introduced by Wema Bank […]
Gov Zulum’s mass housing units, ICT centre unveiled in Monguno
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Annet Gunther, and the resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme to Nigeria, Elsie Attafuah, unveiled two projects executed by the administration of Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, in Monguno town. While the German Ambassador unveiled resettlement houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs), […]
On Okonjo-Iweala’s call for grid decentralisation, by Adekunle Adekoya
I was elated earlier in the week, when former Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, who is currently the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala lent her weighty voice to the call for decentralisation of electricity transmission in our country. Of course, Okonjo-Iweala spoke in context, as she was addressing her […]
Discrimination Against Lagos Indigenes: The leaders needed at this time
By ABANIKANDA OLUMORO Lagos State has suffered hugely from non-indigenes ruling the state since 1999, they have become wealthy without antecedents of wealth In their family tree. The non-indigenes have succeeded in dividing the indigenes, they pocketed some of their iconic leaders and notable elders. In fact Lagos elders are now described as Mr. Follow, […]
Unclaimed N263b UBEC fund
The scandalous disclosure that 34 states have failed to access N263 billion Universal Basic Education, UBE, funds should have brought millions of Nigerians to the streets in protest if Nigerians had not become so totally desensitised to shocks. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Hamid Bobboyi, made this disclosure during an […]
January 20: USA day of salvation’s the day of uncertainty, by Owei Lakemfa
The United States of America, USA is to present to the world next Monday, January 20, 2025, its two faces. It will mark the Martin Luther King Jnr, MLK Day. The federal holiday which would be holding for the 39th year, is the American face of non-violence, civil and human rights. It is a day that […]
The consequences of bad governance, by Donu Kogbara
Chi Lael, the United Nations, UN, World Food Programme, WFP, spokesperson for Nigeria, addressed journalists last week and shared some alarming statistics. She said that she would normally only speak for her own programme but had decided to make a joint statement on behalf of the WPF and two other UN agencies that also have responsibilities related […]
Mobile mapping: Nexit pushes Google, Apple with launch on Android, iOS
Nexit, the revolutionary mobile mapping application is taking no prisoners in the mobile mapping business.
The leaders Lagos Indigenes need at this time
By ABANIKANDA OLUMORO “Genocide by Immigration is an attack on people’s homeland (Homeland referencing a people’s native land). It is a systematic way that immigrants by commission or omission displaced the ‘Owners of Land’ – Prof Iliyas Adele Jinadu, Chairman, De Renaissance Patriots. Since I put out my thoughts in the last article asking, “Which […]
