By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Delta State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr. Emmanuel Usiwoghene Unuafe, has criticised what he described as Nigeria’s growing dependence on cash handouts and symbolic empowerment programmes, warning that sustainable economic development can only be achieved through production, industrialisation and job creation. In a policy reflection titled “Empowerment […]

By Adeola Badru The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen support systems for Nigerian students in the diaspora, in a move expected to improve consular services, student welfare and government engagement with Nigerians studying abroad. The partnership was reached during […]

By Moshood Oshunfurewa The 10th Senate under President Godswill Akpabio presents a compelling case study of democratic corrosion masked as efficiency. In just two years, this chamber has introduced 844 bills, a figure trumpeted as unprecedented, yet these raw numbers obscure a deeper institutional crisis. The Senate has become the executive’s most reliable political vassal, a […]

Labour leaders cautioned states against abandoning existing arrangements that had exempted certain categories of workers

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Civil society organisations have called for stronger enforcement of methane emission regulations and accelerated efforts to end gas flaring in Nigeria, warning that continued emissions from oil and gas operations are inflicting severe health, environmental and economic costs on host communities. The call was made during the screening of Flaring Lives, […]