Six Nigerians win $2.29m Korean research grants

By Golok Nanmwa JOS — Six Nigerian student researchers who secured grants totalling $2.29 million from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) have been honoured by Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Korea, Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut. The students were recognised during Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary celebration held in Seoul at the weekend. The event brought […]
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NAF crash: PBAT Movement mourns, suspends campaign activities

By Henry Obetta The National Leadership and entire members of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has expressed shock and deep sorrow over the news of the tragic crash involving a Nigerian military aircraft which claimed the lives of gallant officers of the Nigerian Navy and other personnel on board. National Coordinator, Mr Sunday Asuku, quoted the […]

Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside

Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]

Edo’s special court sends clear message: Justice must catch up with kidnappers, by Ejiro Ofoye

The fight against kidnapping and violent crime in Nigeria has often suffered from one debilitating weakness: the distance between arrest and justice. Suspects are arrested, paraded before television cameras, arraigned in court and then, in too many cases, disappear into years of adjournments and procedural delays. For victims and their families, justice becomes an uncertain […]

Enhanced risk profiling drives ₦13bn, 779 Customs seizures – Gambo

By Godwin Oritse The immediate past Customs Area Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Aliyu Gambo, has disclosed that enhanced risk profiling deployed by the Unit resulted in 779 seizures valued at over ₦13 billion within 12 months. Speaking at the formal transfer of leadership […]

Regional grids can solve Nigeria’s electricity challenges — Karikpo

By Folarin Kehinde The Clean Energy Legal Working Group has called for the development of smaller interconnected regional electricity grids and regional power markets as an alternative to Nigeria’s heavy dependence on the national grid. The group said a decentralised regional electricity system would improve the reliability and security of power supply while making it […]

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