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, […]

By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY THE Okuokpellagbe of Okpella in Etsako East local government area, His Majesty, Michael Sado said he would take over the payment of the electricity bills of the people of his community from July 1st. He announced this gesture while receiving delegates from his ruling areas as part of activities marking […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria has recorded another major milestone on the global stage as Olayinka Hakeem Babalola assumes office as the new President of Rotary International, becoming only the second African to lead the world’s largest humanitarian service organisation. Babalola, a member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi, Rivers State, will officially take over […]

By Chioma Obinna The Chairman of the National Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (NHFRA) Establishment Committee, Dr Richardson Ajayi, on Monday mounted a robust defence of the proposed agency, insisting that Nigeria’s healthcare system remains dangerously exposed because health facilities across the country are not subject to a unified national safety regulation. Ajayi’s position follows a […]

The controversy surrounding the spending practices of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) has once again highlighted the urgent need for strict oversight of Nigeria’s zonal Development Commissions. These agencies were created to serve as vehicles for accelerated regional development, not platforms for bureaucratic excess, questionable expenditures or administrative extravagance. The concerns raised over the […]

L’ọ̀sẹ̀ yìí lórí ètò Ìwòyé: Ọwọ́ ọlọ́pàá tẹ arábìnrin Princess, tó jẹ́ ọ̀gá àwọn afipámu ọmọ kékeré sínú iṣẹ́ inabi; ibugbamu ṣẹlẹ̀ ní Mushin; ọ̀gá First Bank gba àpò kan pẹ̀lú ọ̀ta ìbọn méjì nínú rẹ̀…

My Lord, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, was beaten to second place by his colleague in Abuja, Honourable Justice Peter Lifu, in the race for the judge that constitutes the gravest danger to democracy. Justice Lifu was so much in a hurry to claim the title that when the Court of Appeal […]

The Kogi State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Monday Aridaojo Anyebe, has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic killing of Miss Mariam Usman, a teacher at Brains Mind School, Ugbamaka Igah in Olamaboro Local Government Area. In a condolence message, Hon. Anyebe described the incident as heartbreaking and condemned the killing of the […]

I was an avid reader of the THISDAY Backpage columnists in the late 1990s to the early 2000s, from Dr Amanze Obi on Mondays to Waziri Adio on Sundays. Somewhere in the middle of the pack was always Simon Kolawole, who would end his columns with “And Four Other Things…”, where he would dispense with four other […]

The National Association of University Students, NAUS, has declared Tiamiyu Ibrahim of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, as its president. The decision, reached by a majority of the association’s national stakeholders at a meeting held over the weekend in Abuja, followed what they described as Ibrahim’s sacrifice in stepping down during the previous electoral […]