On Friday last week, many media houses ran screaming headlines that the House of Representatives was “proposing” 31 new states. It raised quite some dust, as many angry commentators questioned the rationale behind such a “proposal”. In truth, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, read out a formal letter to […]

Once again, the perennial fights between the Police Service Commission, PSC, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, erupted last week. PSC, the constitutional body responsible for the recruitments, discipline and promotions in the Nigeria Police Force, had directed all officers who had attained the age of 60 or served for 36 years to retire. […]

Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, said the Federal Government plans to establish an aircraft manufacturing firm in Nigeria. Within that same period, the Permanent Secretary of Innovation, Science and Technology, Mrs. Esuabana Nko Asanye, also announced that Nigeria is to collaborate with the Republic of Russia in the areas […]

The first rains of the new year have started, marking the beginning of another planting season. It is another annual opportunity provided by mother nature to solve the problem of hunger on earth. But are Nigerians whose population is devastated by extreme hunger, ready to seize this opportunity of another planting season to try to […]

The activities of terrorists, bandits, armed herdsmen, kidnappers and other forms of crime have almost brought the country to its knees. Tens of thousands have lost their lives, while millions of others have been maimed and displaced, especially in the North East, Middle Belt and North-West Nigeria. Kaduna State, one of the six states in […]

The announcement by President Donald Trump to cut funding for international HIV/AIDS initiatives, including those targeting Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries, sent ripples across the world. A week later, on January 28, 2025, the administration granted a waiver for essential medicines and medical services, allowing the global HIV treatment programme to continue.   The […]

Unfortunately, due to poverty, ignorance and the inability of misguided citizens to resist the lure of free petrol, this tragedy will continue until government does its job to minimise the exposure of the poor to this danger.

Recent news updates from Defence Headquarters show that the end of days of terror of North West bandits might be in sight. The vow of the Nigerian Armed Forces to capture Bello Turji, the daredevil bandit warlord in the North West axis, could be realised sooner than later, judging by the military’s bulletins about its […]

Artificial Intelligence, AI, is a field of technology that builds computers and machines that can reason, learn and act as human beings. The origin of AI has been traced to the British mathematician and logician, Alan Turing; but the American computer scientist, John McCarthy, is widely considered to be the father of AI, and it […]

An outbreak of anthrax recently reported in a farm in Zamfara State serves as another stark reminder of the ongoing public health challenges in Nigeria. Confirming the outbreak, the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development called for heightened vigilance and proactive measures to mitigate risks associated with the disease. Before this, in July 2023, Nigeria reported its first […]

On January 16, 2025, Mrs. Folashade Odumosu, the wife of retired Assistant Inspector-General, AIG, of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, was kidnapped outside her Ogun State residence by four armed men. The incident generated public uproar and demands for urgent action.  The police responded swiftly. The Ogun State Police Command, led by Commissioner, Lanre Ogunlowo, took tactical […]

While Nigerians struggle to come to terms with the far reaching economic implications of fuel subsidy removal policy of the Tinubu administration, incessant hikes in PMS prices continue to throw the spanner in the works against stability in attendant costs of goods and services.   Citing a 15 per cent rise in global crude oil prices, […]

Recent news updates from Defence Headquarters show that the end of days of terror of North-West bandits might be in sight. The vow of the Nigerian Armed Forces to capture Bello Turji, the daredevil bandit warlord in the North West axis, could be realised sooner than later, judging by the military’s bulletins about its exploits. […]

The much-publicised American presidential election of Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with its earth-shattering outcome came to a fitting climax on Monday, January 20, 2025 with the inauguration of the irrepressible Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America. Trump, the man many in America and several parts of the world love to […]

Traditionally, over the years, January 15 is commemorated in Nigeria as the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. It is a day set aside to celebrate members of the Armed Forces still serving, as well as to remember the nation’s fallen heroes. Originally observed on November 11 to coincide with the Commonwealth’s Remembrance Day marking the end […]