Unlocking Nigeria’s agriculture sector to promote industrialisation by developing value chains has been a major challenge despite the immense potential the industry holds in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and ensuring food security. Food insecurity remains a significant challenge in Nigeria, with millions of people facing hunger and malnutrition. The major causes can be traced […]

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State recently displayed unnecessary and misplaced aggression towards the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, when the latter sought to visit some Internally Displaced People, IDPs, camps in his state. Following the renewed killings in Benue and Plateau states, Obi decided to […]

The Presidency’s reaction to the latest orgy of herdsmen massacres in the Bokkos areas of Plateau State was trite and routine. From his posh nest in France where he was visiting for the eighth time within two years, President Bola Tinubu directed his media aides to issue a condolence message overflowing with platitudes and empty […]

We view with consternation the alarming measures that retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Sole Administrator, SOL-AD, of Rivers State, has been taking instead of focusing on his primary job of securing the state while the controversial state of emergency imposed by President Bola Tinubu lasts. Ibas ignored the orders of the Federal High Court […]

It is a common sight in major cities of Nigeria to see young men pushing wheel barrows stocked with gallons in search of water as access to potable water remains a major challenge for majority of city dwellers.  Most city dwellers today rely on private water vendors and boreholes to meet their domestic needs.  Those […]