Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
Our overcrowded trains
AFTER many years in the cooler, our rail system began to undergo a revival through efforts which began with the President Olusegun Obasanjo regime. Between then and now, strenuous efforts and a lot of money have been invested across several regimes in efforts to enable Nigerians resume using the railway system of transportation.
Responding to Nwankwo Kanu’s travails
“OUR superstar and former captain is in intense pain at this period, and we empathise with him. This is a tragedy. Losing precious possessions like medals, trophies and plaques can be heartbreaking.”
Onnoghen: A call for due process
Coming against the background of numerous largely ignored cases of impropriety pending against key political players and regime officials, including the former Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. David Babachir Lawal (who is yet to be charged after being sacked over a contract scam about 15 months ago), the Onnoghen case set the polity agog.
Beyond NHRC’s public hearings on FSARS
The Coalition of Buhari/Osinbajo Movement (COBOM), on Thursday says it plans to mobilise 10 million Nigerians to vote towards re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming poll.
Freedom from Egmont hammer
WITH President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Mr. Modibbo Hamman Tukur as the Acting Director General of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, pursuant to Section 5(1) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit Act 2018, Nigeria has finally complied with all requirements of the Egmont Group and secured her freedom from threats of expulsion.
