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Buhari’s ‘most significant pillar of support’, two years after

Inaugurated on May 29, 2015, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, penultimate Monday, clocked two years in office. How has it fared? This piece chronicles some of the cheers and jeers generated by the activities of the government in the period under review.

Police are not our friends – Nigerians in poll

Most Nigerians in a poll conducted by NOIPolls attributed the poor performance of the Nigeria Police and the reason corruption is rampant in the rank and file to poor salary and welfare package.

Free JAMB forms for Ondo youths

RELIEF came for 100 indigent youths in Akure North, Ondo State as a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Dele Ologun Foundation (DOF), distributed 100 JAMB forms freely and N5 million grant to them.

Youths Off The Street Initiative launches $12.5m fund raising in London

In search of pragmatic solution to Nigeria’s high youth unemployment, it was a gathering of people representing different nationalities and spheres of human endeavor when Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTS), a Nigeria-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), launched US$12.5 million international fund-raising campaign at Grange Beauchamp Hotel, London.

Oke Ogun: The tragedy of a region

When Debo Adesina, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian spoke at a public event the other day, he took enormous pride in introducing a particular gentleman in the audience: Dr Zaccheus Olusegun Ajuwon.

Dakuku assures US on compliance with international code

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has assured the United States Coast Guard (USCG) of it determination to ensure total compliance with the International Ships and Ports Facility (ISPS) Code in all ports, terminals and jetties in Nigeria, for the security of the nation’s territorial ways

NDDC: Charting a new path for transparency, accountability

It certainly did not come as a surprise to many watchers of the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC, penultimate week, when the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, lambasted the agency for always having the penchant for wasting scarce resources on extravagance at the expense of developing the squalor-ridden region.

Why global sex trade continues to thrive

Sexual slavery is widespread in these communities, whether in poor districts of the United States or townships in South Africa or Nigeria, where deprivation leaves women and girls vulnerable to exploitation

Vanguard Detty December

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