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Insecurity: How Asaba became home to South-East indigenes

Following the persistent insecurity that has taken its toll on the Southeast region, affecting businesses, individuals, and school children, many indigenes from communities and towns in the region are now terrified and are relocating to other nearby states where they feel safer.
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7 days after lockdown: ‘Better to be killed by COVID-19 than hunger’

By Mike Ebonugwo, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Levinus Nwabughiogu & James Ogunnaike Even with the dreaded coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, it is obvious that not even the fear of death by the disease can keep Nigerians locked up or restricted from moving out to pursue their daily bread or engage in other activities of interest. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial […]

Tingo’s path to building sustainable agriculture ecosystem in Africa

By Cynthia Ugochukwu The idea that technology can be used to solve everyday problems has been tested so many times over the years, and has proven valid. In 2012, Tingo Mobile founder, Dozy Mmobuosi was on a trip to China when what they were doing with the agricultural value chain, among other things, in Shenzhen caught […]

‘They removed my uterus and I didn’t know for 11 years’

A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of 17, and only learned about it 11 years later when she tried to have another child. Bongekile Msibi was among 48 women sterilised without consent at state hospitals, the Commission for […]

Life is slow, burials fast in Italian town in virus hotspot

Coronavirus: The burial was over and done in five minutes. Just enough time for the priest to utter a prayer over the body of the elderly woman, in the presence of one relative and two undertakers. The growing coronavirus outbreak in Italy leaves little room for decorum, and Zorlesco, a northern town of 1,700 residents […]

Rural Woman’s quiet on the front burner

The concerns of the rural woman are core aspects of governance at all levels in Nigeria. Also there are ministries, departments and agencies dedicated partly or totally to her. And the mass media report them and their activities. These put her on the front burner. But, as this content analysis shows, there is limited and/or no feedback from her.

Investigation: Illegal oil exploration destroying Warri Royal Cemetery

… As Indigenes Lament, Call for Protection of Cultural Heritage By Iteveh Ekpokpobe Palpable disaster looms over lives and property of residents around the Warri Royal Cemetery located in Jala-Ikeren community of Warri South Local Government Area, following illegal activities of crude oil merchants on the land. A visit to the historical and cultural heritage […]

Rape victims find their voice in crime-hit Nigerian city

“They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.” In those simple words, Sarah describes the nightmare that she and her flatmate endured when two armed men broke into their apartment in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub. Who the men were was, and […]

SKEWED CRUDE PROFIT SHARING: How Nigeria lost over $62billion

Why bill was taken to Buhari in UK for assentHistory was made in the petroleum sector of Nigeria’s economy on Monday, October 4, 2019, when President Muhammadu Buhari in faraway London, United Kingdom, assented to the amended Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act. Following the development, what has the country lost, stands to gain? The answers are tucked in this piece.

Furore, lamentations over demolition of structures under high tension cables

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Bose Adelaja LIKE an army on invasion, bulldozers were once again on the roll in  Lagos State as the state government began to demonstrate its resolve to ensure zero tolerance for all structures and properties built under high tension cables across the state. This was said to be against the backdrop […]

Cameron’s corruption offensive and Buhari’s diplomacy

Though it colonized Nigeria and can boast of decency and superior infrastructure in terms of social development to the extent of vilifying the country before the international community, Britain may have just been humbled by the candour and diplomatic finesse of a black leader over its provocative, uncultured, hard stance on Nigeria.

Scramble for new IGP: Another hollow ritual?

There are seemingly intensive lobbying and chess games among officers of the Nigeria Police over who becomes the next Inspector-General of Police, IGP. This is following expectations that the present Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase’s tenure will end in June, 2016.

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