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IWD 2023: Women are getting more opportunities in sports, Dare says

By Daniel Adaji March 10, 2023 26 0

Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, on Wednesday in Abuja said women in Nigeria are getting more opportunities in sports. Dare said this during an event to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), organised by the Fame Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). He said the narrative has since changed as it […]Continue Reading

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Liverpool humiliates Manchester United 7-0, as Salah makes history

By Daniel Adaji March 6, 2023 40 0

Liverpool were goal crazy on Sunday as they humiliated rivals Manchester United 7-0 in the biggest 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) encounter of the week. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice, while Roberto Firmino netted once to boost their Premier League top-four hopes. The humiliation came just a week after Manchester […]Continue Reading

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FactCheck: Picture of Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, doctored to imply support for IPOB

By Daniel Adaji January 22, 2023 53 0

By: Stephanie Adams-Douglas Claim: A user on Twitter shared a picture of Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, dressed in the colours of the Biafran flag to show support for the secessionist group. Verdict:  The photo of Mr Iheme adorned in the Biafran flag is photoshopped to suit the narrative. Full Text Twitter user, Chris Ososa Asuelime […]Continue Reading

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Argentina leads in 2022 World Cup online support by fans

By Daniel Adaji November 29, 2022 57 0

By Daniel Adaji As the world cup kicked off on the November 20, 2022, many football fans have taken to the social media to express their excitement, sentiments and supports for the various teams of their choice. So far, the social media space has recorded over 460K Instagram hashtags and 5.7 billion TikTok views. According to Ticketgum.com, “It’s evident that […]Continue Reading

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The Bola Tinubu they don’t know

By Daniel Adaji September 21, 2022 48 0

By Balogun Ibrahim The seemingly ingrained tendency for human beings to so easily forget their antecedents, repay evil for good and seek to destroy those God chose to use as their benefactors never ceases to amaze me. As a passionate member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I am saddened at the concerted, coordinated and […]Continue Reading

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Shema at 65: Standing tall as a first rate Administrator and erudite leader

By Daniel Adaji September 21, 2022 40 Post a comment

By Olawale Oluwabusola Sometimes early this year in company of a friend, I was introduced to the former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni who was then contesting for the  state gubernatorial seat on the platform of Social Democratic Party (SDP) at his residence in Ifaki – Ekiti. On getting to know that the […]Continue Reading

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Seventy years of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

By Daniel Adaji September 11, 2022 40 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah   In the years and seasons that I farmed and cultivated sources under torrential rains and harsh sunshine for seductive headlines that would turn the heads of newspaper adherents and squeeze few hundreds of Naira from the pockets of those who could part with money for stories, I hunted for Father Mathew […]Continue Reading

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Here are countries to where Nigerian doctors flee, and why

By Theophilus Abbah September 6, 2022 93 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah Though emigration of doctors from Nigeria to developed countries is not a new phenomenon, a recent survey has revealed that the current rate of emigration by doctors which intensified in that last three years may be injurious to the country’s health sector. The survey conducted NOI Poll and Nigeria Health Watch showed […]Continue Reading

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Conflict, climate change and COVID combine to create a breeding ground for sexual and gender-based violence

By Daniel Adaji August 28, 2022 28 0

By Helen Clark Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls as soon as the shooting starts. They are right to be afraid. It is vital to highlight just how shockingly common rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence have become in […]Continue Reading

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‘Buhari welcomes cooperation on vaccine production’

By Daniel Adaji August 25, 2022 31 0

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja welcomed the exploratory interactions, between Nigerian biomedical scientists, officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and BioNTech company, to support the production of messenger RNA vaccines in Nigeria. The President met wit Mr. Holm Kellerh , the Executive Chairman of KENUP Foundation and representative of Continue Reading

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Osinbajo launches Energy Transition Plan as Nigeria seeks $10B Initial Support Package

By Daniel Adaji August 25, 2022 29 0

*World Bank, US EXIM Bank pledge $3b implementation support *VP says “it is time for decisive action, we cannot afford to delay”   By Daniel Adaji Africa’s increasing energy gaps require collaboration to take ownership of the continent’s transition pathways and the action should be decisive and urgent, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. […]Continue Reading

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‘How to tackle Nigeria’s common enemy’

By Daniel Adaji August 25, 2022 36 0

Research reports, government officials, regional leaders, and stakeholders produce pathways on how to deal with existential challenges facing Nigeria. The solutions were unveiled at ‘Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace and Security,’ hosted by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Tuesday, August 23 and Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at International Continue Reading