By Daniel Adaji The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data from January to June, 2022 indicate that inflation rate is higher in Kogi State than in relatively developed states like Kano, Lagos, Port Rivers and even the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. An agrarian state, with a lot of civil servants, it is surprising that […]Continue Reading
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By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja declared that football remains the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset, therefore his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development. The President made the pledge while receiving the 10-year Football Development Master plan submitted by the Minister of Youth and Sports […]Continue Reading
Receives briefing on crude oil production & security Council sub-committee to consider Governors’ concerns over ownership of new NNPC Ltd By Daniel Adaji The National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed a report on the 2021 financial performance of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), commending the board and management for a credible performance despite Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Alhaji Bukar Gambo, popularly known as Mandama, was the Chairman of the Civilian Joint Task Force, (CJTF) who was killed alongside four other members by Boko Haram terrorists, suspected to be members of Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) on July 17, 2022. He was killed when a convoy of military […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has commended Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for his efforts in ensuring that security operatives are provided with materials needed for the security of lives and property of the citizenry. He spoke on Tuesday in Owerri while commissioning 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and […]Continue Reading
By Yushau A. Shuaib He is one of the finest gentlemen of the press that I have ever encountered. A courageous, fearless, humane, and humble editor, Mallam Yusuf Alli has come a long way in redefining investigative journalism from his decades of experience in the coverage of various beats in the Nigerian media. Born on […]Continue Reading
APC looking like a “janjaweed” party Nigeria of 2022 is not 1993 Tinubu has made a fatal error of judgment The adoption of a Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is capable of leading Nigeria to disintegration like Yugoslavia, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of […]Continue Reading
MYTHS, FACTS AND DATA ABOUT NIGERIA’S ELECTIONS By Daniel Adaji In the next few weeks, we shall make recourse to data to examine 10 myths about contemporary politics in Nigeria, especially in the context of the ongoing fears, tension, and hysteria over same-faith tickets in the race to change the baton of leadership in the […]Continue Reading
By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo With the hue and cry of some Nigerians over the Muslim – Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s decision to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate, I cannot but ask why are they being unnecessarily emotional, sentimental, hypocritical and dramatic? As […]Continue Reading
By Eric Teniola The non inclusion of State Police in the Constitution was an error. It was a grave omission. The lapse occurred in 1976, forty-six years ago. No one could have imagined forty-six years ago that our security challenges would become so grave to this level, that we now live in perpetual fear at […]Continue Reading
By Tony Adibe The drama entitled “The Priest” is set in the rural community called Ekwereazu apparently in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State which prides itself as the Eastern Heartland. The period of the play is perhaps the time in history when so much ignorance and lack of awareness dominated society especially […]Continue Reading
By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem On Thursday, July 14, 2022, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Yar’Adua Foundation will launch the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The CORA platform is a secure civil society driven public whistleblowing tool through which Continue Reading