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President Buhari grants 65 ex-corps members automatic employment, lists achievements of NYSC at 50

By Editor May 26, 2023 126 0

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting  numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, the President Continue Reading

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Flooding: Zulum assigns Deputy Governor to assess communities, support victims

By Editor September 13, 2022 161 0

… Visits Moro-Moro, promises lasting solution … Kadafur to visit all affected LGAs Daniel Adaji Worried by the destructions caused by floods in some communities across Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has assigned his Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur to lead an assessment team to a tour of all affected Local Government Areas for the […]Continue Reading

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Pressure on airlines: NCAA beefs up safety measures to prevent air mishap

By Editor September 13, 2022 191 0

By Daniel Adaji Despite the turbulence being encountered by airlines in Nigeria due to the scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel, foreign exchange,  and the increasing cost of operation, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the apex regulatory authority, has beefed up surveillance activities on operating airlines to ensure no operators engaged in under-cutting Continue Reading

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Here are countries to where Nigerian doctors flee, and why

By Theophilus Abbah September 6, 2022 438 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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‘Buhari welcomes cooperation on vaccine production’

By Editor August 25, 2022 158 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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Football a National Asset, We’ll Resist any Attempt to Undermine its Development-Buhari

By Editor August 24, 2022 203 0

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

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IGP Lauds Uzodimma, Commissions 10 APCs Donated to Police by Governor

By Editor August 17, 2022 136 0

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

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Nigeria will Save N2 trillion from Malaria Elimination – Buhari

By Editor August 16, 2022 102 0

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), projecting that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from the estimated economic burden of the disease would save Nigeria about N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030. The President told the 16-member Council headed by […]Continue Reading

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Dogara on APC Muslim-Muslim ticket: Nigeria going the way of the Nazi Germany

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 30, 2022 136 0

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

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Is it true that no presidential candidate wins if he does not receive overwhelming votes from the Muslim-North?

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 29, 2022 172 0

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

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Defying Boko Haram For 13 Years Makes Northeast Hero of 23-Year Democracy

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 12, 2022 174 0

Below is the full text of Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum’s speech to commemorate Nigeria’s 23rd Democracy Day: By Professor Babagana Zulum 1. It is now 23 uninterrupted years since Nigeria returned to democratic rule back in 1999. In those 23 years, societies across the country have witnessed different levels of progress and challenges. […]Continue Reading

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History: Tinubu: Why Abiola Muslim-Muslim Ticket Scenario will fail in 2023

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 10, 2022 178 0

Theophilus Abbah In Nigeria’s presidential election, any political party that flies a ticket in which the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are of one religion squarely consolidates the marginalization of either of the two dominant faith – Christianity and Islam – in the political space. In the history of the country’s leadership, since 1979 (both Continue Reading