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Senate seat: Why Supreme Court judges in favour of Lawan – Ajulo

By Editor February 7, 2023 133 0

Re: Machina Vs Lawan Those that can’t distinguish Dane Gun from Pump Action are those rushing to analyze the substantiality and destructiveness of the American M16 to that of its Russian counterpart AK-47 when fired at short range into clay blocks, despite the fact that the AK-47 is of larger calibre and fires a much […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria, India partner to curb fake passports

By Editor February 6, 2023 186 0

The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Indian Government on total eradication of fake Nigerian passports into India. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola said this in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr Afonja Ajibola, on Sunday in Abuja. According […]Continue Reading

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US group tasks media on professionalism in 2023 polls reportage

By Editor January 31, 2023 138 0

The US Institute of Peace (USIP) on Tuesday in Abuja, urged the media to ensure thoroughness and due diligence in their reportage of the 2023 general elections. USIP’S Interim Country Manager, Dr Chris Kwaja, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the public relied largely on the media for credible […]Continue Reading

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Court orders reinstatement of illegally sacked Immigration officer

By Editor January 28, 2023 132 0

The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement of an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Daniel Makolo, who was illegally dismissed by the immediate-past Comptroller General (CG) of the service, Mohammed Babandede. Delivering judgement in the suit filed by Mr Makolo to challenge his dismissal, the judge, Edith Agbakoba, deprecated Continue Reading

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I’ll fulfill my promise to develop Niger People – Bago

By Editor January 26, 2023 279 Post a comment

By Daniel Adaji Hon Umar Mohammed Bago, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Niger State in the 2023 elections has vowed to keep all his promises to the people, if elected into the Executive position. Bago made the promise before a mammoth crowd in his campaign train to Niger East Senatorial District […]Continue Reading

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MRA’s Office Burgled, Valuables worth Millions of Naira Stolen

By Editor January 23, 2023 142 Post a comment

By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that its office in Lagos was burgled and ransacked over the weekend by a group of unidentified intruders who made away with nine laptop computers and other valuable equipment worth millions of naira. In a statement issued in Lagos, the Head of MRA’s Legal Department, Ms. […]Continue Reading

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FIRS breaks Its 2021 record, collects N10.1 trillion In 2022

By Editor January 23, 2023 174 0

By Daniel Adaji The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it collected over N10 trillion in tax revenue in the year 2022, the highest tax collection ever recorded in its history.   The Service made this known in its “FIRS 2022 Performance Update,” report signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and […]Continue Reading

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False Claim on Tinubu attributed to the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition

By Editor December 16, 2022 120 Post a comment

By Daniel Adaji The attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers. The bogus fact-check card, now going viral on social media, had passed a verdict that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “inherited great real […]Continue Reading

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Sanusi’s epistle for Atiku, Tinubu, others

By Editor December 15, 2022 138 0

Title: For the Good of the Nation: Essays and Perspectives Author: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Pages: 509 Publishers: Alfa Communications Ltd. Year: 2021 By Theophilus Abbah  @theophilusa Each  time Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi speaks, his words sting the powerful like the poisonous teeth of a viper.  At the same time, like a pool of water in […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Plc is significantly scaling up-Dangote

By Editor November 24, 2022 165 0

President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Plc is significantly scaling up its investment in the sugar sub-sector in line with the requirement of the Nigeria Sugar Master plan (NSMP). Speaking at the Flag off Ceremony of the 2022/2023 Crushing Season and Outgrower Scheme Awards in […]Continue Reading

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Rising food inflation and child malnutrition in Galadimawa community of the FCT

By Editor November 7, 2022 207 0

By Daniel Adaji Baby Annabel, 15 months old, from Pergasson Galadimawa, a rural cocmmunity in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, weighs about 5.5kg and cannot walk on her own. She looks too pale and small for her age. She is barely surviving due to acute malnutrition, perhaps, because of her parents’ resolve to see her alive […]Continue Reading

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Debt-servicing may affect COVID-19 financing in 2022

By Editor November 1, 2022 187 0

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Capital expenditure for COVID-19 in Nigeria’s 2022 annual budget looks slow to be released, 10 months into the year, data from the Open Treasury Portal (OTP) suggests. The OTP is a repository of the Federal Government’s expenditure. It shows that the last release for capital expenditure for COVID-19 was […]Continue Reading