With OYSADA, new road networks, Saki inches towards being hub of agribusiness
For residents and indigenes of Saki, these are the best of times. With the thoroughly revamped Oyo State Agricultural Development…
Experts knock FG on N7.2m price tag on one-bedroom flats
DISTURBED by the exorbitant prices of housing units launched by the Federal Government through the National Housing Programme (NHP), real…
‘Our coping strategies for stomach infrastructure’
FUNMILAYO AREMU and ADEOLA OTEMADE report that amidst rising costs of food items across the country, Nigerians have been devising…
Reasons behind rising cost of food items
CHIMA NWOKOJI, FUNMILAYO AREMU and ADEOLA OTEMADE report on lamentations of Nigerians amidst rising cost of foodstuffs despite official claims…
Again, constitutional amendment, ratification of optional protocol top list of solutions to Nigeria’s malaise
For many Nigerians, the term corruption is not new and corrupt acts across all sectors have become a norm. Indeed,…
Treated differently: Untold pain of female children from violent homes
It is no news that domestic violence against women leads to far-reaching physical and psychological consequences, some with fatal outcomes…
How I used people strategy to increase IITA’s budget from $35 million to $120 million —Dr Sanginga
When Dr Nteranya Sanginga took over as the first African Director-General of an almost bankrupt International Institute of Tropical Agriculture…
Questions over Deep Blue assets as foreign navies tackle Nigeria’s maritime threats
BETWEEN October and November of 2021, three foreign navies had announced their presence in Nigerian waters, with two out of…
Diabetes: Combating a silent killer
Diabetes remains one of the deadly diseases ravaging many homes in the country as well as in other developing countries.…
When art and culture became antidote to poverty
In a report released by The` Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) of 1997 on statistics of poverty in Nigeria, 70 per…
Car snatchers return to Lagos roads, police identify dark spots
OLALEKAN OLABULO and SUBAIR MOHAMMED write on the spike in traffic robbery in Lagos. THE Lagos State police command has…
How IITA gate youth stampede for job provoked Nigeria’s $11 billion rice import debate
Almost eight years after the stampede during a job-seeking recruitment test exercise held at the National Stadium in the Federal…
Nigeria’s rampant banditry and some ideas on how to rein it in
Idayat Hassan They are known simply as “bandits” – heavily armed criminal gangs that have terrorised Nigeria’s rural northwest, killing,…
Nigeria to lose revenue as cargo diversion during Yuletide looms
WITH the Lagos ports of Apapa and Tin-Can already overstretched due to various bottlenecks in the cargo clearance chain and…
Nation-building: Between restructuring and autonomy (1)
The overarching theme of this combined ninth and 10th lecture series is “Security, Governance and Nation Building.” It is a…
How I was forcefully initiated, intimidated —Suspected cultist
One of the two suspects arrested by Ogun State Police Command, Owoseni Gbemisola, has opened up on how he was…
Lekki Report: White Paper should ignore findings inconsistent with evidence —Enitan, Lagos State counsel
Mr. Olukayode Enitan (SAN), counsel to Lagos State, spoke to Channels TV on the controversy trailing the unauthorised release of…
How seven banks’ Q3 profit surpassed GDP growth rate
DESPITE a sluggish economy, difficult operating environment, increased competitive intensity, currency devaluation and other macroeconomic challenges that continue to place…
‘As long as there are agents, you can’t get cheap accommodation’
Getting accommodation in Nigeria is no longer a venture for the faint-hearted; it is now an experience filled with woes…
They locked us inside toilet, forged arrest warrants, sent us death threats —Victims of Lagos money lenders
SUBAIR MOHAMMED and LANRE ADEWOLE write on the horror of small-scale lending in Lagos. Wherever you may be now, you…
