How dysfunctional health system, cost, ignorance rob children of vaccines (1)
No child should die from any vaccine preventable disease, especially when the cost is much lower than the cost of…
How YPF, IOO partnered to train 60 youths on paint production
As part of efforts to revive the industrialisation policy of the sage and first Premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi…
Federal agencies, revenue non-remittance and challenge of development
Official document from Office of the Auditor General of the Federation has revealed how a total sum of $759,387,755.10 was…
The phone thieves of Delta
Worried by the influx of subscribers of mobile network providers in their retail outlets in major towns in Delta State,…
Ethnic bigotry, unemployment, insecurity: Nigeria’s saddest low
From the dusty domains of the North to the cold corridors of the South, Nigeria has become a theatre of…
36,000 buildings likely to collapse in Lagos —Experts
DAYO AYEYEMI reports on fresh demolition in Lagos State. The government says it is doing it in anticipation of the…
Fire tragedy has landed me in hospital —Babaloja of Agodi, Ibadan auto spare parts market
Following the fire incident at Araromi auto spare parts market, Agodi, Ibadan, on Saturday, IFEDAYO OGUNYEMI reports on the efforts…
Nigeria’s unhappy union: How growing insecurity threatens the country’s future
An attack this week on a police headquarters and prison in southeastern Nigeria is the latest example of the country’s…
Aftermath Customs’ rice raid: Our nightmare not over —Bodija traders
Following the raid and seizure of bags of rice by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bodija traders inform WALE…
An engine costs N180,000, I lost 50 of them —Trader
WALE AKINSELURE and IFEDAYO OGUNYEMI reports the trauma of affected traders who lost their wares to an inferno which consumed…
How DPR withdrew $759.4m from signature bonus account
Official document from Office of the Auditor General of the Federation has revealed how a total sum of $759,387,755.10 was…
UCH: Troubles of a tertiary hospital
SADE OGUNTOLA reports on the dire situations at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan…
The phone thieves of Delta
Worried by the influx of subscribers of mobile network providers in their retail outlets in major towns in Delta State,…
A reporter’s 7-hour trek in Ibadan traffic
Actually, this piece would have been titled ‘A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET’ were it to be a secondary school…
Inside Lagos abbatoir where illicit drugs kill, destroy ‘boys’ from the north
Apart from being the commercial nerve centre of the country, Lagos is also a hotspot for trade in illicit drug…
I got N9,000 for using mother, son’s heads for money ritual —Suspect
Two ritual murder suspects, who were recently arrested by detectives from the Ogun State Police Command, have narrated their involvement…
It’s never too late to learn, says 50-year-old Kwara school pupil
Shade Ajayi had never set foot in a classroom until middle age. Now 50, the businesswoman is happily learning to…
Delta: Establishing three universities without tears
ALPHONSUS AGBORH examines the journey by the Delta State government to upgrade three tertiary institutions to the level of universities,…
Edo gold rush: Dangbala community sits on the precipice
For decades, Dangbala Community in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State sits on top of gold mines without…
Family seeks closure to 24 years tussle on possession of ancestral land
For members of the Amugiri family of Isale-Ijebu area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, life in the last 24…
