OSGoF, geospatial data and quest for repositioning
The Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) is an extra-ministerial, career, pooling and self-accounting office under the supervision…
Pollution, deforestation: How ignorance, unclear environmental policies influence booming fish smoking industry
In spite of the alternatives that have been put to use in other parts of the country, most women in…
No more gas plants in residential areas
DAYO AYEYEMI and ADETOLA BADEMOSI report that efforts by the Lagos State government and the Department of Petroleum Resources to…
When Emir Ado Bayero visited the Alaafin
Although COVID-19 dealt a big blow to social life in Nigeria and beyond, the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo…
Yuletide: Travellers weigh advantages, disadvantages of new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan train service
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) recently launched passenger train services from Lagos through Abeokuta to Ibadan via the Lagos-Ibadan standard…
Aftermath #EndSARS protest: Crime booms in Benin as escaped prisoners join city bandits
Over 1,600 inmates out of a total of 1,993 persons who were said to have escaped from the Oko Medium…
Group trains 50 youths on smart automation, solar technology
As part of efforts to strengthen the Yoruba race by ensuring that youths in the region can stand on their…
How years of poor healthcare funding affected Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 (Part 2)
In 1978, leaders from across the world met in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, and affirmed the primary place of primary health care.…
Open defecation: Lagos residents worry over disease outbreak
In this report, SUBAIR MOHAMMED looks at the worsening impacts of open defecation in Lagos and government’s actions at halting…
Stakeholders make case for Yoruba folktale
This year’s edition of the Yoruba Lakotun Colloquium, organized by Yoruba Lakotun, and held at the Freedom Park, in Lagos,…
Quick loans, big headaches
KOLA MUHAMMED and ADEOLA OTEMADE write that many Nigerians are currently leveraging on the opportunities offered by online fintech companies…
Untold story of Wale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, Biden’s appointee as US Deputy Treasury Secretary
Thirty-nine-year-old Mr. Adewale “Wally’ Adeyemo was, during the week, announced by the United States President-elect, Joe Biden as the Deputy…
Cult members are now lords of our communities, Lagos residents cry out
OLALEKAN OLABULO and SUBAIR MOHAMMED dissect the growing threat to living in Lagos: cultism. CULTISM has become a nightmare for…
When students took career choice issues to markets
On November 21, a group of University of Ibadan undergraduate students, under the auspices of the Heroes and Heroines Initiative,…
Pneumonia: Every breath counts
SADE OGUNTOLA writes that pneumonia is still a major killer of children in Nigeria and that unless government increases its…
Suffering and smiling
OLALEKAN OLABULO reports that Lagosians are not likely to have a reprieve any time soon from the current agony they…
Okada riders dare Sanwo-Olu, ply prohibited routes
BOLA BADMUS, TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, DAYO AYEYEMI and SYLVESTER OKORUWA tracked the audacious return of okada to restricted routes. OKADA riders…
ASUU-FG negotiations must have students’ welfare at heart —Student leader
Olaseinde Adeyinka, fondly called NEWTON, is a former Students Union President (SUG) and a final year student of Federal University…
Banditry: Niger’s growing humanitarian crisis
FOR the people and government of Niger State, these are not the best of times. The challenges occasioned by the…
High cost of foodstuffs: A new dimension of hardship
In this report by KOLA MUHAMMED and ADEOLA OTEMADE, Nigerians express disappointment at how things have turned out as daily…
