2016 likely warmest year since records began – NASA
Temperature data for 2016 show it likely edged ahead of 2015 as the world's warmest year. Data from NASA and…
Environmental sanitation: Ministerial committee commences operation
Following the recent constitution of the Ministerial Task Team on City Cleansing by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,…
FG to complete 117 abandoned projects in water sector —Minister
The Federal Government has said that with the technical audit of 117 abandoned water projects, the ministry will complete about…
Minister threatens to terminate Karshi-Apo road contract
The FCT Minister, Musa Bello, has threatened to sack the contractor handling construction works on the Karshi/Ara/Apo alternative route linking…
HIV/AIDS: FCTA laments insufficient funds
Health and Human Services Secretariat of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it has not been able to provide sufficient…
Health Minister rues poor reproductive, maternal health in Nigeria
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has lamented the poor condition of Reproductive,Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent…
Displaced pensioners: When senior citizens opened IDP camp in Osun
Life has never been any better for Nigerian pensioners after active service to local, state or federal government. Their pathetic…
DPR and fire on the roof tops: When petrol stations cause death in neighbourhoods
In this report, TADE MAKINDE and SAM NWAOKO report on why petrol stations are now increasingly being located in residential…
Bird flu:Return of the mass killer
In this report, COLLINS NNABUIFE writes that even as the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, raised the alarm over…
The church has not failed the society —Mrs Akinfenwa
Mrs Comfort Oluwayemisi Akinfenwa, as she clocks 60 today, reminisces on how God has remained faithful to her in spite…
Mega filth in mega city •Why we appear inefficient —PSP operators
SHOLA ADEKOLA, AKIN ADEWAKUN, CHUKS OKPARAOCHA, TUNDE DODONDAWA and TUNDE ALAO got stakeholders talking about the return of refuse menace…
How Lagosians consume ‘poison’ daily
OTARU, a young father who lives and works in Ketu, Lagos, went to a store in his neighbourhood to purchase…
87,000 Nigerian refugees face Boko Haram threat in Cameroon
The Minawao refugee camp in the Far North Region, the poorest and least-developed province in Cameroon, is an inhospitable home…
Corporate Governance Code: No consensus among Muslims
The dust raised by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria’s Corporate Governance Code, which saw the General Overseer of the…
Intimate partner violence: When love goes sour
The rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) popularly called domestic violence continues to rise in Nigeria despite legislations to curb…
FRSC records success with Operation ‘Crash the crash’
On December 19, 2016, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) launched operation “Crash the Crash” campaign to reduce road traffic…
FCT residents lament over increase in prices of commodities
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday said that they were alarmed by the sudden increase in…
NSE president laments poor energy supply despite potentials
President of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Otis Anyaeji, has asked Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to enforce the…
Expert lauds FG’s plan to close Abuja airport runway for repairs
An aviation expert, Captain Dele Ore, has commended the Federal Government’s proposed closure of the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Season of Fire
As the dry season gets drier, fire disasters continue unabated around the country. Clement IDOKO and OLALEKAN OLABULO report that…
