Minister begs industrialists, entrepreneurs to help strengthen currency
Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has urged industrialists and entrepreneurs to help the country strengthen her currency and…
FCTA wades into alleged fresh take-over of community land by army
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has waded into the alleged take-over of Tungan Maje community land by the army.…
Tax collection: Abuja council vows to defy stoppage order
Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Candido, has vowed that the council is not under any obligation to…
Public complaints commission staff insist on strike
Staff of Public Complaints Commission (PCC) have vowed not to end their ongoing industrial action until the management pays all…
MLSCN, peace corps offer free medicals for freed Chibok girls
Peace Corps of Nigeria and the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), under the leadership of Dr Tosan Erabhor,…
Thieves now target restaurants, canteens to cart away food as hunger bites harder
Many canteens and bukas are now wary of midnight raiders who burgle their shops taking away foodstuffs and stew meant…
Thieves now target restaurants, canteens to cart away food as hunger bites harder
Many canteens and bukas are now wary of midnight raiders who burgle their shops taking away foodstuffs and stew meant…
Sold to Boko Haram for N1,000, 17-yr-old gives chilling details of life in the terrorists camp
AMINATA (not her real name), 17, was taken by the Islamic group from her hometown, Borno State in Nigeria two…
Operation zero hunger: Can Nigeria be food sufficient by 2030?
When the Federal Government pledged to end hunger at the commemoration of the 2015 World Food Day, the country’s economic…
Dangerous shipwrecks dot Lagos coastline
In Nigeria’s coastal region, various wrecks have constituted a hindrance to free movement of vessels on the waterways. In this…
Divorce epidemic in Lagos, 30,000 cases in Badagry alone
Some Lagos couples hardly live happily ever after. SHOLA ADEKOLA, AKIN ADEWAKUN, CHUKWUMA OKPARAOCHA, LEKAN OLABULO and AYOMIDE OWONIBI tried…
When OBJ spoke on IBB, Abdulsalami
To fulfill all righteousness on this very day, I set out for the day’s normal duty by getting to the…
When okrika bras and pants become toast of buyers
In the past, wearing fairly used clothes was viewed with disdain, but today quite a high percentage of Nigerians go…
Illegal train passengers continue deadly rides…
Lagos City has seen its fair share of dangerous train rides which have resulted in the death of some passengers…
Echoes from LG’s education scheme
“When I heard that I had been selected as one of the 10 beneficiaries of the LG Scholarship Scheme to…
Over-dependence on oil led us into this economic collapse —Oyegbami
Olusegun Olatunde Oyegbami is the author of ‘Reversing the Rot in Nigeria.’ In this book, he analyzes the fraud behind…
ASUP/FG: Another industrial action looms?
On August 19, 2016, members of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) shelved a planned nationwide industrial action to press…
Saro-Wiwa Jr: Still in the shadow of a saint
When the news filtered in late Tuesday night that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., the son of Nigeria’s environmental and human rights…
National library owes N126m staff allowance, 3-year rent —National Librarian
The National Library of Nigeria is currently owing over N126 million debt, being outstanding staff claims for six years. It…
Mines and steel ministry plans engagement with Iran on mining
Ministry of Mines and Steel Development is currently in talks with Iran on ways Nigeria and the country can strengthen…
