Ambode’s lost battle
THE administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos State seems to have lost the war against street trading, despite the…
Bringing succour to the needy the NAZAS way
SUNDAY October 2, 2016, could be tagged a life changing experience as 45 beneficiaries went home with various items and…
Olanipekun’s gift excites Ajayi Crowther University
WHEN a person offers a gift, normally what follows is expression of appreciation from the benefactor to the giver. This…
NTIC Foundation: Giving lessons in charity
Although marked out by the colour of their skin, thousands of Turks have been resident in Nigeria for scores of…
Enugu-Onitsha Road: A regional headache
JUDE OSSAI examines the threats of death by accidents or that of being cut-off permanently which people living in the…
FCTA to build centre against infectious diseases
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to build a specialised centre where patients with highly-infectious diseases in…
NERC fines electricity distribution firms N6.2m
Two electricity distribution companies have been fined N6.2 million over their failure to comply with the Forum Office’s rulings in…
Environment ministry joins in search for alternative to fossil fuels
Federal Ministry of Environment has identified and recommended a plant, Jetropha, as a viable green alternative to fossil fuels, as…
Consuming rice grown consecutively on same farm harmful —Agric ministry
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has warned that consumption of rice grown on a particular land for several years could…
Let’s honour our agreements —Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has cautioned that while signing bilateral agreements with other countries was critical to…
Past govts blocked access to Natural Resources Fund —Fayemi
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has accused past administrations of having denied the sector an opportunity to…
NNPC seeks states’ support against vandalisms
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged state governments to assist it to prevent encroachment on petroleum product pipeline…
NASS pledges support to reduce fuel importation
THE National Assembly has pledged to use legislative instruments to support the national bio-fuel policy which would enable the country…
NNPC targets increase of oil output to 4m litres daily
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has implored stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to focus on increasing oil…
Anatomy of indecent dressing
The student population in most Nigerian universities, especially at the undergraduate level, is made up of trendy teenagers most of…
A 7-day trip to Boko Haram’s death zones
In a bid to encourage Internally Displaced Persons to return home and speed up the rebuilding process, Governor Kashim Shettima…
Good health: What to do before the doctor comes
IT is not uncommon to suffer mild or major health problems at homes that require urgent attention prior to proper…
Hurricane Matthew: Nearly 1,000 killed in Haiti, many homeless, without power in US
HURRICANE Matthew has killed nearly 1,000 people in Haiti and left tens of thousands of people homeless. The poorest country…
‘We only see the sleeping faces of our children’
THERE is a joke about a man who works so hard that he barely has time for his five children.…
Lawmaker’s town hall meeting of trouble
During the week, all 40 lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly held town hall meetings in their respective…
