A Thousand Ways to Spend What You Don’t Have By Olaitan Adesina There is something almost poetic about a government that cannot grow its revenues but has mastered the fine art of multiplying aides. In Ondo State today, Internally Generated Revenue limps along like a reluctant civil servant on a Monday morning, but Governor Lucky…
NDC Vows to Resist One-Party System, Pledges ‘Political Revolution’ in Nigeria –As Saboh Defects To Party With Over 10,200 Supporters. By Chris Mark National Chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Sen. Moses Cleopas, has vowed that the party will resist every attempt to steer the country into a one party system, noting that…
Adamawa elders congratulate Yilwatda on emergence as APC national chairman By Kunle Michael The Adamawa Progressive Elders Council has congratulated Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda on his election as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. The group described the development as a milestone for the party and its members across Nigeria. In a press…
FG Advances Renewed Hope Agenda Through HoPE-CT, Targets 15 Million Households for Poverty Reduction By Shalom Oludele The Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who was represented by the Director, Public Relations and Protocol Department, Dr. Suleiman Haruna, has highlighted the significant impact of the Household Prosperity and Empowerment Cash Transfer Programme…
Engr. Jokori Takes Helm at NSE Yenagoa, Unveils Vision for Engineering Excellence. By Chris Mark The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Yenagoa Branch has inaugurated Engr. Eluanatein Jokori as the 13th Chairman and its executive committee. The body of engineers also perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the NSE Yenagoa Engineering Resource Centre in Yenagoa, the…
Deadly attack: Plateau imposes 48-hour curfew in Jos North By Abibu Shehu Ibrahim The Plateau State Government has imposed a 48-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area following a tragic security incident in the Gari Ya Waye community, Angwan Rukuba, which led to loss of lives and left several others injured. In a statement…
USA/Israel – Iran War: When Two Elephants Wrestle… By Prof. M.K. Othman While the term “war” may suggest a confrontation between equals, the USA/Israel-Iran conflict is marked by a significant imbalance in power and resources. Thus, a more accurate analogy would be a struggle between a cat and a rat, emphasizing Iran’s disadvantage. Still, international…
Jubilation as Afin Akoko honours Radio Nigeria Correspondent, Kilani Jubilation swept through Afin Akoko at the weekend as Ibrahim Kilani, the community correspondent of Radio Nigeria Positive FM Akure, was honoured by residents under the aegis of the Afin Development Association. The association, led by its National President, Hon. Demola Ijabiyi, presented Kilani with an…
Ekiti Man Cries for Justice as Truck Kills Son, Destroys House. An Aramoko Ekiti man, Rufus Farotimi, is seeking justice after a truck driver rammed into his house, killing his undergraduate son, and leaving his family homeless. The incident occurred on March 26, when the heavy-duty truck crashed into their home, crushing Promise, a 300-level…
Rate Card for a Dying Man: How Nigeria Learned to Monetise Misery By Chidi Ekeh A woman in a pink head wrap looked into a phone camera sometime last year and said, quietly, with the exhausted precision of someone who has finished crying: “Everything we paid to influencers — there was five million, one million,…
