The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the federal government has put enough measures in place to rein in escalating food inflation in the country. He explained on Wednesday at the maiden Ministerial Press Briefing Series (MPBS) organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation that the galloping food…
I Will Transform Edo in Three Years – Tom Iseghohi
Tom Iseghohi, economic and transformation expert is one of the people running to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki at the election scheduled for September this year. You may not have heard his name in any of the political parties prior to this time. No, he had not been a card-carrying member of any of the political…
Things Are Not Okay In Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto, Laments Increasing Poverty and Insecurity
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, Wednesday, February 14, lamented the increasing poverty and insecurity in the Northern Region of Nigeria. He warned that traditional and political leaders must urgently find solutions to the twin problems because many people in the country are deeply frustrated, hungry, and resentful.At the meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’…
FCT Is Under Threat, Says Nigerian Senate
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is worried about the worsening insecurity in the country. So, the Senate summoned security managers, including the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Chief of Defense Staff, to appear before it on Thursday, February 8 to explain the measures being taken to curb it. Though…
UN Women Nigeria Intensifies Media Action for Women, Girls Empowerment
The UN Women Nigeria’s campaign against gender-based violence, GBV, was further intensified on Monday, December 4, 2023, at the 2023 Media Partners Conference at the UN House, Abuja, to increase media action for women’s empowerment and ending violence against women and girls. It was part of activities for the 2023 edition of the United Nations’16…
How to End Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Bunkering Business (3)
Oil theft in Nigeria can be stopped if the government, security operatives, oil companies and the host communities play their roles sincerely. Artisanal Refining Oil theft is evolving and developing a lucrative value chain. Artisanal refining, called Kpo-Fire in Niger Delta parlance, is the downstream component, or local content, of the trade in stolen crude…
Gov. Bala Mohammed Expected at Media Awards
On Thursday, December 7, all roads will lead to Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State as Lagos State council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, under the leadership of Adeleye Ajayi holds its 2nd edition of the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ Milestone Recognition of Media Icons in Nigeria. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state will deliver…
Inside Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Bunkering Business (2)
A Game of the Jackals Government after government, Nigeria has unsuccessfully made repeated efforts to fight and rein in illegal oil theft. Yet the illicit business continues to blossom. Our findings show that this is the case because of the complicity of top government officials from the Presidency, the military, Civil Defence, and the Police…
Oba of Benin, ancestors and Lagos
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 December 2023) “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” Imagine this…
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