In Ebonyi State, there has been an increase in Internally Generated Revenue IGR) driven by the state government which has put business operators in small, medium and big enterprises on their toes in order to meet up and pay them to avoid closure of their businesses. Many who can’t meet up with the payments have […]
It is for certain that not everyone will be educated. And definitely, not everyone who got an education will end up using the certificate to seek for paid employment. In Nigeria, a society where there are millions of young graduates competing for the few available jobs, it is now key, more than ever, to look […]
In this report, STEPHEN OLUFEMI ONI examines another historic empowerment programme by the Oluwole Foundation, where no fewer than 55 members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Muritala Mohammed Way, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, went home with various working tools and cash donations to boost their businesses, with a view to making them […]
Babatope Okeowo reports that the arrest of two ‘pastors’ and the rescue of 77 persons from the underground cell of The Whole Bible Believer Church in Ondo, Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State recently has raised fears about the upsurge of fake pastors in the country. Reminiscence of the infamous Jesus of Oyingbo […]
Dr. Solomon Arase was the 18th Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police. While growing up in Owan West of Edo State, Nigeria, he took so many things for granted, including the education and life’s comfort that his late mom, Mercy Igbe Arase ensured he got. After watching her growing and gangling son for a while and […]
Worried by the myriad of professional inconsistencies and a blemished image, coupled with reports of human right abuses that have continued to attend the operation of the Nigeria Police Force, some stakeholders including the Police, Justice Ministry, Civil Rights organisations, Non-governmental Organisations and the Media, recently converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, advocating a […]
Over the years especially since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, politics of violence orchestrated by miscreants otherwise known as ‘political thugs’, mostly involving youths and members of the road transport unions, has become the trademark of most elections at all levels in the country. The condition, according to key political […]
Mr Wasiu Akewusola recently retired as Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Housing. In this interview with MURITALA AYINLA, he speaks about his experiences in about three decades of service in the state and admonishes other serving personnel on how to have a successful career in public service. Excerpt How do you feel retiring […]
Gradually they are getting there as development is progressively spreading across Bayelsa State. The state would have development more than it is now if there were access roads to these communities especially communities that produce oil and gas. No access roads. No pipe borne water. Most of them also lack public power. There […]
Worshippers who were mowed down in cold blood during the Sunday, June 5, 2022 terror attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owaluwa area of Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State were laid to rest by the church on June 17. ADEWALE MOMOH x-rays how the victims were given heroic burial […]