Dr. Obadiah Mailafia is a Nigerian development economist, international polymath and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In this interview with BIYI ADEGOROYE, the former official of the African Development Bank Group speaks on the propensity of Nigeria for foreign loans with lethal conditionality and pervasive corruption in the country […]
Auke Ward, Apa Local Government Area, Benue State is the second largest ward in the LGA and a boundary community between Kogi and Benue States, has been in the news for one form of social neglect or the other. Despite the high rate of kidnapping and wanton killings spearheaded by marauding Fulani herdsmen, Auke […]
This is not the best of time to be a teacher, especially in Nigerian private schools. Things are generally tough and for the teachers, it’s a double jeopardy. Without doubt, private school teachers in Nigeria are among the worst hit by the novel COVID-19 pandemic, yet in spite of their huge number, governments both at […]
A gubernatorial aspirant in the last primaries in Ondo State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Okunjimi Odimayo, has said that his support for Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) was not induced by financial gains. Odimayo said the rumour making round in the state that he collected several millions of naira […]
•I chained my wife, battered her for inviting NDLEA to arrest me, my girl friend –Chukwuani •I’ve been living in hell, says Ngozi •She was dehumanised –FIDA Sixteen years after they were joined together as husband and wife, with four children including a set of twins, the wine in the marriage between Chukwuani Ngozi […]
Sen. Nicholas Olubukola Tofowomo represents Ondo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and he is the Vice Chairman at Land Transport Committee and member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Committee in the National Assembly. In this interview with BIYI ADEGOROYE, he speaks about the aftermath of the […]
•Doctors work on empty stomachs, owed 13 months salaries •We‘ll witness revolution in facilities –Govt Coronavirus is the most talked about ailment in the world today, including Nigeria. Ninety five percent of publication on health and related issue is on the pandemic. Before now, there were other diseases such as malaria, typhoid wreaking […]
The Southern Kaduna region has been under siege for many years, resulting in endless killings, sacking of communities and forceful displacement of the people. In this interview, President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Hon Jonathan Asake, a former member of House of Representatives, tells ONWUKA NZESHI that the unprovoked attacks were part of […]
This is not the best of times for teachers in private schools as the continued closure of schools has continued to take its toll on them. Since the hurried closure of schools in March in order to contain the further spread of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, molders of children in the private […]
• As struggling schools may go bankrupt • I won’t go back to teaching after lockdown –Mrs. Grace • ‘Parents approach school’s management for refund of WASSCE fee’ • Exam cancellation may force students to neighbouring countries –NAPPS The prolonged closure of schools in Nigeria due to the Covid-19 pandemic is currently forcing a […]