It is one of the ironies of modern day Nigeria. Daily, Nigerians flock to churches in search of miracles. The miracle seekers include millions who are jobless or looking for better jobs. Sadly though, many of the Churches where they pray and pour out their souls to God for jobs are sites, where some mega-factories […]
Senator Dayo Adeyeye, a former Minister of State for Works, is the cocoordinator of SWAGA, a mobilization vehicle working to enthrone Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for President in 2023. Adeyeye after inauguration of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the group spoke with TONY ANICHEBE on their mission and why Nigerians should support Tinubu to […]
•Our children don’t go to schools during rainy season-Orile residents •NIMET: Flash flood to occur in several states •‘Refuse dumps, collectors, our problems’ •Govt must act fast, says alarmed residents The rains are here again and very early too. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) season’s prediction for 2021 shows that there will be […]
In view of the various controversial issues in the polity, Global Mission Leader, Peace and Social Justice Advocate, Revd Gideon Para-Mallam, in this interview with TAI ANYANWU takes a look at the security situation and its impact on food production, social and economic lives What is your position on the hijab crisis […]
Dr. Obadiah Mailafia is a former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a development economist and one-time official of the African Development Bank. In this interview with BIYI ADEGOROYE, he speaks about the economy, terrorism and other developmental challenges facing the country How can Nigeria benefit from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as […]
One year after a devastation which rocked Abule-Ado community, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos State, Bethlehem Girls’ College, which was near the centre of the explosion, is still a desolate place after lives were snuffed out of students and principal of the school, Reverend Sister Henrietta Alokha, while rescuing her students. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA reports that […]
A member of the House of Representatives representing Saki- West/Saki-East/Atisbo Federal Constituency in Oyo State, Hon. Olajide Olatunbosun, in this interaction with newsmen examined the state of insecurity in the country. He advised the government to come down hard on bandits, kidnappers and insurgents. He also kicked against the suggestion of negotiation with criminals. LAWRENCE […]
• Cholera, other epidemics loom nationwide, say experts • UNICEF: 39 million Nigerians indulge in the act • 90% of households consume faeces-contaminated water –NBS Lagos State and Nigeria may be at high risk of an outbreak of serious epidemic if nothing is done urgently beyond the country’s traditional approaches to arresting the […]
•I still’ve nightmares, says SSS III pupil •We’re working on data base to beef up security –Commissioner Almost three weeks after they were freed from their abductors, some pupils of the Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area, Niger State have said that they will not go back to the school unless […]
Contrary to previous deplorable condition of roads in Abia State, especially Aba, Nigeria’s Small and Medium Enterprises capital, the state Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, in this interview speaks about how his scientific approach to road reconstruction and infrastructural transformation are attracting investors to the state. BIYI ADEGOROYE reports Recently you commissioned four roads […]