Tuesday, 19th March 2024
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1 hour ago
The recent invasion and looting of food items of warehouses belonging to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is a worrisome incident that cannot be pardoned for its illegality and greed; and yet cannot be overlooked for its underlying depiction of hunger and anger in the land. Food items looted included those in transit for…
1 day ago
Amid the rising cost of governance and increasing public workforce, it is cheering that the Federal Government has decided to implement the report of Steve Oronsaye Committee of 2012. The committee was set up to review ...
2 days ago
The action of Nigeria in reopening her land and air border with Niger Republic is a clear manifestation of the resolve of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to tackle diplomatically the impasse engulfing the regional body.
4 days ago
The theme: ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,’ which the United Nations chose for this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), cannot be more appropriate as a measure of empowering women towards obtaining their contribution....
14 Mar
Request in different forms seeking government’s intervention on the preponderance of unexplained wealth in the country is understandable, against the backdrop of yawning gap between the rich and the poor in the country...
12 Mar
With the installation on February 26, 2024 of 11 new Justices recently appointed to the Supreme Court by President Bola Tinubu, the apex court has, for the first time in its history, attained its full complement of 21 justices,
11 Mar
The rising number of hungry and angry Nigerians is enough to worry any government. Measures by the government to assuage the pains of Nigerians appear to be slow in taking effect.
10 Mar
Tonight, the Muslim faithful, globally, will commence the yearly Ramadan fasting for 30 or 29 days (depending on the sighting of the moon) as the fourth fundamental pillar of Islam.
8 Mar
The shocking exit of one of the most illustrious players of the Nigerian banking sector, Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, along with six others, is tragic in all sense.
6 Mar
As efforts are afoot towards empowering state governments to own and manage police formation in their respective jurisdictions, there is a need to focus on how states can effectively manage police forces of their own without a carry-over of the excesses...
5 Mar
The Tinubu administration has also signed into law the Electricity Act 2023 that enables states to generate, transmit and distribute power in their jurisdictions.
4 Mar
The increasingly loud demand that state governments justify the increase in funds received from the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FACC) is quite justified.
3 Mar
The National Assembly’s fresh proposal for an increase in the budget of the Special Intervention Projects (SIP), popularly known as the Constituency Projects, is uncalled for and undeserving of a positive consideration.

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