Mr Seyi Jakande, the son of the former Lagos State Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to revisit the discussion on renaming Lagos State University (LASU) after his father. He made the appeal at the Maiden Edition of Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture, 2023, organised by... Read more
The Bank of Industry (BOI) and the Institute of Appraisers and Cost Engineers (IACE), a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), have intensified talks on areas of collaboration to create jobs and produce employable graduates in schools. BOI told members of the IACE, who visited the... Read more
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Egypt: Egypt Country Update – This report assesses the current state of religious freedom in Egypt in light of recent country conditions, incorporating the findings of USCIRF’s... Read more
By Emmanuel Ogebe Right from the parking lot, things were different today. Inside the courtroom, the Petitioner himself, ex-VP Atiku was seated in the Plaintiff’s left side row – his first appearance at any of the half dozen sessions I had attended in June and July. Even the... Read more
The Media Office of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation has reacted to the report on the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, recently published by the London-based The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) with the headline ‘When Brigandage Meets Merchantalism’, pooh-poohing it as “yet another transactional work... Read more
Aggrieved elders from the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned relentless attempts by former President Goodluck Jonathan to nominate the state’s ministerial slot in President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s forthcoming cabinet. The stakeholders under the auspices of the Bayelsa APC Elders Council wondered why... Read more
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Prince Preye Aganaba on Sunday berated the stagnant growth of Bayelsa under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying the state must join the APC at the centre to speed up development. Aganaba, who spoke in Yenagoa said the... Read more
…Seeks Severe Sanctions For Culprits Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Saturday, called on President Bola Tinubu to set up an independent panel to unravel the unending mystery surrounding oil theft in Nigeria and probe oil bunkering and allied crimes, especially from... Read more
Nigeria condemn Buhari’s crassly corrupt administration: •He’s Nigeria’s most ethnic-chauvinist president—Ex-minister •Winning election more important to him than national interest —Prof Ezeibe By Luminous Jannamike; Steve Oko & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo In a stunning admission on Monday, former Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, revealed that the withdrawal of oil subsidy was... Read more
An Analysis by Dianabasi Effiong, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) There is no doubt that Nigeria has recorded notable improvements in healthcare through research and treatment. This is in spite of notable challenges like industrial actions, brain drain, poor infrastructure, water, electricity, dearth of manpower among others. A drawback... Read more
