. As NDDC’s Acting Executive Director of Projects, Ojougboh says a sitting Nigerian senator is handling 300 of the commission’s project.     From Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Nyesom Wike has declared that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has collapsed with lose of capacity to deliver development to... Read more

By Ubong Akro Nigeria recently secured a reprieve on the controversial award of $9.6billion to Process and Industrial Development-P&ID by a British Commercial Court. Securing a stay of execution and right of appeal to the obnoxious award is a huge relieve to all well-meaning citizens. Issues as this, only... Read more

By Dianabasi Effiong Time there was in Nigeria when commercial bicycles operators thrived side-by-side with cars, lorries and trains, as means of transportation in major cities. The pendulum, thereafter, swung when commercial motorcycle operators had a field day in major towns and rural areas of Akwa Ibom and Katsina... Read more

The Nigerian Government has repudiated claims by a group styling itself as Northern Christian Elders Forum, who alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is practicing bigotry and alienating Christians. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement... Read more

A joint report on maternal mortality by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, World Bank and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that Nigeria has approximately 58,000 maternal deaths, accounting for 19 per cent globally. This means that at least 800 women die in every 100,000 live births... Read more

During the spring of 1816, four decades after Thomas Jefferson drafted the United States’ Declaration of Independence, he exchanged letters with an old colleague and companion from his days as minister to France’s court of Louis XVI. This friend, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, had written to Jefferson... Read more

By Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu The greatest global challenge today, especially in Africa is how to make our food more sustainable by 2050. In Nigeria, as in many other African countries, food security and nutrition remain a critical challenge. Production constraints like inversion of insects/pests and diseases, inadequate rainfall and poor... Read more

Abuja –  The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had arrested two Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The suspects are: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo. A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Thursday in Abuja,... Read more

By Wanjira Kamwere Despite increased economic and social volatility people can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to advances in technology. Wanjira Kamwere, Business Development Manager and Program Lead, Myskills4Afrika – Microsoft. explains how through the Microsoft MySkills4Afrika programme, the organisation which was recently awarded a Halo Award: North America’s highest... Read more

By: Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu Science, technological innovation and a fundamental understanding of nature are among the major drivers of progress. Today’s advances in the treatment of human disease have been made possible by the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 and the DNA double-helix structure by Watson and... Read more