Recently, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) predicted that several cities in Nigeria could sink as a result of flooding if proper measures were not taken. In this report, Chika Okeke, Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt, Salisu Ibrahim, Kano, Georg...
Night market is beginning to gain popularity among Abuja residents as many of those living in estates around the metropolis, who do not have markets in their neighbourhoods have found the Wuse makeshift Night Market handy. Uche Uduma writes Night marke...
Many children are being orphaned everyday but adoption is one thing that many Nigerian parents are not enthusiastic about. Blessing Ukemena examines the reasons behind the low rate of adoption in the country Would you adopt a child? Yes, if you can af...
Against the intention of the initiators of the office of first lady, the concept has been redefined such that the first lady now performs executive functions, while making unbudgeted expenditures. In this analysis, OSBY ISIBOR, CHIBUNMA UKWU and UCHE U...
International Youth Day is celebrated globally every August 12 to bring to the fore, the challenges militating against young people worldwide. In this report, Uche Uduma takes a look at the situation of the Nigerian youths in the labour market. Today, ...
Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta is representing Niger East Senatorial District of Niger State in the Senate. In this interview with Ruth Choji, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-governmental Affairs, said Senate resolution would ...
As part of efforts to ensure that those that manhandled LEADERSHIP photo Journalist Mr. Benedict Uwalaka are brought to book, the Lagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has directed the salaried lawyers working in the Lagos Office of Public Defend...
As part of efforts towards fostering togetherness and peaceful coexistence devoid of religious sentiment, the Catholic Bishop of Abuja Dioceses, Arch Bishop Rev. John Onaiyekan and a visiting Bishop from Catholic Arch Diocese of Detroit, United States ...
Ahead of the scheduled October 20 gubernatorial poll in Ondo State, the real contenders and pretenders’ line-up to unhorse Governor Olusegun Mimiko who is not letting the grass grow under his feet as he marshals his battle-plan. In this analysis,...
Whether contrived or real, CHIBUZO UKAIBE writes that the imperative or undesirability of creating state police as solution to the increasing security challenges exposes the basic differences between northern and southern Nigeria as dramatised by sharp...
The Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Friday expressed its support for the implementation of the maternal and child health care programme to ensure its success. Dr Solomon Avidime, the state Chairman of the association,...
Hajiya Farida Abubakar, the Kaduna State Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), on Friday advised members to use security tips provided by experts for their safety. Abubakar gave the advice during the second quarter meetin...
The Ondo State Police Command has called on religious leaders not to relent in preaching sermons capable of sustaining peaceful co-existence among the people of different religions in the state. The command made the call in Akure on Friday ...
The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the nuclear plant closest to the epicentre of the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, is ``remarkably undamaged.'' According to a report delivered on Friday at the UN Headquarters in New Yo...
The wife of the Kwara governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, on Friday donated food items and beverages to 250 Muslim widows from the 16 local government areas of the state. The items, including rice, milk, sugar and wheat flour, were distr...