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Month: May 2017
Government
20,000 Ghost Workers Removed From Nigeria Defence Ministry’s Payroll – Minister
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Ali, said on Tuesday that 20,000 ghost workers have been removed from the ministry’s payroll, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Ghost workers is a term used to refer to […]
Law
Senate To Pass Whistle-Blower Protection Bill in July
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has said the Senate will pass the Whistle Blower Protection Bill in July 2017. He made this known at the launch of “Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian Story”, […]
Economy
BREAKING: “Nigeria Is Coming Out of Recession” – Adeosun
The Nigerian economy is gradually coming out of its worst recession in years, the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has said. “Nigeria is coming out of recession; we are beginning to see the signs and we […]
Politics
The Politics Of Infirmity | ThisDayLive
Those campaigning for a second term for ailing President Buhari are misguided The recent orchestration of a second term bid for the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari should be dismissed as purposeful mischief. While as Africans […]
Health
Nutritionists List Health Benefits of Fruit Juices By Temitope Ogudu
Nutritionists have recommended daily intake of 100% fruit juices to complement fruits because they are made from real natural fruits and offer the range of nutrition benefits whole fruit offers. A hundred per cent fruit […]
Education
Revisiting Nigeria’s Unreasonable and Wasteful Scholarship Systems, By ‘Tope Fasua
…if I am asked – and I know they won’t ask me – I will recommend a gradual and rapid winding down of most of Nigeria’s so-called scholarship schemes. They are now worse than scams. […]
Government
Federal Character Commission Investigates SSS Over Lopsided Employment | PremiumTimes
The State Security Services, SSS, has been asked to tender explanation over the recent lopsided appointments into the organisation. According to The Nation newspaper, the Federal Character Commission, FCC, has given the SSS a three-month […]
Religion
Suicide In the Merciful Religion of Islam? No!, By Murtadha Gusau
…I ask Allah (SWT) to destroy the terrorists and all their supporters, sponsors, and collaborators. I also ask Allah the Mighty, the Lord of the Mighty Throne to kill them like the killing of Aad, […]
Issues/Policy
JUST IN: Again, Nigeria Inflation Declines | PremiumTimes
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation declined by 0.02 percent in April, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Tuesday. According to the NBS in its new report, the inflation rate, put […]
Business
NNPC To Resume Oil Exploration In Chad Basin In Six Weeks | TheNationOnline
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru says oil exploration activities in the Chad Basin will resume in six weeks time. Baru made this known in a statement issued by […]
YOUTH Matters
#OurMumuDonDo: Frustrated Nigerian Youths Call For National Revolution
Some Frustrated Nigerian youths have been expressing their frustrations about the failings of government in Nigeria using the hashtag #OurMumuDonDo on Twitter. The hashtag #OurMumuDonDo has been trending on Twitter for weeks with the number […]
Health
Ebola Outbreak In Central Africa: FG Calls For Vigilance | TheNationOnline
Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts on symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers following the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Minister made the […]
Politics
Democracy: How Media Has Fared Since 1999 Raymond Mordi
The inaugural lecture of the Oba Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance in the Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, was delivered last Wednesday at the Adeola Odutola Hall, Ijebu-Ode, by Prof. […]
Issues/Policy
Junaid Mmohammed’s Bunkum And The Final Battle For Nigeria’s Independence By FFK
If anything happens to Buhari the north will insist on being in power till 2027…..those who see Buhari as their representative and are not being treated justly are going to claim their own rights and […]
Government
Osinbajo Has Been Doing Well, Says Defence Minister | TheCable
Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, says many communities have been saved of pipeline bombings and oil theft as a result of the intervention of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Dan-Ali said this on Monday after he […]
Government
The Turkey I No Longer Know By Fethullah Gulen
As the presidents of the United States and Turkey meet at the White House on Tuesday, the leader of the country I have called home for almost two decades comes face to face with the […]
Security
Lagos Begins Installation of 300 CCTV Cameras To Boost Security | TodayNG
Lagos State Government has begun installing 300 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras across the state to boost security. The state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Olufemi Odubiyi, made this known at the 2017 Ministerial Press […]
Issues/Policy
The Immortal Awo By Wale Fatade
No, I’m not a blasphemer and so neither my wife nor pastor should be worried about the sincerity of my faith, as only God is truly immortal. But the word ‘immortal’ is used here in […]
Issues/Policy
The Water Wars In North-East Nigeria By Ahmad Salkida
Amsatu is in her mid-20s and has just gone into labour for her fourth child. News has begun to go round in the village in Yunusari Local Government Area. Amsatu’s husband was seen walking breathlessly […]