A man identified as Oluseyi Adekunle, jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge on Friday morning, prompting hours of search and rescue. Saturday PUNCH learnt that as of 6pm, the search for the […]
A row has broken out in Uganda over proposals to extend sex education to 10-year-olds and give some 15-year-olds access to family planning services. The Ministry of Health has refused to endorse the guidelines, which were designed […]
Nigerians voted massively for President Muhammadu Buhari. They did so because they believed he was incorruptible. And so the international community believed. When Buhari announced that there wouldn’t be any hiding place for those who […]
But are citizens really that helpless? In a region where women resisted unfair taxation by the colonial government in 1929, I’m at a loss why 88 years later and with far better educated, more enlightened […]
Pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, which warns the crisis “threatens the continuing survival of human societies”. Toxic […]
Just as in any sci-fi disaster movie, the first signs of impending doom seem perfectly unremarkable. Someone mentions in passing he’s noticed that while driving through the countryside, or on long-distance motorway trips, his car […]
Worried about the over congestion of prisons in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria, the newly inaugurated Chief Justice of Lagos State, Justice (Mrs) Opeyemi Oke, has charged the government across board to sign death […]
The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola Thuurday expressed displeasure over unresolved gridlock caused by tanker and truck along Apapa wharf road which has continued to cause pain and discomfort to Lagosian. Speaking […]
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a regulatory framework for Bank Verification Number (BVN) operations and watch-lists for Nigerian financial system, in the quest to develop and enhance security of electronic payment systems in […]
The federal government has promised to disclose the identities of those who enriched themselves at the expense of the country. According to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, […]
With a population of 7,396 out of the total of 68,686 in all states of the federation, Lagos has the highest number of prisoners. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Bayelsa, which […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is surprised that those who criticised him for leaving the pump price of fuel at N87 are not speaking out now that it has been jerked up to N143. […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE, on Thursday suspended trading in the shares of Nigerian oil company, Oando. The suspension came after an order by Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, prompted the Nigerian Stock Exchange, […]
Following the overthrow of the civilian administration in Nigeria in January 1966, the Constitution was suspended while Martial Law became the grund norm. Human rights of citizens were put in abeyance. In a bid to […]
Nnamdi Kanu of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been declared wanted for not showing up in court. That is normal. But if the truth is told, the main culprit for the Biafran crisis are […]
About two months before the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, publicly criticised the management of the State House Medical Centre, SMHC, for not having basic facilities, the head of the hospital had written her husband, President […]
Since Thursday, September 28 when Governor Ayodele Fayose declared his intention to seek the ticket of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to contest the 2019 presidential election, agent provocateurs and mischief-makers have latched […]
In keeping with Nigeria’s colonial railway heritage, it is not surprising that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has invoked a plan to revive rail transportation. The headline announcement is that the Federal Government would […]
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is this week celebrating its silver jubilee. For the state legislature, the last 25 years have been eventful. As an institution, the state government’s lawmaking arm has made […]
EDO State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is frenetic about the rising insecurity in his domain with his recent resolve to visit those who matter in Abuja for an urgent assistance. The remedy should be fast to […]
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