Nigeria
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Year: 2018
Government
Compulsory Treatment of Gunshots Victims | Punch
It is now an offence for hospitals to deny gunshot victims treatment in the country with President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a bill earlier passed by the National Assembly to this effect. The Compulsory Treatment […]
Issues/Policy
Six Nigerian-Owned Guest Houses Burnt In S’Africa, Says Union | Punch
The Nigerian Union in South Africa says six guest houses owned by their members were burnt during attacks against Nigerians in Rustenburg, North West Province of South Africa. The Chairman of the union in the […]
Issues/Policy
Osinbajo And The Officials Who Obstruct Us By Tunji Ajibade
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo often talks about the need to reorganise Nigeria’s public sector. He’s obviously aware of the multiplier effects of institutions that effectively carry out their statutory functions. On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, Osinbajo […]
Government
Blackout Looms As Explosion Rocks Escravos Gas Pipeline Again
Power generation in the country may have hit a fresh snag following the explosion that ruptured the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline on Thursday, even as generation from hydropower plants dropped by 494 megawatts in six days. There […]
Government
Why Queues Are Resurfacing – Oil Marketers
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Thursday said that petrol allocations by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to Ibadan Depot was grossly inadequate. Alhaji Raimi Tayo, Chairman, Ibadan Depot of IPMAN, […]
Issues/Policy
Tithing: Freeze Blasts Nigerian Pastors, Pentecostal Christians Again
Controversial CoolFM’s On Air Personality, OAP, Daddy Freeze has reacted to the recent Bloomberg‘s billionaires index that revealed that Facebook founder, and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has already made $4 Billion in the […]
Society
2019 Election: Igbo Youths Reveal Presidential Candidate
The World Igbo Youth Council, WIC, has commended South-east zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for 2019 general elections. The group assured that it would mobilise for the actualisation […]
News
DailyPost: Goodluck Jonathan Speaks On ‘756 Nigerians Dying Under His Watch’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the claims by the presidency that 756 Nigerians were killed under his administration. Jonathan in a statement issued by his media office to DAILY POST on Thursday, described […]
Issues/Policy
Biafra: Focus On Achieving Igbo Nation Through Referendum – Ohanaeze To Agitators
The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has called on agitators from the South East to focus on the 2018 Biafra restoration through the universally accepted peaceful referendum. OYC gave the call while advising agitators to discard […]
Issues/Policy
Fuel Scarcity Persists Amid High Prices Across Nigeria | PremiumTimes
Barely a week after the fuel scarcity across Nigeria subsided in major cities, long queues of motorists have resurfaced at filling stations in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country. The fuel scarcity lasted […]
Life Style
How To Become A Successful Lagos Bus Conductor
There is no entry level qualification for this job––or is it vocation, or, as we say in local parlance, ‘hustle’? Let us skip that. What’s important is that this Lagos Conductor ‘thing’ is a free-for-all […]
Law
Call To Bar: Reps Wade Into Hijab Crisis By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA- House of Representatives on Tuesday waded into the denial of call to bar for Ms. Amasa Fidaus by the Nigerian Judiciary, mandating its Committee on Justice and Committee on Judiciary to investigate the matter. […]
Issues/Policy
Vanguard: Again Nigerians Attacked In S/Africa
Lagos – The Nigerian Community in South Africa, say, four members are in critical condition in the hospital while some shops have been burnt in renewed attacks by South Africans. Mr Paul Nwanedo, chairman, Nigerian […]
Issues/Policy
Northern Nigeria Is Educationally Disadvantaged, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu
Because of the experience in the Sudan, the British colonial officers came to Northern Nigeria with the intent not to reproduce the type of radical Muslim intellectuals that they had to confront in the Sudan, […]
Issues/Policy
Impunity Rides Again, By Wole Soyinka
…the present national outrage is over impunity. It rejects the right of any set of people, for whatever reason, to take arms against their fellow men and women, to acknowledge their exploits in boastful and […]
Politics
2019: PDP Won’t Need Campaign To Defeat Buhari – Babangida
Babangida Aliyu, former Governor of Niger State, has said the People Democratic Party, PDP, “won’t need much campaign to take back Aso Rock in 2019.” The former governor predicated his claim on the abysmal performance […]
Politics
2019: Why PDP Will Not Give Presidential Ticket To Atiku – Delta APC Chieftain
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Okwagbe, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State Chief (Hon.) Ovo Ofigo on Wednesday January 10 said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may not give […]
Politics
PDP Administration A Locust Era, Buhari Not A Failure – Dalung
Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has taken a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the party’s stand that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians. Dalung said Buhari’s three years […]
Security
TheCable: IGP Kicks Against Military Option In Benue, Says His Men Are On Ground
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has kicked against the deployment of military in Benue, saying the force had deployed 660 personnel from some units to complement the security architecture in the state. Some residents […]