Issues/Policy
Nigeria’s Time Bomb By Cheta Nwanze
Nigeria has one of the youngest populations in the world with a median age of 18 years 7 months, which means that we are the 20th youngest out of 230 countries in the latest rankings. […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Economy
Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Rises To 33.3% — Highest In Over 13 Years
One in three Nigerians able and willing to work had no jobs in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The bureau reported Monday that Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to […]
News
Nigeria Inflation Rises To 17.33% In February, Highest In Four Years
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 17.33 per cent in February 2021, the nation’s statistics bureau said Tuesday. This is the highest inflation rate recorded in four years. In January, inflation rose to 16.47 per cent […]
Education
FG To Parents: We Can’t Secure All Schools
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and the abduction of students. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this, noting that the government could not […]
Issues/Policy
Blood Clotting: Should Nigeria Pause, Stop Or Continue Using AstraZeneca Vaccine?
Anti-vaxxers have had quite a great week following the news of a few deaths and blood clotting in Europe after the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. One woman was reported to have died in […]
Issues/Policy
Now, NDDC’S Face Looks Pretty By Ray Ekpu
In the last few years, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has not had good ink in the media. It has been one scandal after another, garnished with rib-cracking drama. When the National Assembly invited […]
Technology
Flutterwave Partners PayPal To Process Payments For Merchants, Freelancers
By Dennis Erezi Nigerian leading payments technology company Flutterwave has announced a new collaboration with global payment leader PayPal. The partnership between the two companies will allow PayPal customers all over the world to pay […]
Issues/Policy
What Is Nigeria’s Energy Policy? By Luke Onyekakeyah
The frequent brouhaha overpricing of petroleum products together with the undefined issue of subsidy shows that there is no policy that guides the operation of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Anything goes seems to be […]
Issues/Policy
Amos Fagbamiye And The Anglican Diocese of The Trinity, USA By Jacob K. Olupona
When, on Sunday, September 6, 2020, the congregation gathered at the Anglican Cathedral Church of The Resurrection, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA for a thanksgiving service to mark the end of the last synod as the diocesan, […]
Law
Group Faults 2020 Legal Practitioners Bill By Ngozi Egenuka
The Justice Reform Project, a coalition of Nigerians across the legal profession have expressed concern over a bill proposed by the Body of Benchers to replace the Legal Practitioners Act CAP L11, Laws of the […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Unexplained Wealth And Anti-Graft Campaign
The desire expressed by former Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume for President Muhammadu Buhari to issue an executive order to curtail the increasing case of unexplained wealth in the country raises a fundamental question on […]
Government
No Adverse Effect With AstraZeneca Vaccine, Says FG
The Federal Government has said that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has no adverse effect. It said yesterday that it was monitoring reports from other countries on all coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, including AstraZeneca, which had […]
News
Nigeria Ranks Third In Global Unemployment Rate
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has been ranked third on a list of countries with the highest unemployment rate globally. The country’s unemployment rate hit a new record high at 33.3 per cent in fourth quarter […]
News
Okonjo-Iweala: It Was Buhari That Nominated Me For WTO Top Job
By Jemilat Nasiru Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has finally laid to rest claims that she was not nominated for the job by President Muhammadu Buhari. There was speculation on social […]
Issues/Policy
CAN Sues FG Over CAMA
By Taiwo Adebulu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sued the federal government over the implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020. On August 7, President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into […]
Life Style
Catholic Church Can’t Bless Gay Marriages, Vatican Decrees
The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church will not bless gay marriages since God “cannot bless sin.” According to Associated Press (AP), the Vatican’s orthodoxy office broke the news in a statement on Monday. […]
News
Nigeria On The Brink Of Collapse, Says Borno Senator, Ndume
The Senator representing Borno South District, Ali Ndume has lamented the rising insecurity in the country, stating that Nigerians don’t seem to understand the seriousness of the situation. Ndume also said the clamour for a […]
Politics
Nigerian Elites Have Failed Us — Archbishop Kaigama
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday, said the Nigerian elites have failed the country in all sectors. Kaigama disclosed this during his homily at St. Fabian’s Parish, Efab-Jabi in […]
Issues/Policy
Security Vote, Crime And Policing In Edo State By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku
Members of the community where I live did not start a vigilante group because the Nigerian minister of Defence asked us to protect ourselves. We decided to over the spate of robberies we were experiencing […]
News
Reps To Make B.Sc, HND Minimum Qualifications For Offices of President, Govs By Levinus Nwabughiogu
For purposes of proper governance, the House of Representatives is on the verge of enacting a law that would make first degrees in the form of Bachelors of Science/Art, B.SC/B.A or Higher National Diploma, HND, […]