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IN the 1980s and 1990s, in tandem with the disastrous structural adjustment policies (a major cause of global poverty), privatization stunted government’s capacity to deliver affordable services to a generation of individuals who couldn’t afford […]

Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his bank accounts have been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is facing a seven-count of‎ criminal breach of […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday introduced levies on churches, mosques, and other business organisations in the state. These levies, according to the state government, were imposed as part of efforts to generate […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has freed British scholar Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison last week for spying. Hedges, 31, was released on Monday after he received a presidential pardon, Aljazeera […]

FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has identified changing demography driven by rapid growth in population, stagnant and in some cases retrogressing agricultural productivity as challenges that the country needs to worry about, at the just […]

Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, in this interview, speaks on the state of the nation among other issues. Excerpts: How did you emerge as the Oba of Lagos? Any genuine prince from the day he […]

A new report, ‘Knowledge is Power’, has revealed that an estimated 9.4 million people who are infected with HIV virus are not aware. According to the report, released by UNAIDS, 75 per cent of all […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says pictures of his mock coffin displayed in the media during the anti-fuel subsidy removal protests of 2012 traumatised his aged mother who had lost eight children. Jonathan said this in […]

The combination of tightening global financing conditions, which has resulted to capital outflows in the country, the elevated global risk aversion, 2019 election uncertainties and high services payments are likely to put pressure on the […]

The Presidency and the Industrial Training Fund on Tuesday said that the Federal Government and its agencies could not provide jobs for all Nigerians. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and […]

Embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he has no plans to resign, sounding defiant after a rough year for the social platform. “That’s not the plan,” Zuckerberg told CNN Business when asked if he […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday disclosed that in every 10 users of grid generated electricity supplied by the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria, nearly six of them, representing 57 per cent, […]

Commercial activities were grounded in some parts of Lagos metropolis on Monday as trucks blocked highways. The areas affected are Iganmu, Costain Roundabout, Ijora, Funsho Williams Avenue and other areas on the Lagos Mainland. The […]

Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Lagos State has said that the traffic gridlock around Apapa Port may linger for a while. Omege disclosed this to the News Agency […]

Oyo State Government has begun rebuilding Yinka Ayefele’s Music House which was demolished on August 19, 2018. The house is also the office for Ayefele’s Fresh FM station. The Oyo State Government carried out the […]

Labour yesterday requested that all processes leading to the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage should be completed next month. It also vowed not to accept anything less than the N30,000 recommended by the Tripartite […]

Birthright citizenship has become a subject of debate after the United States president, Donald Trump, announced his plans to terminate the right to citizenship for babies born on US soil to non-citizens. Interestingly every few […]