Many Nigerians did not pay much attention to the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2022) released in May, which stated that Nigeria was one of 10 countries with the highest number of people in food crisis. The report, which covered 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory, was emphatic that 12.94 million […]
Leading presidential candidates for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections have condemned the alleged extrajudicial killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem by a trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi. Five of the candidates agreed in separate statements on Monday that the Nigeria Police Force must be immediately reformed and sanitised to end cases of […]
Labour Party has appointed Mr Akin Osuntokun as the Director-General of its Presidential Campaign Council. This is contained in a statement issued by Head of Media, Obi-Baba Ahmed Campaign Organisation, Diran Onifade, on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osuntokun succeeds Dr Doyin Okupe who recently stepped down as […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has charged presidential candidates to tell Nigerians the truth about the state of the nation, instead of promising immediate results. Ezekwesili, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm said regardless of who emerges president next year, immediate results may […]
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar and Chairman of Senate, Prof. Florence Obi, has announced the appointment of two female Deputy Vice Chancellors (DVC’s) of the institution. The announcement is contained in a release signed on Monday in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel Egbe. The two DVC’s are: […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged a plot to rig him out of office in the 2023 governorship election in the state. He said those trying to do so using federal might will not succeed because President Muhammadu Buhari won’t give in to such. The governor made the remark on Sunday when […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has condemned the shooting and killing of Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, a lawyer who was allegedly shot and killed by a policeman attached to Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah, Lagos State. In a statement on Monday, the IGP, who described the incident as unfortunate and sad, ordered speedy […]
The United States government has announced a project to strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of the NDLEA as well as its intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this on Monday in Abuja. He added that the support was from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International […]
Members of the 9th General Assembly of the World Water Council (WWC) have elected African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) into the Board of Governors (BOG) for 2023 – 2025. The BoG will promote water as politics and a means to render services to release and sustain the global sustainable development agenda. The WWC, […]