The federal government appears to be exploring non-conventional means in its efforts to halt the continuous decline of the Naira’s value. Through what means? Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided the offices of black market currency dealers in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, arresting several…
Every day for the “Agberos”, but just one for the “danfo drivers”. That’s what Lagos commercial transport drivers, under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, JDWAN are telling the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government of Lagos state as they embark on a warning strike. What’s the story? Yesterday 31st October, commercial transport drivers…
The completion date for the second Niger Bridge has been postponed to the first quarter of 2024. What was the previous date? The bridge, whose construction started five years ago and which links Delta and Anambra States, was previously scheduled to be completed in October 2022. The Acting Federal Controller of Works in Anambra State, …
Lagos has again recorded another building collapse which the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA said resulted in the death of two males and two females, while one person was rescued. The ill-fated three-storey building located at Oye Sonuga street, Palm Avenue, Mushin, which residents say was built about 40 years ago, collapsed in the early…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the current biggest challenge to democracy in Nigeria is no longer guns but fake news, disinformation, and propaganda. He stated this at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation 2022 Peace Conference with the theme “Nation Building: The Role of Peaceful Elections in a Multi-Ethnic Context”, held in Abuja. Dr. Jonathan…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that a lack of confidence and trust in public institutions is responsible for the high cost of conducting elections in Nigeria. The INEC chairman disclosed this during an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE in Lagos. How does this affect election…
The Story Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of former Deputy-president of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has made a plea to members of the public to come to her aide over her kidney-related ailment. Is nobody willing to donate to her from amongst her family members? The 25-year-old said her family members were willing to donate their kidneys,…
In continuation of the implementation of the Nigeria Correctional Service reform approved by the Federal Executive Council in May 2017, Federal Government has expressed its resolve to fast-track the immediate completion of at least three out of the six 3,000-capacity mega custodial centers spread across the geo-political zones in the country. Minister of Interior, Rauf…
The Nigerian government has expressed concern over the threat of extinction of local languages in the country. What’s the threat? The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Segun Runsewe, expressed the government’s concern while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), as he noted Nigerians’ increasing preference for the English…
The federal government has signed an agreement with the United States government to facilitate the repatriation of another tranche of the Abacha loot. What’s the agreement for? There had been a series of negotiations involving Nigeria, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) over the return of this batch of…
