World AIDS Day (WAD), marked yesterday, December 1, 2022, again drew attention to the disease and highlighted the need for accelerated efforts in its control. What do the records say? Although it claims a reduction in HIV/AIDS deaths and new infections across the country, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) estimates that…
The federal government of Nigeria has announced that the number of people living in poverty in Nigeria is as high as 63% of the country’s population. Is this a new report? This was disclosed on Thursday, during Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey, where President Muhammadu Buhari was represented by his chief of staff Prof….
The Federal Government has announced plans to provide mortgage loans to Nigerians living abroad. What’s the objective of this? Projected to be launched before the year ends, the FG’s plan is aimed at providing opportunities for Nigerians living abroad to access needed funds for the purpose of acquiring properties in the country, and without having…
Barely three months to the general elections in February and March of next year, the political ambition of some prominent politicians in both the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, and the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP are already being threatened by the judiciary. Who are the politicians Involved? Following the conclusion of primary elections by…
As the National Assembly intensifies its effort to scrutinize the 2023 budget proposal of the various Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, the House of Representatives Committee on National Population Commission, NPC, and the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has rejected the 2023 budget proposal of both agencies over the disparity in…
As the “Japa Syndrome” continues to gain momentum in our national conversation and more Nigerian professionals, in the medical and tech ecosystem, emigrate abroad, in search of greener pastures and better working and living conditions, the country may soon experience a full-blown brain drain. A recent study by the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors, NARD,…
Nigeria’s exploratory activities in the country’s north and a purported discovery of one billion barrels of crude oil there are both causing grave concerns among stakeholders. What are the concerns? Stakeholders have raised questions about the development’s secrecy amid transparency concerns. More than a year after the news of the discovery of a billion barrels…
Four months from now Oyo state electorates would be at the polls to elect their preferred candidate for the governorship seat. More than 10 candidates are in the race for the March 11, 2023 election, including the incumbent governor Seyi Makinde who is seeking a second term. Makinde’s runner-up in the 2019 edition was Adebayo…
The State House Permanent Secretary, Tijjani Umar, has lamented the inadequacy of the N7.2b allocated for the ‘maintenance’ of the Presidential Villa in the proposed 2023 budget. How much would be enough? Umar would like to have as much as N40b for the State House as it was in the 2022 budget. The N7.2b was…
There is hardly anyone who has no idea of the word monarch, given how long it has been in the existence of man and society, and how ubiquitous it is. Irrespective of language, culture, geography, or any other consideration, people – everywhere in the world – have one thing that is common in their histories,…
