Food Poll
A big time foodie karmstyles once quoted “food is the most important aspect of life” Why don’t you tell us your most important meal of the day. [yop_poll id=”3″]
Author: Editor
World Bank lists Nigeria Among the first three countries with the largest electricity Inadequacy and default
The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. The bank disclosed … [Read more…]
DAAR Communications to Challenge NBC in court
DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that they will go to court to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission’s stance on the suspension of Twitter announced by the Federal Government once the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is over. They … [Read more…]
UNICEF budgets $10m to fight malnutrition in children
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) will, this year, spend $10 million to procure ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF). This is among the global agency’s efforts to combat disabilities and deaths resulting from acute malnutrition, especially among children across the country, Describing the RUTF as lifesaving, the UNICEF said Nigeria, with 17 million … [Read more…]
Prominent Nigerians Shun Twitter ban: El-Rufai, Akeredolu, Fayose, Adeboye, Kumuyi, Sani
Four days after the Federal Government slammed indefinite ban on use of Twitter, prominent Nigerians have continued to flout the order. Those who have dared the FG include Governors of Kaduna and Ondo states, Nasir El-Rufai and Rotimi Akeredolu respectively, former Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose and senators Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani … [Read more…]
Twitter Ban: An unnecessary detraction, an assault to basic rights,
TWENTY-TWO years after exiting military dictatorship, Nigeria is gradually but steadily slipping back into full-scale repression. Stung by the international shame accompanying Twitter’s removal of a repugnant tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the regime retaliated by suspending the operations of the microblogging site in Nigeria. The ban is rash, undemocratic and … [Read more…]
From the Archives: Battle of the Titans~Joe Nwodo vs Hyde Onuaguluchi
By Amah Baldwin Any time I came across Dr. Joe Nwodo, I remembered Dr. Hyde Onuaguluchi. I also remembered the titanic battle, the race to the Enugu Lion Building. All is now history. By his demise, Enugu state has lost a gem, a fang and a political colossus. Like Hyde Onuaguluchi, Joe was a gladiator. … [Read more…]
Banks to charge N6.98 for every USSD transactions.
Some banks have notified their customers that they will start charging them N6.98 for every USSD transactions. However, experts have said that excessive charges by banks could pose a threat to financial inclusion. According to them, it will increase cash transactions because many bank customers would avoid using the USSD for transactions … [Read more…]
Food Insecurity: A mammoth that needs to be defeated
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is exercising its power to reflate the economy through funding support for key sectors especially the agricultural sector. The Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme, Agri-Business, Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS), the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGSF) and other initiatives were introduced by the … [Read more…]
TB Joshua’s Death: The greatest way to use life is to spend it on something that will outlive it
Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, prominent pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), may have had premonition of his death as he reportedly made veiled reference to it in his last official outing at the church located in Ikotun Egbe, a densely populated Lagos suburb. Until his death, he ran the … [Read more…]
IPOB: FG ‘s ploy is to pave way for the eventual imposition of Fulani caliphate on South East people.
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, said nothing will stop the agitation for a separate state for Igbo as they are ready to leave Nigeria. Head, Membership and Mobilisation for IPOB in Australia, Kennedy Ochi, who stated this expressed the readiness of people of the South East and South South to leave Nigeria as … [Read more…]
A bleeding nation
In 1997, General Bashir Magashi was appointed a member of the Provisional Ruling Council headed by General Sani Abacha. It was the Council that was to decide on the fate of General Oladipo Diya, Major General Tajudeeen Olanrewaju alias Jasper, Major General Abdulkareem Adisa, Major Seun Fadipe, Colonel Olu Akiode and others. The 22 members … [Read more…]