The resolution of the recent spat between the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, and her Finance, Budget and National Planning counterpart, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, over alleged N206 billion budget padding, through 'coded'...
It is common for Nigerians to bemoan the depreciation of the Naira as the handiwork of contrary characters bent on doing damage to the economy for their selfish interest. To the average Nigerian, the notoriously weak currency loses its...
A timely gesture by the Lagos State Government may have brought some relief to ailing former Green Eagles star, Henry Nwosu, members of his family and millions of football fans who have watched with anxiety as his health worsened...
The Ninth National Assembly is a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives, (Lower Chamber) and the Senate, (Upper Chamber) which was inaugurated on June 11, 2019 and will run its course until June 11, 2023.
The members of...
A recent disclosure on the fraud in the Federal Government’s Schools Feeding Programme made by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has put a spotlight on the transparency deficit that has plagued the scheme since inception.
While hosting members of...
The latest dimension to the suffering and hardship experienced across the 32 states devastated by flood is the recent warning by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) that floating corpses found in the affected states pose a serious risk to...
In the last few weeks, the Nigerian political space has reverberated with vitriolic attacks among the leading contenders in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Unguarded utterances by some of the major presidential candidates and their supporters have taken turns...
President Muhammadu Buhari broke an all-time record, last week, when he gave Nigeria's national honours and awards to a large number of ''deserving Nationals and Non-Nationals,'' who, according to him, had “distinguished themselves in the service of the nation...
Last month, Mr Andrew Onwudili assumed duty as the Director of Audit, Overseeing the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF). Onwudili’s appointment followed the retirement of the immediate past Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghaghu,...
Nigeria marked her 62nd Independence Anniversary on Saturday, October 1, 2022, with commemorative activities across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), while a military parade was held at the Eagle Square, Abuja . The special parade...