Osinbajo asks NIPSS to brainstorm on food security, climate change
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS) to plan, interpret and predict trends on food security, technology, climate change and other related phenomena. Osinbajo said on Thursday at the Presidential Villa while inaugurating the newly constituted 11-man Board of Trustees of the NIPSS Endowment Fund, chaired by […]
Army council promotes 122 to Major, Brigadier General ranks
The Army Council has approved the promotion of 122 senior officers to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General in recognition of their meritorious service to the nation. The promotion, comprising of 52 brigadier generals to the rank of major general and 70 colonels to the rank of brigadier general respectively, was approved […]
Nigeria’s Ambassador To Spain, Seriki Is Dead
The Nigerian ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki is dead. His death was confirmed in a statement signed by children on Thursday. According to the children, the former minister died on Thursday , December 15 surrounded by his family. “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that we announce the loss of […]
Nigeria’s envoy to Spain, Demola Seriki is dead
Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, is dead. The Lagos politician was said to have died in Madrid, Spain. He was aged 63. His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday. The notice said that he died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of the day. “It is with […]
Court Vacates Order Sentencing IGP to Prison for Contempt
A federal high court in Abuja has vacated the order sentencing Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), to imprisonment for contempt. On November 29, the court sentenced the IGP to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. Mobolaji Olajuwon, the presiding judge, convicted the IGP following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a […]
Chatham House to host Obi in January
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has been invited to speak on his action plans for Nigeria before the Chatham House in London. Obi, who is billed to feature on the platform, scheduled for January 16, 2023, in London, United Kingdom, would be the second presidential candidate in the 2023 general […]
Nigeria does not need a leader but a deliverer, says Oyedepo
The General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Thursday, said Nigeria needed a deliverer and not a leader. The cleric, during a sermon at the ongoing Shiloh programme at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, lamented the current security and economic crises, adding that he warned Nigerians in 2015 […]
LAS LAS! (Part II)
By Toyin Falola According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), 14.4 per cent of Nigerians abuse drugs, as reported in a June 23, 2021, article in the Vanguard Newspaper. The National Drug Use Survey conducted in 2019 by NAFDAC revealed that more than 10 million people consume cannabis annually. Over […]
The New CBN Policy and the Talibanisation of the Political Economy
By Adewale Adeoye The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says you can’t take more than N20,000 out of your own money in one day. Corporate groups that want to buy a fridge urgently won’t be able to do so. They need to wait for days. They claim they want every Nigerian to […]
ICPC Arrests, Detains D’banj Over Diversion N-Power Fund
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday confirmed the arrest and detention of singer Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banj. According to the commission, the music star was arrested in connection with the diversion of the N-Power fund. The N-Power is a scheme established by President Muhammadu Buhari on June […]
