Nigeria And The Hegemony Of Ideology By Simon Kolawole
We marked the World Water Day on March 22 with a damning statistic: over 60 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In simpler English, they get their water from unhealthy sources, such as streams and ponds. I will deliberately leave out the stinking statistics on the 47 million still practising open […]
Over 3,500 Children Recruited by Insurgents in Nigeria – UNICEF
The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, has raised concern over the number of children recruited and killed by non-state armed groups in Nigeria’s north-east region. The agency made this known in a statement on Friday ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok girls abduction on April 14. “More than 3,500 children, most of whom […]
IMF Urges Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria to remove fossil fuel subsidy and deploy savings from the scheme to fix social infrastructure. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave the advice at the opening of the ongoing World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC . She urged Nigeria to establish Social protection Safety Net to […]
Frequent Urination at Night, Sign of Hypertension-Report
A new study conducted in Japan has found that frequent nighttime urination, called nocturia, may be linked to hypertension and high salt intake. Nocturia is a condition in which people wake up during the night because they need to urinate. Common causes of frequent trips to the toilet at night include high fluid intake, sleep […]
The True Story Behind “Hotel Rwanda” By Franklin Ugobude
For about a hundred days in 1994, about a million Rwandans were killed in what many historians have referred to as one of the most devastating tragedies in human history. The mass tragedy that was orchestrated by the members of the ruling Hutu ethnic group began when a plane carrying the then president of Rwanda, […]
UBA Asks Court to Wind Up Sahara Energy Ltd Over N15bn Loan
The United Bank for Africa Plc, (UBA) has filed a winding up petition before a Federal High Court, Lagos against a Petroleum Resources company, Sahara Energy Resources Limited over alleged inability of the company to pay a debit of $42,282,430.49/or equivalent of N15,221,674,976.4. In a winding up petition filed before Justice Mohammed Liman on behalf […]
AFCON 2019: Nigeria In Comfortable Group With Guinea, Madagascar And Burundi
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in a “comfortable group” for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi in Group B The host nation, Egypt is drawn against DR Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe in group A. While the defending champions, Cameroon will […]
Ekiti Institution Scraps Non-existing Positions
The authorities of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti said they have acted to the government white paper on the recommendations of the visitation panel by scrapping the non-existing positions of the Senior Deputy Registrars and Senior Deputy Bursar. According to a release signed by the Acting Provost of the institution, Dr. Victor Segun Kehinde, those […]
Airport Fire: UK Company to Deliver Automatic Aircraft Firefighter Simulator
Nigeria is set to take delivery of an automatic aircraft firefighting simulator. The equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK has carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the simulator in the presence of top Nigerian functionaries, including the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The simulator, the first of […]
Only 12.5 Nigerians Have Access to Electricity – Expert
An energy expert, and Programme Officer, Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP), Justice Derefaka at the weekend gave a statistics of Nigerians enjoying electricity as 12.5 million out of the estimated 180 million population. Derekafa made this revelation at a two day workshop on gas flaring in Nigeria. which took place at the Parkview Astoria […]
