Plane crash: NAF buries officers
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday in Abuja, buried its personnel who died in the Beechcraft King Air B350i crash on Feb. 21. The […]
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NOA urges religious leaders to enlighten followers on health seeking behaviors
By Chimezie Godfrey The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says religious leaders ought to lead the process of ensuring the survival of the world’s needy children […]
Tambuwal: Sokoto Hisbah Is constitutional
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has explained that the new Hisbah Commission in the state should not be perceived as a […]
Project Nigeria’s image, uphold standards that bring back honour, Buhari tells Ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja urged Ambassadors-Designate, Consuls-General, Charge’ D’ Affaires Entitre to continually project the strengths of Nigeria, showcase priorities of the government […]
Can This Grandmother Save The World? By Azu Ishiekwene
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally announced the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General this week, a Swiss newspaper received her with […]
NDLEA, Shippers Council collaborate for better service delivery at the ports
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, have agreed to collaborate on ridding the Nigerian Ports of criminality, […]
Service Chiefs nominees promise to improve nation’s security
The newly-nominated Service Chiefs of the Nigerian Armed Forces on Wednesday in Abuja promised to improve the security architecture of the country. Speaking […]
WTO: ACF congratulates Okonjo-Iweala
Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as Director General, World Trade Organisation, WTO. A statement signed by […]
Lagos signs MoU with German agency on skills development for youths
By Chimezie Godfrey The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a German Development Agency, GIZ, on human capacity development with […]
‘Contest of all against all’: Beyond the blame game of insecurity in Nigeria
By Ismail Misbahu “Absence of fear” is a phrase with only three capturing words used by Dr. Siddique Abubakar (of the Center of Democratic Development […]
FEC approves N9.4bn to complete digital switch-over
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N9.43 billion to complete the digital switch over, which had […]
$500m: SERAP asks World Bank to publish documents on funded electricity projects
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr David Malpass “to exercise the Bank’s prerogative to release archival records and documents […]
Finding the Genius in Everyone, By Osmund Agbo
”Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the […]
Challenges for New Service Chiefs, By Dakuku Peterside
The military institution is one of the most important state institutions in Nigeria and indeed anywhere in the world . Apart from their traditional […]
Former Daily Trust MD Hails Kogi West Lawmakers
Former Managing Director of Daily Trust newspapers and Akogun of Ife-Olukotun, Alh Isiaq Ajibola has applauded the efforts of the two lawmakers in his constituency […]
Army; Change of guard as Buratai hands over to Attahiru
By Chimezie Godfrey The outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai says he is leaving a transformed Nigerian Army as he hands […]
Human trafficking, crime of great magnitude — NAPTIP boss
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says human trafficking is a crime of great magnitude which affects mainly women and […]
Remembering Nigeria’s Journalism Pathfinder, Stanley Macebuh
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Dr. Stanley Nkwachikwelumamaya Macebuh was a rare breed in the freshest sense of the term, a charge of fine […]
Otedola, Dantata, other Nigerians pre-order Dakuku’s book
Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola and Founder of MRS Group, Alhaji Sayyu Dantata are some of the first set of Nigerian business leaders to pre-order the […]
My Journey To COVIDOM, By Babafemi Ojudu
It took a lot of self persuasion to decide on a trip to Ado Ekiti on December 18 to attend the funeral of my friend’s […]
Let’s unite, make Nigeria great — Senate President
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has called on Nigerians to put their tribal, religious and political affiliations aside and unite to make the nation great. Lawan […]
ASUU and Indeterminate Power Struggle – The Boko Haram Logic, By Salihu Moh. Lukman
My younger friend and former colleague, Kabiru Danladi Lawanti, who is now a lecturer at Department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, […]
First National Theatre Festival of Unity, a great initiative — Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has commended the General Manager, National Theatre, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Ododo, for organising the first-ever Festival […]
Time for better strategies to secure Nigeria, By Atiku Anubakar
The abduction of a large number of students at the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, is a very unwelcome escalation of the […]
Nda-Isaiah: A monumental loss to the nation – Mark
Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has described the death of the publisher and chairman of Leadership Newspapers Dr. Sam Nda-Isaiah […]