January 10, 2023
Nigeria: Controversy Surrounds AMAA Founder Peace Anyiam-Osigwe's Health
The news of the death of the founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe was rife on Tuesday morning following posts from colleagues. Read more »
January 07, 2023
Nigeria: Real Estate Key to Sustainable Development
There is no doubt that these are truly challenging times. The slowdown in global economic activities, occasioned by both the impact of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis, have… Read more »
January 06, 2023
Nigeria: NGO Seeks Free Internet Access to Maximise Benefits of Education Technology in Nigeria
A non-governmental organisation based in Kwara State, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), has said free internet access remained a strategy to enhance and maximize… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerians Must Wake Up in 2023
Monday Philips Ekpe writes that citizens should now initiate the process of salvaging Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Gaming Industry Regulators, Operators Echo Definite Expectations for 2023
Nseobong Okon-Ekong asked key stakeholders what players, stakers and the general public should expect in 2023 from the gaming industry. Read more »
Nigeria: 'If the Patient Dies, Kill the Doctor'
Monday's statement by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that one of its members, Uyi Iluobe, was murdered by relatives of his patient at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State is a… Read more »
Nigeria: Standardising Private Universities
The authorities should impose minimum standards Read more »
January 04, 2023
Nigeria: NNPP National Chairman Advises Parties, Candidates to Accept Outcomes of Elections
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufa'i Ahmed Alkali yesterday charged political parties and their presidential candidates to accept the outcome… Read more »
January 03, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Agricultural Sector Surged By 18.33% in Three Quarters of 2022
Despite incidents that shaped the nation's agricultural sector, the food sector witnessed significant growth that ushered fresh hope for farmers in 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: 27 Days to Retirement of Old Naira Notes, Central Bank Urged to Intensify Awareness
Barely 27 days to the deadline issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the return of the old N200, N500, and N1, 000 banknotes following the currency redesign programme,… Read more »
Nigeria: Emefiele's Alleged Terrorism Funding - Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Demand Buhari's Intervention
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders' Forum (SMBLF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put his house in order and save the country from, "repeated, unwarranted national… Read more »
Nigeria: TUC Laments Sufferings, Hardship in Nigeria
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said Nigerians have been facing severe hardship with the hyper-inflation in the country. Read more »
December 07, 2021
Nigeria: Tackling Sanitation and Hygiene Challenges Beyond Policies
Omolabake Fasogbon in this report, writes about individual's quota to the quest to hygiene and sanitation challenge and expedite the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal six… Read more »
May 07, 2020
Nigeria: The Essential Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Tuesday, 5th May marked the 10th anniversary of the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. In this tribute, first published on 5th June 2010, his spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi… Read more »
April 07, 2020
Nigeria: Averting Drug Scarcity in Nigeria
For now, government should remove bottlenecks on drug importation Read more »
January 31, 2020
Nigeria: UK to Assist Nigeria in Retrieving Stolen Ife Bronze Head With Belgian
The United Kingdom has offered to assist Nigeria in retrieving the Ife Bronze Head, an antiquity stolen at National Museum, Jos in 1987 and found with a Belgian collector in… Read more »
September 01, 2019
Nigeria: Up-Close and Personal With Award-Winning Author, Ayobami Adebayo
Ayobami Adebayo was waiting at the Ouida House, GRA Ikeja in Lagos for the interview session. But the wait was not as long as the one which she endured for over a year after her… Read more »
August 02, 2018
West Africa: The Lake Chad Basin Problem
Any assistance to recharge the lake is welcome Read more »
January 15, 2017
Africa: 'Trump May Ask Duty-Free U.S. Exports to Africa' - Cohen
Ambassador Herman Cohen was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under George Bush (Snr.) and is now the chairman and CEO Cohen & Woods International, a Washington… Read more »
September 22, 2016
Nigeria: Nigerian Navy Acquires New Vessel From China
The Nigerian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) NNS Unity which was under construction in China has been completed and on its way to join the Nigerian Navy fleet. Read more »
August 08, 2015
Africa: Masai Uriji - Growing 'The Giant of Africa' Dream
Giving back to the society was always upper most in his mind, hence the idea of the Giant of Africa/Top 50 Camp Basketball where young Africans could develop their basketball… Read more »
July 17, 2013
Nigeria: Kenyan President Seeks UBA's Partnership On Development
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has unveiled plans to make Nairobi an international financial centre and had called on the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) to play a pivotal role… Read more »
June 16, 2013
Nigeria: A Mind in a Progressive State of Jubilee
Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's "Last Frontier" Can Prosper and Matter, By Kingsley C. Moghalu, Bookcraft, Ibadan 2013 Read more »
June 17, 2013
Nigeria: Moghalu - Africa Needs Economic Transformation to Prosper
The Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has stressed that Africa can only prosper through far-reaching… Read more »
September 14, 2011
Nigeria: Country to Overtake South Africa As China's Trading Partner?
Nigeria will soon overtake South Africa as China's biggest trading partner, Nigeria's ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China, Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali, told THISDAY in… Read more »