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Nigerians exposed to avoidable deaths via government irresponsibility – Catholic Bishops
By Millicent Onaga, Enugu
The Catholic clerics under the umbrella of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has called on the government at all level to rise to…
Privatizing state-owned public industries, legal – Gov. Ortom
Henry Iyorkase, Makurdi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has maintained that the advertised sale or privatization of government-owned enterprises is in compliance with the…
Nigeria has lots to learn from IBB – Chidoka
Praise Necherem
Former minister of aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka has said that Nigeria has a lot to learn from former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) and his…
Injustice, segregation driving Nigeria to disintegration– OAIC
By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu
A national leader of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, OAIC, and national director of research, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Bishop David…
Opposition to electronic election result transmission, unpatriotic, backward – Senator Ibrahim
Cyril Mbah, Abuja
A three-time governor of Yobe state, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim has expressed firm support for the rotation of the presidency to the south in 2023 and also backed the…
Turn to God for solution – Bishop Okonkwo, Umeojiaka to Nigerian leaders
By Chukwudum Ebele
The Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Orthodox Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Solomon Okonkwo, Venerable Dr. Sopuluchukwu Umeojiaka and others have advised Nigerian leaders to…
Nigeria being ruled without a legal constitution – Mbazulike Amaechi
By Lawrence Nwimo
Elder statesman and First Republic aviation minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has lamented that Nigeria, as a country, has been perpetually ruled with no legal…
Democracy under threat as Nigeria slips into autocracy – Don
Cyril Mbah, Abuja
A political scientist, Professor Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim, has warned that Nigeria’s gradual slip into autocracy under the present administration threatens the foundations…
Nigeria needs new constitution – Okowa
…We won’t abandon your memoranda -Senate
Delta state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, said Nigeria needed a new constitution, not amendment, to accommodate emerging issues of…
Why Nigeria’s leadership succession problems persist – Anyim
By Ruth Oginyi
Former senate president, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has identified underdevelopment and weak institutional reforms as some of the major challenges facing political…
Nigerians stronger, better together as one nation -Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians are better together and stronger in spite of occasional inter-ethnic tensions in the country.
The president made this known at the 12th Asiwaju…
Senate demands N299.9bn FCT statutory budget implementation
By Ben Adoga
The Senate on Tuesday mandated the FCT Minister to implement fully it’s 2021 Statutory Budget if N229,963,491,522.46.
This was at the budget presentation when the…
Ezekwesili demands Buhari’s governance capacity evaluation
Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, has demanded an independent medical evaluation of President Buhari's physical and mental capacity to govern Nigeria. The former minister made…
Nigerian economy is out of recession – FG
The Federal Government has said that the Nigerian economy is out of recession with 0.11 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in the last quarter of 2020.The Minister of State,…
FG spends over N50bn monthly on electricity – Minister
The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, on Tuesday has said that the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity.
Mr Aaron Artimas, Special Adviser, Media and…