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21 Jan
From 2015 to 2023, Nigeria allocated N3.2 trillion for electricity subsidies, and in 2024, an additional N1.6 trillion is projected to be spent. This accumulates to an electricity tariff shortfall of N4.8 trillion over a span of about nine years. Despite these substantial subsidies, the state of electricity supply in the country is deteriorating under…
15 Jan
Many companies, including local and foreign ones that are operating in the country, have put in place strange and illegal age-limiting policies that have ensured that countless employable Nigerians are deprived of job opportunities based on their age, regardless of their skills and competencies.
14 Jan
I’m declaring cult activities here as an act of terrorism… I have sounded a note of warning time past, I am resounding a fresh note of warning to all cult members, to their parents, to their landlords and to their sponsors
14 Jan
Olatunde Odunowo is a poultry farmer based in Abeokuta, Ogun State, who had invested over N500m into the business. As the practice in that line of business, he didn’t want to take risk, so, he approached an insurance company to indemnify
12 Jan
In ancient Rome, the phrase, “Hail Ceasar” was a constant greeting, and acclamation that was meant to show respect and homage to Julius Caesar, the famous Roman general, and statesman. That phrase eventually became a popular expression used to acknowledge someone grandly or respectfully.
7 Jan
The unrelenting massacre of Nigerians in the Middle-Belt States, particularly the most recent that took place on 23rd to 25th December 2023, has shown without any doubt that the government and security forces have failed in their responsibility as stated in Section 14(b) of the 1999 Constitution...
6 Jan
A consideration of that aphorism must have informed the solemn pledge made early this year by Mustapha Habib Ahmed, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the effect that NEMA will make sure Nigerians do not ever experience the devastation they suffered in 2022 when flooding ravaged many states
3 Jan
Factionalising parliaments is not new in Nigeria, but the legal effect of the resolutions passed by the party that are not able to form a quorum in its sittings has not been comprehensively tested, as such conflicts persist.
31 Dec
Ate (second name withheld), grappling with concerns about his health following a persistent illness, sought answers at the Premar Lab in Eleme. It was there that he received the sad news about the state of his kidneys.
24 Dec
In October, Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima, who also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) sat with manufacturers at the Agbara Industrial Zone in Ogun State to discuss how the zone could be electrified.
17 Dec
The lingering disagreement between the management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Oritamefa, Ibadan, Oyo State and De-Executive Suite – operator of the hospital’s guest house, located at the South Campus
16 Dec
The movie, Breath of Life, was on Friday, released by Prime Video, the streaming platform, into the waiting hands of many movie lovers, who had seen the thriller and had longed to the see the entire episode.

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