The countdown to Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary was kicked off on Sunday, 26th September with a Sacred Cantata held by members of the Good News Baptist Church in Surulere. A cantata is a short musical work, with words usually based on a religious subject; in this case, Nigeria’s Independence. Performed by the Sanctuary Choir, resplendent Read More…
Pat Utomi says the new project is a movement, not a political party Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, has denied membership of the newly-formed Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP). On Tuesday it was reported in a national newspaper that a new organisation comprising the likes of former INEC boss, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Prof. Pat Read More…
The Nigerian Super Eagles beat an early Cape Verde scare on Tuesday to continue their dominance of Group C Africa Zone of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers. Possibly buoyed by a passionate dawn pep-talk by Air Peace’s Chairman, Allen Onyema, the Nigerian male football team in Mindelo beat hosts Cape Verde 2-1. The game Read More…
It appears the Nigerian economy has become the cynosure of all global economic eyes, as the International Monetary Fund may revise upwards its growth forecast for the country. Jesmin Rahman, the IMF mission chief to Nigeria, cited the country’s surprise exit from recession in the fourth quarter as a reason why its future projections of Read More…
When asked on Tuesday whether Nigeria would use the Sinopharm vaccine, the ED/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib replied that Nigeria was focusing on the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Dr. Shuaib said that even though the Sinopharm vaccine had been approved by NAFDAC “for emergency use”, Read More…
Under a new agreement, Russia is to provide Nigeria with military equipment and training of personnel. This comes after a military cooperation agreement which provides the legal framework for the supply of equipment and training of troops was signed in Moscow on Wednesday. The deal follows an expression of interest in 2019 by President Muhammadu Read More…
THE CIVIC SPACE IS shrinking by the day as my countrymen and women contend for the soul of the nation. Nigeria is pregnant. Veteran political midwives predict a long and painful labour. But they do not foresee a stillbirth as happened in 1993 under the watchful eyes of one former student of the redoubtable Eme Read More…
THREE NEWS-BREAKS, the re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB); the storming of the residence of Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, and the passing of the Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly — nearly consigned the seminal treatise enunciated by former President Goodluck Jonathan at the 13th Joe-Kyari Gadzama Read More…
The United States on Thursday condemned the Nigerian government for suspending Twitter and targeting individuals who use the social media site, including Nigerian broadcasters, and called for the African nation to reverse its decision. “Unduly restricting the ability of Nigerians to report, gather, and disseminate opinions and information has no place in a democracy. Freedom Read More…
In picture above: A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those countries, Read More…