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BENEATH the swirling wave of protests on the streets of the country is the oppressive and spiking cost-of-living crisis. From Niger to Osun, and Kano to Ondo, hungry Nigerians are trooping to the streets to express their anger over the ...

The federal government recently inaugurated a 37-member tripartite national minimum wage committee with a directive to ensure that their decisions are rooted in social justice and equity. That, in our view, is noble even if naïve. Furthermore, the committee was ...

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited Nigeria on Tuesday as part of a four-nation diplomatic shuttle, including Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola, to discuss diverse issues and strengthen bilateral ties. Discussions with President Bola Tinubu ...

Today is the ultimate determinant of who continues to stride the corridor of power in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. For Bayelsa, Governor Douye Diri is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with former Governor ...

The 6 September 2023 judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) was honestly not unexpected. While the judgment did not come to me as a surprise, what rather jolted me was the manner in which it was framed: it ...

Water is an essential nutrient that living organisms, including humans cannot do without, hence, optimal hydration is a key component for good health. Studies have showed that water accounts for about 60 per cent of an adult’s body weight. With ...

Recently, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in one of his last significant official engagements before exiting office tomorrow, May 29. An initiative of serial entrepreneur and Africa’s richest man, Aliko ...

Today, on World Malaria Day, the world has the opportunity to reflect on the progress made towards defeating one of the deadliest diseases of our time. According to the 2021 World Malaria Report from the World Health Organisation(WHO), Nigeria contributes 27 ...

Recently, Comrade Joseph Ajaero, was elected as the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero, who until his election was the general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). He emerged as the consensus candidate at ...

Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that 42 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country in two weeks from December 31, 2022, to January 13, 2023. The cases were recorded in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, ...