The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to extend the eased lockdown for another two weeks is to try and contain the spread of COVID-19, before the economy is fully reopened.Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, stated this during […]

The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office , disclosed this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, in […]

In order to cushion the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the citizens especially the less privileged, the Federal Government is mopping up the disbursement of N20,000 each to 2,100 targeted beneficiaries in Plateau State. The Target beneficiaries who are mostly vulnerable Women were seen being captured and the cash disbursed to them […]

FG vs. ASUU: Adamu Adamu, NANS Crackpotitude and the Slippery Slope of Politics By OM’ERANMUKAANDU Let me say that I am not being partisan in coming up with this, I am only being patriotic and objective as much as possible. My assessment is that it was, and still is, very sad and unfortunate that Nigeria […]

Dakwom M. Longgul Can heritage endure intact in the global age, or must it evolve to maintain its significance? The triple heritage thesis, originally articulated by Kwame Nkrumah and most persuasively advocated by Ali  Mazrui, embodies a resonance that profoundly encapsulates the postcolonial dilemmas encountered by Africa and Nigeria. The thesis asserts that the trajectory […]

A project verification team from the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has expressed dissatisfaction over the handling of the N734 million Barkin-Ladi Irrigation Scheme project in Plateau State. Sampson Eletuo, the Team Leader, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria after inspecting work so far done on the project, declared that project execution was “less than […]