,,,How our daily bread is becoming daily poison…WHO, FAO express concern…NAFDAC reads riot act to bakeries, threatens crackdownOur loaves are safe, go after quacks, PBAN challenges NAFDAC…Why we can’t do without bread — CitizensBy Clifford Ndujihe Over time, bread has remained a staple food consumed by most families worldwide, including Nigeria. It has emerged as…
Overthrown Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday in his first public comments since fleeing to Moscow that he wanted to keep fighting in Syria. In a statement posted to an official Telegram channel, Assad said Russia requested he leave Syria. He described his flight from Damascus as rebel forces closed in on the capital city, taking power with little…
EFFECTIVE policies require thoughtful design and an understanding of public response to their benefits and challenges. Nigeria’s current federal policing system is inadequate in addressing the nation’s diverse security threats, such as terrorism, banditry, cybercrime, and kidnapping. The call for state police has gained significant traction across regional and political divides, reflecting its necessity for improving…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it secured a $1bn loan backed by crude oil to support the coming on stream of the 650,000 barrels per day capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It also stated that the firm facilitated the $3bn Gazelle loan as a critical intervention to help stabilise the federation’s foreign exchange…
The Federal Government on Monday approved the 2025 budget proposal. This follows the Senate’s endorsement of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework 2025 – 2027 on November 22. President Bola Tinubu will present the proposed N47.96tn budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The exercise, earlier slated for Tuesday (today), was postponed to…
Electricity woes in Nigeria became compounded, especially in the last quarter of 2024, hampering President Bola Tinubu’s 15,000 megawatts target in four years. DARE OLAWIN explores how mounting debts, frequent vandalism, inadequate gas supply and incessant grid collapses plunged many Nigerians into darkness Nigerians’ hope for an improved electricity supply has continued to hit a brick wall,…
Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday. Merchan’s decision rejected one of several avenues that Trump’s lawyers have taken to try to dismiss Trump’s May guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying…
In a significant decision, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of Nigeria has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University. This announcement was made on December 16, 2024, by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, following a meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in…
On December 16, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria imposed a fine of N5 million on Ambrose Albert Owuru, a former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), for filing what the court deemed a “frivolous and vexatious” lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu. This ruling follows Owuru’s repeated legal challenges concerning the outcomes of…
Hamas Ready to Talk? On that day of great infamy, October 7th, 2023, the world woke up to the shocking news that Hamas had attacked Israel unprovoked, killing 1,200 people, and taking over 200 hostages. The world held its breath. How would Israel respond? Hamas had made an existential mistake. Israel is not quite what…
