Thirty-two years after, mystery of Dele Giwa’s death remains unsolved
THIRTY-two years ago, the landscape of journalism in Nigeria was thrown into disarray when the death of prolific Nigerian journalist, Dele Giwa was announced...
Nigeria ranks 115 among world’s competitive economies – Report
The World Economic Forum (WEF) released a Global Competitiveness Report on Wednesday ranking Nigeria in 115th place out of 140 countries that were examined.
According...
World Hand-washing Day: Nearly 60,000 under-five children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria yearly
Not fewer than 59,500 children under five in Nigeria die every year because of diarrhoea which is caused by dirty water, poor toilets and...
International Day for Disaster Reduction: What do you do when disaster strikes?
ON September 6, Obi Nwaegbo, an artist based in Abuja, watched in horror as the furniture in his sitting room vibrated, including the decorations...
UN scribe calls for elimination of death penalty
THE United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the death penalty and urged UN Member states to put an end to the...
Oxfam report: Nigeria ranks 157 out of 157 countries in inequality scale
Nigeria is the least among 157 countries on social spending, tax and labour rights.
This was contained in a report released on Tuesday at...
N55 billion budgets for 14 universities: How Nigerian state universities are poorly funded
FINDINGS by The ICIR show that only N55 billion was allocated to 14 state universities by their state governments across 12 states in 2018. This...
BREAKING: National Judicial Council approves the appointment of nine judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended one judge for appointment into the Supreme Court and eight Judges as the new Chief Justices for...
Osun Elections:Saraki,Tambuwal lead protests to INEC headquaters
PROTESTERS led by frontline leaders of the People’s Democratic Party including Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and...
Fresh killings in Jos
HOODLUMS suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Ariri community of Bassa local government area of Plateau State on Wednesday night.
The latest attack which claimed...
