By Nkiru Nnorom United States government has indicted Nigeria for failing to meet minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, citing corruption, official complicity, and government failure to prosecute complicit officials. It also listed Nigeria among 14 countries recruiting and using child soldiers. This is contained in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons, TIP, Report, which…
***Exports grow as coking gas shortages persist***Stakeholders blame poor policy alignments, seek overhaulsBy Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Despite more than 200 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves and nearly two decades of multiple policies aimed at making gas the foundation of Nigeria’s industrial economy, the country continues to export more gas than…
***To engage commission today By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Demola Akinyemi, Egufe Yafugborhi, Peter Duru, Ike Uchechukwu, Emma Una, Luminous Jannamike, James Ogunnaike, Edwin Philip & Hadiza Yusuf POLITICAL parties and candidates whose names were omitted in the final lists of governorship and state houses of assembly contestants released by the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology,…
By Innocent Anaba Spokesman of the Dr Kasarachi Enyinna Michael Campaign Organisation, the National Democratic Congress, NDC, senatorial candidate for Abia South, Chief Emperor Ogbonna, has said there was need to have members of the party in the Senate and House of Representatives, to support Mr. Peter Obi if he wins the presidential election.He also…
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress, APC, his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenger, Ifeanyichukwuma Odii, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, candidate, Senator Paulinus Igwe Nwagu, are among 12 governorship candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2027 governorship election in the state. The final list, published…
Defending champions Rangers maintained their position at the summit of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following a 2-2 draw against Barau FC. Ifeanyi Okechukwu gave Rangers the lead seven minutes before the break. Barau FC rallied with penalty goals in the second half through Joseph Atule and Aliyu Sugau. Chidiebere Nwobodo, however, salvaged a…
•Family kicks against purported land lease to firm By Godwin Oritse Crude oil discovery has sparked a dispute in Okpe-Isoko community, Delta State, with the Adhakpor family rejecting a purported land lease agreement allegedly entered into with Sterling Global Limited for the exploration and development of the oil-bearing property. The Adhakpor family rejected a purported…
•About 40 abducted in one year By Nnamdi Ojiego The abduction of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Imo State has brought into sharper focus the growing danger facing young Nigerians travelling to or from orientation camps and places of primary assignment. The 20 graduates, who were travelling from Ibadan,…
•.as restructuring agitation resurfaces ahead of polls By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Olasukanmi Akoni, Dickson Omobola, Rotimi Ojomoye, Deola Badru Barely three months to the 2027 general elections, the controversy generated by the position of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, on the restructuring of Nigeria, yesterday, provoked mixed reactions from South-West and northern leaders,…
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