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Every year, over 39,000 Nigerians die from road crashes, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates road traffic fatalities in Nigeria at 39,802, while the estimated rate per 100,000 deaths stood at 21.4. Findings have also shown that trucks are involved in the large number of those…
In recent times, the front burner issues in Nigeria have revolved around political restructuring. The clamour for restructuring of the federal structure dates back to the independence era. Since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, ethnic and religious diversities have always influenced political decisions. Both pre-independence and post-independence administrations have fashioned out different political structures for…
As the Continuity Bill that seeks to criminalise the abandonment of projects by governments passes its second reading at the National Assembly, there is a growing concern on how the law will be enforced. Presently, there is a Bill in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly seeking to compel governments at all levels to adopt planned development…
President Muhammadu Buhari got the first made-in-Nigeria phone, the ITF mobile, last Wednesday, June 10, 2021. While delivering the phones to the President, just before the Federal Executive Meeting, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, described them as the first-ever to be made in the country. The phone was one of…
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous for all economies around the world including Nigeria. The downturn in the Nigerian economy precedes the epidemic, however, as GDP per head has been on the descent since 2015. Presently, everything is now very expensive. Inflation is as high as 18%, while food is at 23%….
When General Abdulsalami Abubakar came to power in 1998, he set up a Constitutional Review Committee headed by late Honorable Justice Niki Tobi of the Supreme Court, who hailed from the South-South. The Committee, after touring the country stated in its report that based on the memorandums received, the majority of people in Nigeria were…
Following the recent ban on Twitter for being a platform where separatists and dissidents flow freely with hate speeches and violence, the Federal Government is now insisting that Twitter must be fully registered and licensed to operate again in Nigeria. The federal government is equally insisting that the company as well as all other social…
In Lagos, on Thursday, June 10, President Mohammadu Buhari launched the highly anticipated Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project. The project assets consist of $195 million worth of equipment that will be deployed in a coordinated effort to secure Nigerian waters along the Gulf of Guinea. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, June 10 2021 launched the Lagos-Ibadan railway project’s commercial operations at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebute Metta, Lagos, The President hailed the achievement as “another landmark in this administration’s drive to revitalize the railway system and establish it as a preferred mode of transportation for both passengers and…
On the 4th of June 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari instructed the Sports Ministry to team up with Nigerian Football Federation and come up with a 10-year National Football Master Plan for Nigeria. President Buhari gave the order when he received the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, and NFF President, Amaju Pinnick…
