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Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili on Thursday, January 24, 2019, announced her withdrawal from the presidential race to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 16, 2019 election. In a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Obiageli Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ozioma Ubabukoh, Ezekwesili was quoted […]
Nigerians know that we produce a number of Medical Doctors every year, but we couldn’t really put a number on it with nuance until now. However, even the low number is getting lower – Nigeria has a terrible rate of unemployment and terrible working conditions for employed people. For now though, the outrage is about […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly after its approval by the National Council of State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, confirmed on Wednesday that the bill was transmitted to the parliament earlier in the day. Enang, however, did […]
“The Minority Leader forgot he has election; a very tough one at that. And here he is forcing his immediate elder sister on the people because of selfishness and greed. You have been in the House of Representatives for good 16 years and staging a return for the fifth time and you know people are […]
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has ignored court rulings directing it to put a halt to the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen is facing six charges of non and fraudulent declaration of assets relating to his failure to declare a series of bank accounts, denominated in local and foreign […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of State on Tuesday. Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC General Secretary, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the council has no jurisdiction determining another amount after […]
Buhari and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar did not participate in the debate organised by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) and Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) on January 19, 2019. The campaign team of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has issued a statement explaining […]
Though Durotoye’s thoughts were well-coordinated and presented, oftentimes in the debate his answers looked like string of clichés . They often seemed perfunctory and regurgitated, a kind of straight-from-the-book stuff. Like when he said “I want a Nigeria where the son of nobody can become somebody without the help of anybody”. This starts as lofty […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerians to rise up and save the country’s democracy. Obasanjo also said that he has doubts that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be impartial during the 2019 general elections. The former President made this known while speaking to newsmen in Ogun state on Sunday, January 20, […]
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s foremost digital agricultural tech company founded by serial entrepreneur, Onyeka Akumah, has been effectively empowering farmers by providing farm input, training, finance and successfully increasing farmers’ income by an average of 80% since 2016 through their digital platform. Since inception, Farmcrowdy has empowered over 7,000 farmers across 10 states in Nigeria, has a […]