National Awards: FG to confer CFR national honour on Oba of Benin
September 25, 2022 The Federal Government has bestowed a national award of Commander of Federal Republic (CFR) on the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary…
Predicting Nigeria’s Collapse Is A Perennial Pursuit Of Us Think Tanks, Policy Experts – By Garba Shehu
April 25, 2022 In 2005, a US National Intelligence Council paper ‘Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future’ floated the idea there could be a military coup in Nigeria. At the time this…
Cholera: Nigeria records over 65,000 suspected cases, 2,141 deaths in 23 states – NCDC
Sept. 7, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3…
CPI: Nigeria Drops To 149, Worst Ranking Since 2015
Nigeria has recorded its worst rating on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index, CPI, since 2015. In the 2020 index released on Thursday, the country scored 25 out of 100…
Lassa fever: Kogi State records 9 cases, 4 deaths in 1 month
The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month…
VP Yemi Osinbajo in New York on a four-day visit to the United States, to discuss Nigeria’s economic prospects
Osinbajo and members of his entourage arrived the Sheltair wing of the John F. Kennedy International Airport at 12.38 a.m. local time (5:38 a.m.) and was received by the Nigerian…