TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON THE NEED TO TACKLE THE MENACE OF ABANDONED PUBLIC PROJECTS IN NIGERIA. IT IS WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL DADA, A YOUTH CORPS MEMBER IN THE NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. Nigeria with her immense potential for socio-economic growth, underpinned by her vast natural resources, however has a reality that does not reflect…
By Michael Adeyemo Worried by the series of marriages collapsing prematurely, renowned cleric, Reverend Gbade Ogunlana has called for the incorporation of a legal framework into relationships to foster stability, commitment, and longevity of conjugal unions. Reverend Ogunlana popularly known as “Paitwo Wa” who was among the speakers, at the Home Front Marriage Seminar and…
Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun, has advocated for strong support, care and justice for victims of gender-based violence. Mrs Abiodun has therefore hailed the determination of the state government under the World Bank-supported Ogun State Economic Transformation Project to build a Sexual Assault Referral Centre at Ijebu Ode to provide a support…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone surgery following a brain haemorrhage caused by a recent fall, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in São Paulo announced on Tuesday. “The operation was completed without complications on Monday night, and Lula is doing well and under monitoring in an intensive care unit”, the hospital stated in a…
By Adebayo Yusuf Governor Seyi Makinde has opened the first world pensioners hospital, in Ibadan, Oyo state capital for public use. The hospital known as Sure Health Care Hospital Limited is owned by Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Oyo state council. Located at 4, Onireke GRA, along Ibadan North West local government secretariat, Agbarigo, Ibadan is…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has announced the approval of a licence for the construction of a new refinery. The approval given to a company named Process Design and Development Limited is to establish and construct a new 27,000 barrels per day refinery. It said the facility will…
The Nigerian Senate has admitted that there was an error in its earlier resolution asking President Bola Tinubu to sack Umar Danladi as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations of corruption and misconduct. The red chamber of the National Assembly, however, insisted that it did not invalidate its decision to sack the…
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the upgrade of the abandoned 3,250 hectares Eruwa Farm Settlement to an Agribusiness Industrial Hub would put Ibarapaland on the global agricultural map and create job opportunities. Governor Makinde stated this during the ground-breaking ceremony of the farm located in Eruwa He expressed optimism…