#EndSARS Report: SERAP sues Buhari, seeks arrest of indicted security personnel

Justice Doris Okuwobi, retired, submitting the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as Human Rights Violations, on Monday November 15, 2021 to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High […]

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‘Seeds technology’ll reduce Nigeria’s $10b food imports, stem food insecurity’

May Hit 1million Metric Tonnes Of Seeds Nigeria’s worsening food insecurity, which has pushed the cost of food importation to over $10 billion and has escalated foreign exchange scarcity to a record high, may be significantly doused thanks to a new seeds technology. This was the enthusiasm shared yesterday in Zaria, at the coming of […]

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New Nigeria Air unsettles local airline operators, investors

Nigeria Air. Photo PM News Nigeria • Proposed Airline Yet To Apply For ATL, AOC Four Months To Takeoff. • New Addition To Bring Government-owned Airlines To Four • Employing 70, 000 Staff A Mirage – Mshelia • FG Becoming Regulator, Operator Unfair – Stakeholders The Federal Government’s newfound zest to float the controversial national […]

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Do Nigerian journalists have capacity to hold public officers to account?

By Martins Oloja Last week, I was summoned to Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, specifically to explain whether my team in Rutam House and my colleagues in the news media have any capacity to monitor governance and hold government to account in this age of the giants – that have disrupted the business dynamics journalism. […]

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Lagos explains 51 per cent allocation to capital projects in jumbo budget, says it will help economy

Financial experts say the N1.3 trillion budget of Lagos State government for 2022 has capacity to turn around the fortunes of the state. At the presentation of the Appropriation Bill titled ‘Budget of Consolidation’, last week, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said it would focus “obsessively on completing ongoing projects, while also expanding our social intervention programs […]

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Petrol subsidy removal may trigger social uprising, economists warn

Say N340 pump price will worsen inflation, shrink GDP Leading economists have warned that should the Federal Government implement its planned removal of fuel subsidy and N340 pump price increment, Nigeria risks social uprising that may be difficult to contain. They said families would experience increased pressure on disposable income, adding that more Nigerians would […]

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Season of deaths as metaphor for dysfunction in domestic airspace

Most air travelers rarely get to see or know what air traffic controllers do in the aviation sector, yet they play some of the most critical roles that guide aircraft movements on the ground, while airborne, as well as play an immense role in a safe landing. But with poor infrastructure, poor welfare, personnel burnout […]

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APC and quest to rid state chapters of crises ahead national convention

The Governor Mai Mala Buni led caretaker and extra ordinary convention planning committee (CECPC) can now heave a sigh of relief following the decision to convene the national convention of up the party in February next year. The decision, which is at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari in conjunction with the Governor Abubakar Atiku […]

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Wellbeing Foundation Africa fights childhood diarrhea in Kano, Sokoto

To combat diarrhea in Kano and Sokoto states, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Nutrition International have launched the field implementation component of the Wellbeing Africa Foundation-Nutrition International Scaling Up Zinc and LO-ORS project. In partnership with the Ministries of Health in both states, Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Nutrition International are targeting caregivers with messages promoting […]

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