REPORT: FG Pledged Net Zero by 2060. 42 of 62 Oil Companies Had No Climate Plan in 2023
In 2021, Nigeria made a pledge to reach net zero by 2060 but two-thirds — 42 out of 62 — of the oil companies in Nigeria audited by the National…
Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Staff Killed by Zoo Lion
A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, killed Babaji Daule, a 35-year-old zoo worker, on Saturday. Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer…
FG Launched Citizens App to Track Ministers’ Performance. 5 Months After, It Is Useless
When the federal government launched its Citizens’ Delivery Tracker App in April, it promised Nigerians the opportunity to view ministries’ deliverables and key performance indices. This move, it said, would…
FG Launched Citizens App to Track Ministers’ Performance in April — It Is Useless
When the federal government launched its Citizens’ Delivery Tracker App in April, it promised Nigerians the opportunity to view ministries’ deliverables and key performance indices. This move, it said, would…
OPINION: Hail to the (New) Chief Justice
When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu was one of the best known political godfathers of his generation and certainly one of the most disruptive in…
Lion Kills Obasanjo Library Zoo Staff in Ogun
A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, killed Babaji Daule, a 35-year-old zoo worker, on Saturday. Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer…
‘One Doctor to 30,000 Patients’ — Kano Medical Practitioners to Embark on Indefinite Strike
The Kano State chapter of the National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners has chosen October 1 to begin an indefinite strike due to unfavourable working conditions and…
LIVING ON BORROWED TIME: How Nigeria’s Unchecked e-Waste Is Poisoning Residents, Environment
Nigeria has become a dumping ground for electronic waste (e-waste) from developed countries due to its booming market for fairly-used electrical and electronic equipment. The country’s inadequate waste management infrastructure…
SmartCash PSB Customer’s N99,846 Disappears After ‘Upgrade Issues’ Deactivation
On June 12, when SmartCash Payment Service Bank (PSB) first told Tawa Iyanu (real name withheld), an Oyo State resident, that her account would be deactivated for an upgrade issue,…
EFCC Arrests Campus Reporter, 46 UDUS Students in Morning Raid
#Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested a campus journalist and some other students of the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, (UDUS) on Saturday. The EFCC officers invaded…