By Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recently, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said that it would launch three new national identity cards for 104 million Nigerians nationwide. According to NIMC, the three new cards are a bank-enabled National ID card, a social intervention card, and an optionalContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In February 2024, the mass media was awash with reports of the arrest of Bassey Idio for currency racketeering by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The 59-year-old ‘naira trader’ was apprehended following intelligence andContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the lush fields of Nasarawa State, 43-year-old Mrs Mariamu Jubril was tirelessly nurturing crops that sustained her family. However, a silent battle raged – one that would test her resilience. Jubril recounts how it all began with a persistent fever accompanied byContinue Reading
U.S. gifts Nigeria lab equipment for disease outbreak emergency responseContinue Reading
By Martha Agas, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Across the globe, there is growing awareness regarding the need to transit from fossil fuel- dependent energy to sustainable, renewable sources. However, to achieve this, there are sets of critical minerals that need to be supplied regularly to the global market. TheyContinue Reading
By Chijioke Okoronkwo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The discourse on safety of genetically engineered crops categorised as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is heating up globally, including Nigeria. Just recently, the Federal Government approved the commercial release and open cultivation of a new maize variety, Tela Maize, a genetically modifiedContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh In 2003, the World Values Survey reported that Nigeria was home to world’s happiest people. The study, which was carried out over a period of three years showed that Nigeria beat no fewer than 65 countries to claim the top spot. More than two decades after, theContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh It was a hot Wednesday morning, July 21, 2001, an accident had just occurred in the upscale Mabushi District of Abuja. Accidents occur everywhere in the world, but there is something unique about this one. It sent a top-ranking minister and his beloved bicycle crashing into aContinue Reading
By Tunde Rahman Delivering a keynote address at a well-attended National Spokespersons’ Summit and Awards on March 26 in Abuja, former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority, Prof. Tonnie Iredia, was excellent as he articulated what should constitute the critical success factors in the work of a spokesperson. The summitContinue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) From the early years of Nigeria’s route to into nationhood when Order in Council (London) made laws for it as a Crown Colony, politicians have strived to produce a constitution that meets the citizens’ aspirations. Right from Clifford Constitution (1922) to RichardsContinue Reading
