Abdulrasheed Maina By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Malam Abdulrasheed Maina has said that he knew how to use his technical expertise and patriotism to recover the sum of ten billion US Dollars for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari within 30 days. Aliyu Musa,Media, aide to Abdulrasheed Maina, in …

President Muhammadu Buhari Aside from fuel, President Buhari also spoke on his readiness to pursue credible elections in Nigeria, warning that Nigerians who sell their votes should be prepared to be denied their rights. He said that it was the desperation of the political class that leads to compromising the judiciary to upturn legitimate decisions of …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Clifford Ndujihe, Anayo Okoli,  Udeme Akpan, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Mike Eboh, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dirisu Yakubu & Ediri Ejoh Hard knocks yesterday trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s justification of recent fuel price hike in Nigeria on the ground that neighbouring oil-producing countries of Niger, Chad and Ghana as well as Saudi Arabia in Middle-East sell …

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has estimated that Nigeria spends $5 billion to import foods annually out of which $1.5 billion goes to importation of milk and other dairy products. Permanent Secretary, FMARD, Abdulkadir Mu’azu, stated this at a workshop of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations Technical Cooperation …

The General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare has stated that we are in a nation where the blind leads the seeing. He made this known at an annual conference, The Platform, organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday. Speaking at the virtual event hosted by Poju Oyemade to commemorate the …

RevolutionNow Protest against bad governance in Nigeria at Maryland In Lagos yesterday. …DSS’ bid to disrupt Osogbo protest fails as Ataoja shows solidarity …Security arrests, releases protesters …Journalist brutalised, activists arrested as police disrupt RevolutionNow protest in Lagos …Sowore’s group march in Abuja against poor governance …Storms US embassy over insecurity …Demands Buhari’s resignation …SERAP condemns …

Former Emir of Kano and ex-governor of the Central bank of Nigeria, CBN, Muhammad Sanusi, said yesterday that those who claim to represent the interest of the country’s geopolitical zones were fighting for their pockets. Sanusi, who stated this at The Platform, an annual conference organised virtually by Covenant Christian Centre, led by Poju Oyemade, in …

…Nothing to show after 7yrs of privatization …Says downstream not deregulated because prices are fixed By Ediri Ejoh &   Joseph Oso The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday cautioned the Electricity Distribution Companies of Nigeria, DISCOs, to stop threatening to pull out of the deal they had with the federal government to provide the nation …

By Anietie Okon NIGERIA has metamorphosed from a fragment of unique entities, civilizations, traditional administrative and religious systems to a sovereign state slowly growing towards nationhood. Newswatch from its inception in 1984, has been nothing but; daring, objective, scrutinizing, and unprejudiced in its approach to journalism and news reporting in Nigeria. Newswatch, has been a tool …

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said yesterday the country recorded 2,080 road crashes in the second quarter of this year (Q2’20) with 5,535 Nigerians injured and 855 killed. The crashes were as a result of speed violation, wrongful overtaking and dangerous overtaking. In its latest Road Transport Data Report, the bureau …

…Call Akeredolu to order, ZLP tells security chiefs …lt’s blackmail, ZLP plotting to militarise poll – APC By Dayo Johnson THE Zenith Labour Party, ZLP,  has asked security chiefs in the state to call the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, to order over the spate of violence …

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) By Olasunkanmi  Akoni Leaders of Arewa communities in Lagos State have urged the Federal Government to grant Lagos State special status, lamenting the state’s diverse infrastructure challenges since Federal Capital Territory, FCT, moved to Abuja. Also, the leaders of Ndigbo in All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state have endorsed the APC …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed disagreement on comments reflective of a bleak view of Nigeria’s history. He said that despite the onerous challenges Nigerians faced and endured as a people, over the past 60 years, there was still reason to face the future with hope. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, …

The Academic Staff Union of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam campus, has denied opting out of the national strike by university lecturers. The branch Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Alphonsus Aniebo stated this at a press briefing in Awka on Thursday, while reacting to an earlier statement by a group of lecturers in the university, who …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo We have a future worth fighting for, Osinbajo tells youths As Nigerians, including public commentators reflect on the country’s journey to nationhood over the past 60 years, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has called on the youth not succumb to the challenges confronting the nation, noting that young Nigerians hold the key to a …

Mr Akinwunmi Ambode’s former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abdul-Lateef made the announcement in an independence day message to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. The former commissioner said his decision to resign was due to the rejection of his movement by some “close …

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Thursday lamented the leading position of the state in the number of children not attending schools in spite of the positive efforts of government in the Education sector. Speaking during a town-hall meeting in Bauchi, the governor said that the state had the highest number of out-of-school children …

RevolutionNow Protest against bad governance in Nigeria at Maryland In Lagos yesterday. The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arrested 30 protesters at various locations within the state for unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace during the Independence Day celebration. This indication is contained in press statement, signed by the …

By Chioma Obinna With 2018 WHO country profiles showing that Non-Communicable Disease, NCDs, accounted for 29 per cent of all deaths in Nigeria of which Cardiovascular Disease, predominantly hypertension was responsible for 11 per cent of the deaths, the Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, has urged Nigerians to take action to reduce the risk of heart disease …

By Owei Lakemfa KIGALI, the capital of Rwanda, is beautiful and clean with attractive hills and structures rising to salute a promising African country. However, the Kigali Memorial contains hundreds of skulls, including those of children. Many of the skulls had been fractured, revealing the brutal, bestial end they had met. These are the victims of …