THE Food and Agriculture Organisation, an arm of the United Nations has predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030. The prediction came in the wake of Nigerians experience severe…
Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as ECG Sudarshan, earned a name for himself in the field of theoretical physics. The scientist, born in 1931, was an Indian American theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas. Despite…
TWO former Shell employees, whom the prosecution described as leaders in a conspiracy to misappropriate gas oil from the oil giant’s Pulau Bukom facility, pleaded guilty to multiple offences in the High Court on July 2. Muzaffar Ali Khan Muhamad…
Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one can safely say that this year marks…
FROM the track records of Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, his appointment into the hitherto moribund National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) is well deserved. Given his pedigree, experience and previous positions, expectations are high that…
Spain’s national team survived a huge scare to knock out Germany from the Euro 2024 after 120 minutes of a thrilling encounter. Ahead of the quarter-final clash at the MHPArena, Spain were seen as the favourites to win the match even though…
THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the Police Command in Kaduna state has arrested four suspected vandals who were caught destroying transmission towers installed in some parts of the state. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs made…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says construction of the ECOWAS community institutions’ headquarters will not only stand as symbol of unity but serve as hub for collective endeavors. Tuggar disclosed this at the meeting of Ad-hoc Ministerial Committee…
THE Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has affirmed that reforms implemented by the Tinubu administration have led to renewed investor interest in Nigeria’s mining sector. Giving the keynote address at the Nigeria Middle East Investors Expo and…
THE ongoing quest for the creation of Anioma State, championed by Senator Ned Nwoko and supported by the Anioma people, is not merely a political ambition but a profound aspiration rooted in decades of historical, socio-cultural, and political consciousness. This…
