Nigerians wail as foodstuff prices surge across the country post COVID-19. And the government has refused it the needed attention . At least 9.2 million people in Nigeria faced a crisis or worse levels of food insecurity between March and May this year amid armed conflicts, COVID-19’s effects and climate change, the UN Food and…
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, a former Peoples Democratic Party senator, accused of the N3.6 billion Niger Delta Development Commission contract scam, has joined a gale of defectors into the ruling All Progressives Congress. Mr Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC leadership by…
A medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma has been arrested in Auchi, Edo state, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling drug- laced cookies and biscuits through her online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen. NDLEA director Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi in a statement revealed that, following intelligence and surveillance, narcotics officers…
Every 20th day of the month marks the remembrance of an unascertained number of youths killed by the Nigerian government, looking at the circumstances that directly led to the sporadic shooting by the Nigerian army and some cover-up tactics that were evident. October 20th, 2020, many patriotic peace loving Nigerians matched to the streets to…
Thirty-six-year-old Rahmon Azeez was full of life on Wednesday and nothing suggested that death loomed. Saturday PUNCH learnt that he just got a visa to travel to the United States of America to see his wife and twins, who he had never carried physically since they were born abroad. He arranged for his wife to…
Anyone that listened to the interview granted by the maximum ruler of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai can safely conclude that the man is not only heartless, but lacks conscience and empathy for his fellow human beings. I don’t want to talk about the senseless demolitions, retrenchment or astronomic increament of fee in all the State…
The State of the Nation series at GovernMEND holds this Sunday, 5:30pm. Our invited guest for this month is not just a youth but a policy maker. Hon. Adewumi Adeyemi, representing Obokun and its environ at the State Assembly will be sharing his robust analysis of the general state of things in the country. Issues…
The police boss said those who collected the money from the governor were 23 in number, out of which only N114,290,000 million could be recovered since that time. The Nigeria Police Force says about N114 million out of N360 million bribe for the 2016 bye-election results allegedly offered by the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike…
The wife of the Osun State Governor, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, gathered hundreds of women on Wednesday In Osogbo, the state capital, for a prayer programme that gulped millions of naira as directed by the Nigerian Governors’ Wives Forum. Kafayat, whose husband, Gboyega Oyetola, has not paid pensions of workers who retired as far back as…
Introduction: There are several fundamental human rights in Nigeria. Fundamental human rights are contained in the constitution of Nigeria and as such are also constitutional rights. So, a change or alteration of fundamental human rights requires a constitutional amendment. Although fundamental human rights are sacrosanct, they are not absolute and impeccable. There are some fundamental human…