Worried by the outbreak of Lassa fever in about 12 states in Nigeria which has recorded almost 400 suspected cases and claimed no fewer than 40 lives, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is making efforts to stop the disease from spreading to o...
The Director of Energy, Markets and Security, International Energy Agency (IEA), Didier Houssin, has said Nigeria would be among the oil exporting nations that would help to cushion the adverse effect of losses in the international oil market due...
Chevron said it has reduced the gas inferno in the Niger Delta region to a considerable level and that the fire would be extinguished in two weeks time. According to the company, it will achieve this in record time by channeling the burning gas i...
Despite being blessed with abundant human and natural resources, which are the basic ingredients for a prosperous nation, Nigeria, regrettably, suffers from resource curse. Industry chiefs, at the recently concluded 2012 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) confe...
Although everything appears to be going on well in the Nigerian power sector, economic and business permutations left open to the country on stable power supply suggest otherwise given the realities on ground. Ever since the launching of th...
Ever since oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1908 and its sudsequent exploration, it has taken a broad view, determined to play an important role in the oil industry, not just within the sub-region but globally. Overtime, oil money quickly became almost...
Is it possible to sell Fura da nono, a milky drink and survive with it? Our correspondents, NANNA SENKUR and ROSE OWOTA ADAH tell the story on how Fulani women are taking care of their needs from the proceeds of the product. Are they primitive? No, the...
In this piece, Patience Ivie Obhafuoso identifies lack of enlightenment, positive orientation, adequate mobilistion and national values as some of the factors that lead to the inherent challenges of social transformation in a heterogeneous nation like ...
Music is something worth enjoying and those that make this happen are the DJs. But for Donalee Areguamen, the first DJ in Abuja, who has been in the business for about 25 years, it is a way of life. He has helped many people to achieve their drea...
Many youths are groaning and languishing in penury as they continue to wait for a white-collar job, and fail to see opportunities in trades they tend to look down. John Aju narrates how he got to this point of comfort as he speaks with GABRIEL EWEPU. T...
‘I think gossip is one of the most destructive things people do in life. Many reputations are destroyed because someone feels insecure and wants to make other people look bad. The folks who gossip with the intent to make someone look bad to other...
The Chairman of Kwali area council, Mr. Joseph Shazin has appealed to the National Assembly to provide legislation to review the revenue sharing formula in the country. This he said is to ensure that more money comes to the local councils, to enable th...
The Chairman of Kuje area council, Hon. Danladi Zhin has flagged off a 14-day immunisation of cattle in the council. This is part of efforts by the council to promote hygienic meat consumption in the council. The chairman said the council decided to im...
The way we are treated here in this market, it is as if we are not part of Kuje area council, that is why we are left in this place to sell under trees without shops to protect us from rains and stormy weather, but what can we do? We must survive in or...
Professor Ibrahim Abdullahi Madugu is the Director-General, National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC), Jos. In this interview with Ruth Tene, he says with proper government attention, the solid minerals sector would contribute significantly to j...