Armed forces requires 200 million rounds of ammunition yearly and it'll cost government N600 billion – Defence Minister

Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammed Matawalle, has said that the Armed Forces of Nigeria requires 200m rounds of ammunition annually for its operations, costing the government at least two dollars per ammunition.

If we truly want to see Nigeria rise again, the church must return to its roots of preaching the values of hard work - Osinbajo

Former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has called on churches in Nigeria to shift their focus from preaching prosperity and wealth accumulation to instead emphasising the importance of peace, productivity, and community development. 

Saving Dangote Refinery from the “Nigerian Factor”

If all was well, Dangote Refinery, the world’s largest single-train, 650,000 bpd capacity oil refinery, would have reached its peak production by now, and our fuel energy challenges might have considerably eased off.

Reasons Nigerians are hungry –Audu Ogbeh

Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has given reasons Nigerians are currently suffering of hunger and starvation in the country...Rates Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari, Tinubu presidency. Asks President Tinubu to revoke the 1998 ECOWAS agreement allowing cattle from other countries to graze in Nigeria. 

Beyond Supreme Court’s verdict on LG autonomy

You would notice the heat among state governors since the Supreme Court judgment of Thursday, July 11, 2024, which granted financial autonomy to the local government areas (LGAs). The discomfort is not unusual but, rather, expected.

Political greed and Local Government Autonomy

The Supreme Court’s judgement on financial autonomy for local government is a victory for democracy. It is also a victory for true federalism which most Nigerians yearn for. It is indeed a welcome development that the caretaker committee arrangement, which is strange to the 1999 Constitution, will no longer be used to choose officials of the local governments.

Welcome to ‘Feudal Republic of Nigeria’ - Dele Farotimi

A substantial part of the headline for this engagement is not original to us but lifted from an intervention by Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and robust public affairs analyst, where he took a different position to the excitement by many on the recent Supreme Court judgment that granted autonomy to the local government areas.