The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO), UNICEF and World Food Programme(WFP) said the economic hardship, climate change and violence in the Northeast region are projected to push 33.1million Nigerians into food insecurity in 2025. A statement issued by Chi Lael, Head of Communications and Media, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), N...
•ASUU President, Prof Osodeke President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has raised an alarm, saying most Nigerian universities are on the verge of shutting down over unbearable cost of administration. He criticised the federal government which repeatedly questioned the deployment of Internally Ge...
•Ghana police in a scuffle with protesters Ghanaian police said they had arrested 42 demonstrators in the capital, Accra, after clashes erupted during protests against economic hardship and the government’s handling of illegal mining, known locally as “galamsey”. The protests, organised by the group Democracy Hub, began on Friday and were set ...
•Governor Biodun Oyebanji Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved a work-from-home arrangement for civil servants in the state. This was announced in a statement by Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s special adviser on media, in Ado Ekiti today. According to the statement, the arrangement is aimed at further cushioning the effect of the...
•Osun-Osogbo Festival ends with low turnout The annual Osun-Osogbo festival is both a religious and cultural event that attracts thousands of tourists, as well as adherents from across the globe but the 2024 edition reflected the present economic realities in the country. Apart from international tourists that grace the event in their hundreds...
The Imam of Al-Habibiyah Islamic Centre (AIC), Abuja, Fuad Adeyemi and the Founder/Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE), Hamza Lawal have urged Nigerians to reconnect with Allah, trust and pray to Him as He (Allah) is the Only One that can change the situation of things. Adeyemi and Lawal made the call recently in Abuja […]
•Afe Babalola The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has expressed worry over the effects of economic hardship on lawyers in the country. Babalola stated this today during the 13th edition of the Annual Aare Afe Babalola Public Bar Lecture, instituted by Ado-Ekiti branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),...

