•Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike Diplomats and dons yesterday advised Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to tread carefully and prioritize diplomacy in handling the ground rent issue with foreign embassies in order to maintain good relationships with the countries. The experts said the action had th...
•Children’s Day celebration in Nigeria As Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day, prominent voices across academia, civil society, and government have, in conversations with our correspondents, raised the alarm over the country’s worsening out-of-school children crisis, calling for urgent, coordinated interventions to rescue the nation...
Leading medical experts have warned that the excessive use of perfumes, deodorants and body sprays containing harmful chemicals could cause cancer to the users. In separate interviews with our correspondent, the internal medicine professionals explained that products containing harmful chemicals such as parabens, phthalates, aluminium and tric...
Though asthma is a long-term disease, asthmatics can live a life without having asthma if they avoid their triggers and comply with their inhaled medications. Professor Gregory Erhabor, an asthma expert, made this disclosure at the 2025 World Asthma Day celebration by the Asthma and Chest Care Foundation in collaboration with the respiratory u...
•A collapsed building Following the tragic collapse of a building in Ojodu-Berger, Lagos, built environment professionals have urged the Lagos State government to implement stringent regulatory reforms and embrace technological innovation to curb the menace of building failures. The experts called for the strengthening of the Lagos State Build...
The plan to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, by the federal government through the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to a private firm under the finance, rehabilitate, operate and transfer for 80 years has been described as ridiculous and mysterious in the global aviation industry. Aviation stakehold...
Nigeria’s quest to expand its economy to $1 trillion in the coming years is drawing scepticism, with experts warning that the target will remain elusive without bold structural reforms and a clear strategy to strengthen trade relations. The warning comes amid renewed concerns over the country’s economic trajectory, with fresh complications ari...
Despite the 22 million units of housing deficit in Nigeria, over N9 trillion worth of building projects are tied down in abandonment, experts in the built environment have said. Some of these projects lying waste across the states of the federation, experts said, were mostly abandoned housing projects initiated by the federal government’s mini...
•Tinubu The Tinubu-led federal government has initiated moves to increase its 2025 budget to N54.2 trillion, up by 9.1 per cent from N49.7 trillion initially presented to the National Assembly on December 18, 2024. A letter from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the National Assembly requesting the increase was read at plenary yesterday by the [&...
•Tinubu and Trump With the pause of billions of dollars in global funding to the United States’ health and education projects in Nigeria and other countries, experts have advised President Bola Tinubu to act fast to prevent an endemic of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The experts, Baba Yusuf and Etim Etim, were guests on Channels Television […]...

