The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said 95 million Nigerians need to enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN). This was revealed by the Head of Corporate Communications at the commission, Kayode Adegoke, on X over the weekend. According to him, for NIMC to meet the 200 million target by 2025, 95 million Nigerians ...
The other day, I was engaged in a controversial conversation with a close friend on a topic that centered on the licensing of more universities. My friend’s position was that the existing 274 universities in Nigeria are more than enough. He informed me that this has been the position of the Academic Staff Union of […]
•Catholic bishops The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have raised an alarm over the state of Nigeria, stating that the country is in desperate need of restoration. In a seven-point communique issued at the end of their meeting, the bishops addressed issues of national and church interest, reports Daily Sun. The communique wa...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has approved the payment of an additional one hundred and fifty thousand naira monthly allowance to all state-employed medical doctors. The governor gave the approval and immediate payment on Monday in his office, new government house, Abakaliki, when he received in audience the...
•Linda John For beautiful Nollywood actress, Linda John, marriage is scary and worrisome. Therefore, she’d rather stay single and have a baby for a billionaire than get tied down to a man for life. The Benue State-born thespian noted: “For this 2024, my New Year resolution is ‘no gree for anybody’. 2023 was a tough […]
•Erik Ten Hag Manchester United’s boss, Erik ten Hag, has said his side have to take responsibility and step up as they go into a Boxing Day clash against Aston Villa. Ten Hag’s comments come off his side’s recent abysmal showing against West Ham’s late strikes at the London Stadium, condemning them to an eighth […]
•Senate chamber. The Senate Committee on Labour today said that there’s a need for reorientation in the budget office, as the situation is not in tandem with the President Bola Tinubu administration. The committee raised this observation when receiving officials from the Ministry of Labour and Productivity and agencies for the defence of their...
•PM Rishi Sunak The UK government has unveiled a comprehensive five-point plan in a bid to curb immigration. Mixed reactions have trailed the plan, which encompasses various measures, such as prohibiting care workers from relocating with their families and increasing the minimum salary requirement for skilled worker visas. Pressure is mounting...
BOSEDE OLA-SAMUEL reporting One salient truth about man is that his greatest need is not sex, but respect. That is, what gets at a man most in life, especially in his marriage, is respect. Men have done the craziest things in life just to earn respect. When a man works like a jackal, one thing […]