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DEATH BY LEAD POISONING
The authorities should do more by creating awareness among miners Rich in mineral deposits including gold, Zamfara State first recorded a major lead poisoning epidemic in 2010 in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas, killing about 400 inhabitants,
Nigeria in a new Middle East, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
It was bemusing to read in the news that Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, an ostensibly “maritime security” coalition cobbled together by Saudi Arabia, along with 12 other
150 University Academic Projects to Receive N20m Research Grant
Oluchi Chibuzor and Jessica Erobomhan About 150 Innovative university academic projects at undergraduate and post-graduate level will receive N20m in the 2026 Grooming Centre University research grant. Speaking at the
The Ogbeni years: Reporting a politician to history, by Owei Lakemfa
There are not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an enigma. A politician that would not shy away
The economy is stabilising
By Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Nigerians should be honest enough to acknowledge progress when progress has been made and courageous enough to say when progress has not yet become
THE BONGA SOUTH-WEST APARO PROJECT
The project could reshape Nigeria’s energy oil future, reckons SALIHU ONIMISI After more than two decades of delays, negotiations and uncertainty, one of Nigeria’s most ambitious deepwater oil projects is moving
S/African Afrophobia: All eyes on AU
President Bola Tinubu was right to take South Africa’s recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks to the African Union (AU). Speaking for him at the AU’s 21st Extraordinary Session in Luanda,
Adoption of T+1 going on smoothly — SEC
By Peter Egwuatu The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said the adoption of the T+1 settlement cycle in Nigeria’s capital market is going on smoothly, describing it as a
SO FAR, SO HOPEFUL
FRANK TIETIE commends EFCC and its leadership Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been trending recently in the Nigerian media for good reasons. Even die-hard critics of President
ANAMBRA: A STATE’S CHEQUERED JOURNEY
What is today known as Anambra State used to co-exist with Enugu State as one state, with Enugu as its capital. But as the agitation for the creation of more
