Why SMEDAN’s committed to job and wealth creation, poverty alleviation, food security, improved entrepreneurship...
On 6th June, 2022, Mr Olawale Tunde Fasanya was appointed as the new Director General, Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
Without...
X-raying NECO performance under Wushishi
About 24 years after the establishment of the National Examinations Council (NECO), the name has become a household name in the area of examination assessment. In this report, FRANCESCA IWAMBE examines the feat recorded...
For the record: FG’s objection against SERAP suit over Twitter ban
Federal Government has filed a preliminary objection against the suit by SERAP and other 176 plaintiffs over Twitter ban in Nigeria.
But the ECOWAS Court has dismissed the preliminary objection and held that it had...
The Minister’s Code
There’s a growing feeling in high political circles that the media is too free for its own good, and maybe also, for the good of the country. As a result, there are attempts on...
Constitution, Prof Yadudu and matters arising
I have just read, to my utmost chagrin and dismay, a release authored by Prof. Auwalu Yadudu and currently trending in the social media. Yadudu titled his piece (which apparently represents his memorandum to...
Expectations as Buhari launches NLNG Train 7
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 be delivered on time so that the Train 8 project can commence.
The President spoke on Tuesday during the virtual groundbreaking...
How to be a Nigerian
How To Be A Nigerian was first published in the 1960s as a series of columns in the Daily Times. It became a bestselling book that was re-published in 1996. Almost six decades later,...
June 12 and the long night of the Nigerian media, By Lanre Arogundade
The media deserves a greater acknowledgement and celebration of its role during that historic period.
At a stage we constructed a cage at the secretariat of the Lagos council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists...
June 12: Our Stand
June 12 as Democracy Day represents the recognition of the late MKO Abiola- winner of the historic June 12, 1993 presidential election.
For us at The Ideal - Let’s embrace peace.
Buhari’s address at Ministerial Performance Review Retreat
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE FIRST YEAR MINISTERIAL PERFROMANCE REVIEW RETREATSTATE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020,  PROTOCOLSIt gives me great pleasure to welcome you...
You supported APC for your selfish interests, Ebonyi PDP replies Anyim
People’s Democratic party (PDP) Campaign Council in Ebonyi State, yesterday claimed the former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, supported the candidate of the All...
What I will do different in Kwara – 26-year-old lawmaker-elect
A 26-year-old lady, Rukayat Shittu, won a seat to represent Owode/Onire constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly. She spoke with AYOOLA OLASUPO...
Review Ogun governorship election results now, PDP tells INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the outcome of the Ogun State governorship election, stressing...
FG executes 1,375 rural power projects with N45.89bn
The Federal Government completed a total of 1,375 rural power projects in various communities across the country with the sum of N45.89bn within a...
Yoruba vs Igbo: The battle for Lagos by Simon Kolawole
During lunch with a Fulani friend some weeks ago, he sounded so relieved that power was shifting to the south with the election of...