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Chris Chinwe UlasiEditorialsEducationNewsNigeria Must Not Put Schools on the Front Line of Pandemic without life-saving measures

Chris UlasiAugust 8, 2020

Federal and state government authorities should be leading the way in modeling pro-life values that put people’s health, safety and lives first. ______________ Despite the fact that Africa’s most populous country is third behind South Africa and Egypt as COVID-19 most impacted in Africa, schools across Nigeria are being asked to resume in-person classes. Daily assurances intended to ameliorate citizens’ anxiety caused by uncertainly about the pandemic can only go as far as bridging the...

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Chris Chinwe UlasiEditorialsNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Power Deal with Siemens May Resuscitate a Beleaguered Buhari Administration

Chris UlasiAugust 1, 2020

This development will come as tremendous relief to millions of Nigerian who suffer from highly inadequate power supply to their homes or businesses. ______________ Something with potentially major transformative significance happened in Nigeria this week but it’s not getting much notice. It’s about power supply and electricity generation.  Obviously, this is not the kind of news that goes viral on social media or mainstream media. But it happened. And though President Mohammadu Buhari was never...

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NewsNigeriaScience & TechnologyFG Awakens to the Benefits of Funding and Encouraging Indigenous Inventions

Chris UlasiJuly 25, 2020

Research and technological innovations are key ingredients of national development which are reflected as vital indices of the country’s economic vitality and overall wellbeing.  Successful nations are able to make this important connection in the research and development nexus.  And since scientific research can take number of years to complete, funding from the government greatly affects scientific research. During this time period lot of financial support is required as there might be lot of expensive...

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NewsNigeria14 IDPs Killed, 1,250 Shelters destroyed by fire in Borno

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

No fewer than 14 persons were burnt to death with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge constituency in Borno, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Thursday. Gimba said that 15 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, while property including foodstuffs was destroyed by the Thursday...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaUPDATE: COVID-19: Second Patient in Enugu Recovers, Tests Negative

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

The second COVID-19 patient in Enugu State has been discharged barely 24 hours after the first patient was released. The Commissioner for Health, Associate Prof Ikechukwu Obi made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Enugu on Thursday. The commissioner said that the patient had recovered and tested negative to the Coronavirus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that one patient had been discharged....

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CoronavirusCrime & SecurityNigeriaLockdown violation: FCTA Convicts 20, Begins Clampdown on ‘Joggers’

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

The five mobile courts reactivated to try violators of the lockdown order in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday convicted no fewer than 20 violators. Mr. Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Movement Restrictions Enforcement Team, announced this in Abuja while giving an update on the level of compliance with the regulations put in place to control the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Attah explained that the convicts were fined between N1,000 and N5,000, adding that those...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Active Cases Now 277 as Total Number Hits 442

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

Novel  Coronavirus active cases in Nigeria are now 277, with the majority in stable conditions, as the total number of cases rises to 442. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Thursday night through its verified Twitter account. It said that by 10:20 p.m. on April 16, there were 35 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in four states  – 19 in Lagos, nine in FCT, five in Kano State and two in Oyo...

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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest 4 Suspects Over Mrs Funke Olakunrin’s Murder

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

The police on Thursday said they had arrested four suspects over the murder of Mrs. Funke Olakurin, daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Leader of the PAN-Yoruba Social Cultural Organisation, Afenifere. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested on April 4 during a follow-up action on a case of high profile armed robbery and kidnap that occurred in Ogun. Mba said...

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CoronavirusCrime & SecurityNigeriaLockdown: Lawyers Urge Security Operatives to Fish Out Personnel Involved in Alleged Extrajudicial Killings

Chris UlasiApril 16, 2020

The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged security operatives to fish out personnel involved in alleged extrajudicial killings during the March 30 to April 13 COVID-19 lockdown in the country. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, National Coordinator of COPA, stated that the alleged extra-judicial killings by security agents had continued to rise more than the COVID-19 death. Olajengbesi stated that reports by the National Human Rights Commission...

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