Opinion

Buhari, travel ban and the Nigerian Project

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2018 0

One of the issues that have dominated the political space in the past few weeks is the travel ban on fifty Nigerians by the Federal Government. This is a fall out of the Executive Order 6 signed by President Buhari recently as part of instruments to tighten the noose on looters of our

News

Shi’ites vs Army: Christian group tells Nigerian govt, others to call IMN to order

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2018 0

The Young Christian Forum (YCF), Abuja chapter, has condemned activities of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi’ites in Abuja and it’s environs. Activities of the Zaria based Islamic sect have become a serious threat to the freedom of other citizens within and outside Abuja in recent times. Several persons have lost their […]

News Nigeria

Synagogue: Structures without planning permit can regularize papers – Witness

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2018 0

A Fellow with the Nigerian Institute of Town Planner, Mr. Adebisi Adedire on Thursday told a Lagos High Court, Igbosere that those who built without planning permit or developmental permit in the state can regularize their papers even after erecting their structures in the future. The witness, who was subpoena by the court via a […]

Politics

2019: Don’t be swayed by fake promises, group tells Nigerian electorates

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2018 0

A political group, Advance Progressive Forum (APF), has called on Nigerian electorates to be watchful as they prepare to cast their votes for their preferred candidates in the 2019 presidential election in the country and not be deceived by promises from candidates of the various political parties, but rather to be sure that whoever they […]

Business

$8.1bn row: MTN in discussion with Nigerian officials

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2018 0

Telecoms firm MTN says it is holding talks with Nigerian officials to find a “mutually acceptable solution” to a dispute over the alleged transfer of 8.1 billion dollars. MTN made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Johannesburg. MTN said that further announcement on the issue would be made in due course. “Shareholders are […]

Politics

2019: Obasanjo, other politicians making scapegoats of Nigerian electorates, Monsgr Ukah

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2018 0

Humanitarian enthusiast and radical priest of the Catholic Liturgy, The Very Reverend Monsignor Livinus Ukah has reacted to the political storm in the country forcing past and present actors into making sharp moves to sustain their ambitions. Speaking at a parley with journalists at his parish house, St. Alphonsus, Aboru, Ipaja in Lagos, the clergy […]

Headlines Health

Brain drain: 5,405 Nigerian-trained doctors, nurses working in UK hospitals

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2018 0

Stakeholders in the health sector have lamented that no fewer than 5,405 Nigerian-trained doctors and nurses are currently working with the British National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (U.K.) Speaking during a news conference with a theme titled: “The Diaspora as Nigeria’s Brain Gain,” one of the stakeholders, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor, Director, Policy

Business

SON, ASTM sign MoU on Mutual Cooperation at ISO General Assembly

Ihesiulo Grace 8 October 2018 0

A Nigerian delegation led by the Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Osita Aboloma Esq. was among global participants at the 2018 General Assembly of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland where SON signed a Memorandum of Understanding with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). According

Editorial

2019 polls, vote buying and good governance

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2018 0

Since 1999 when the current Nigerian political dispensation came into being, the system has gone through many processes. At the beginning, just as it has always been experienced in the nation’s political past, elections were more or less war situation in the country, when tension in the land rise to high heavens because of the […]

Editorial

Senate as retirement home of ex-governors

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2018 0

That the Nigerian political space is fraught with all manner of challenges is not debatable. It is one area where the lily-livered dare not thread, in fact, the Nigerian political arena is one place where even angels fear to tread. But despite the dangers believed to be inherent in it, one noticeable trend is that […]

Business Headlines

Nigeria’s foreign debts now $22.08bn, domestic N15.63trn

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2018 0

Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as at June 30, 2018 showed that the country’s foreign and domestic debts stood at $22.08 billion and N15.63 trillion respectively. Further disaggregation of Nigeria’s foreign debt showed that $10.88bn of the debt was multilateral; $274.98m was bilateral (AFD) and another $2.12bn bilateral from the Exim Bank of […]

News Nigeria

NIM boss calls for strong institutions, national transformation

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2018 0

The President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management, Olukunle Iyanda, FNIM, on Monday in Kano, called for principled leaders and stronger institutions which would lead to national transformation. Iyanda made the call during a two day National Conference organised by the Institute in Kano with the theme, re-engineering Leadership for National

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Police parade 14 suspects for theft, vandalism

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2018 0

The Nigerian Railway Police Command, on Monday, paraded 14 suspects that specialize in railway property theft and vandalism within some parts of the Eastern Corridors of the Nigerian Railway. Parading the suspects in Enugu, Mr Henry Njoku, Area Commander in-charge of the Eastern District Police Area Command, said that the suspects included two policemen, who […]

News

Nigerian appointed into Paris-based Information, Democratic comm

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

A Nigerian, Professor Hauwa Ibrahim has been appointed into the Paris-based Global Information and Democracy Commission. According to a report by Arnaud Froger, Head of the African Desk, Reporters Without Borders, the Global Information and Democracy Commission, which is Co-chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General,

Opinion

Dankwambo: A true inspiration for the youth

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2018 0

Although many so called young people that have assumed leadership positions in the country have turned out to be huge disappointments of what the Nigerian youths have been clamouring for, the case of Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo is positively different. From the age of early 40s when he assumed the enviable position of Accountant General […]

Business Headlines

How 2019 uncertainty, others affected banks investment in August

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2018 0

…Banking shares drop by 8.64% on NSE …Late filing of results affected 2 banks shares-Analysts Following slow growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 1.50 per cent in second quarter of 2018 as against 1.95 per cent recorded in the first quarter of 2018, and uncertainty surrounding the 2019 general elections , not less than […]

News

Nigerian youths can do better – IYF Chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2018 0

The Nigerian Chairman of the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) an affiliate of the South Korean Non-Government Organisation IYF, Reverend Williams Kim has expressed believe in Nigerian youths, stressing that with the right mentorship, majority of the societal ills will be eliminated. The IYF leader also stated that the government can do more in helping to […]

Editorial

Direct primary, an idea whose time has come

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2018 0

The Nigerian political space is daily evolving with new ideas, development and initiative by key players aimed at making things better, yet daily people have reasons to complain about things in the practice of politics in the country that gives them concern. Why many believe that things will get better with time, it is a […]

Opinion

Patient Rights Bill and Its Implication for Nigerian Healthcare Reform

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2018 0

The new Patient Bill of Right signed into law by the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo last week demonstrates in clear terms the present Administration’s resolve to reform the nation’s healthcare system for the good of all. It also demonstrates the progress being made in making qualitative healthcare service available to all Nigerians […]

Politics

Iwunanyanwu, Ihedioha back Atiku’s 2019 Presidential bid

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2018 0

***he will be fair to Igbo people as president – Iwuanyawu The Presidential aspiration of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar received a major boost on Wednesday as a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu described him as an intelligent leader, a true Nigerian […]