Lisa Town: The neglected tourist Haven
Lisa is a town located in a suburb between Sango axis to the South, Ijoko axis to the east bound of Lagos and to the West end of Ifo. It is under Ifo local government and as well Egba settlement.…
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Increased awareness as tool for checking COVID-19 spread
Stakeholders in healthcare sector observe that the effects of COVID-19 on humanity have affected every sphere of human endeavours such as in education, economy and health, among others. Mrs Sarah Gimba, a medical practitioner in Abaji community of Abuja, notes that…
NGX closes 2021 with 6.07% growth despite fragile economic performance
The Nigerian stock market opened trading in 2021 with great expectations, having been adjudged the best globally in 2020 with a return of 50.03 per cent. Operators and analysts had predicted a positive outing for the stock market in 2021,…
Illegal mining as threat to national security
The Federal Government inaugurated a 14-member National Taskforce Committee to draft a framework that would guide mining activities in the country. The committee is chaired by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno. Part of the committee’s terms of reference…
Curbing sexual abuse via educating children on proper names of genitals
Some parents are in the habit of not teaching their children the proper names of penis, vagina and breasts. Instead of penis, they teach their children to say ‘pee pee,’ ‘tom tom,’ ‘jolo jolo,’ ruler, among others. Instead of vagina, some parents will teach…
Anambra governorship election: A post mortem
The peaceful conduct of the Nov. 6, Anambra governorship election has proved that democracy has come to stay in the country. Prior to the election, there were threats by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that the election would…
New pathway to Nigeria-Cote d’Ivoire bilateral relations
Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire, two of the biggest contributors to ECOWAS’ Gross Domestic Product, are basking on the euphoria of revivified bilateral relations. The two big players in West African economy reactivated the Nigeria-Cote d’Ivoire Binational Commission. The maiden edition…
Boosting agricultural production in Nigeria via technology transfer
Unarguably, agricultural technology transfer plays major role in transforming agricultural production. It facilitates the movement of skills essential for improving farm production. George Mgendi, Mao Shipping and Cheng Xiang, authors of “A Review of Agricultural Technology Transfer in Africa: Lessons…
Money-saving apps changing Nigerians’ saving culture
In decades past, saving was done majorly through conventional methods (putting money into different places or things) or ‘Kolo,’ as it is popularly known in Nigeria, but now Money saving apps are gaining popularity fast. Taking advantage of technology, saving…
State-of-Democracy @ 61: More forces tearing Nigeria apart than uniting the Giant of Africa
By Moses Adeniyi Discourse over Nigeria’s independence has since the jubilee celebration in 2010 cotinued to assume topical dimesions. The generation of traffic of political reactions may not be unconnected with the course of thoughts on the awakening of consciousness…