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Global Shield Against Fraud: Onyinye-Gandhi Chukwunyere’s Fight To Protect The Vulnerable
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:10:42 +0000
LAGOS – Several Nigerians in Diaspora are making waves all over the world with their innovations which have revolutionised a lot of things in their countries of residence. One of such Nigerians is Onyinye-Gandhi Chukwunyere who has come up with a brilliant anti-fraud mechanism, especially internet fraud (cybercrimes), which has given the country a bad […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOEnablers Of Authoritarianism In Nigeria
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:58:09 +0000
Democracy is often cast as the antithesis of authoritarian rule — a beacon of liberty standing firm against the shadows of oppression. Yet, history tells a more intricate tale. Authoritarian regimes rarely storm the gates; instead, they slip quietly through the corridors of power, emerging not as abrupt usurpers but as offspring of the very […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPONigerian Newspapers: Top Stories For Today (24/03/25)
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:56:16 +0000
Read the full details on our digital edition when you join our WhatsApp Communities here. Here are the major headlines for today: Nigeria’s 2025 Budget At Risk Over Low Oil Prices, Production Decline… Setbacks May Pose Challenge To Economic Stability — Analysts… Say Nigeria May Struggle To Meet Its Revenue Targets Telcos On Path To […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOHaunting Echoes Of A Sage (2)
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:42:11 +0000
By: Sir Henry Olujimi Boyo (Les Leba) first published in January 2019 Intro: Last week this column republished “Haunting Echoes of a Sage” An interview by Tayo Odunlami, that outlined the disparities between Nigeria’s economic history and current economic state. (See www.betternaijanow.com for this series and more articles by the Late Sir Henry Boyo) This […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOSERAP Sues Tinubu Over Suspension Of Fubara, Rivers Lawmakers
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:18:12 +0000
LAGOS – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over the suspension of democratically elected governor, deputy governor, and members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State while exercising his constitutional powers to proclaim a state of emergency in the state. DAILY The suit is brought by […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOIGP Egbetokun Warns Against Illegal Detention
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:06:42 +0000
LAGOS – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to members of the Nigeria Police Force regarding the importance of respecting the fundamental rights in the context of pre-trial detentions. The IGP emphasised that adherence to legally stipulated detention periods is not only a legal obligation but also a […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPORivers Emergency Rule: Pro-Democracy Coalition Urges ECOWAS Action
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:01:43 +0000
ABUJA – A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), urging urgent intervention over what it describes as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s moves to undermine democracy in the country following the recent development in Rivers State. In a letter addressed to ECOWAS […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOThrow Away The 2025 Budget, Get Ready For Worse
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:00:58 +0000
“Eggs in one basket…. Since 1973, Nigeria has been putting almost all its eggs in one basket – the basket labelled Crude Oil. Since the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, introduced by President (General) Babangida, rtd, governments had been warned regarding the dangers involved in being a mono-product economy. Every government made the right noises about […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOCan Small Businesses Help The Economy At This Time?
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:56:30 +0000
The number of small businesses keeps growing in the formal and informal sectors of the Nigerian economy, due to the role of small businesses as the live-wire of any economy and the backbone of major developed economies the world over. Though Nigeria rely majorly on oil and revenues derived from it, from context observation the […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOExplosion Rocks Gas Facility In Rivers As NGO Urges Probe
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:53:08 +0000
Barely one week after the declaration of a state of emergency, an explosion has occurred at Soku oil facility in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. While the cause of the incident was not immediately known, it comes barely a week after an explosion occurred on the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo, Gokana […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOWhen Tinubu Played Trump
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:49:31 +0000
Last week, President Bola Tinubu finally showed to Nigerians where his sympathy lies in the long-drawn battle between the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike and his estranged godson and governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara. Apart from the President and his benefiting All Progressives Congress (APC) party goons, everyone else knows who the aggressor […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOExcitement As Fubara Attends Special Prayer, T hanksgiving Service
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:46:58 +0000
PORT HARCOURT – There was excitement on Sunday as Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, attended a special prayer, worship and thanksgiving service at Salvation Ministries Headquarters, GRA, Port Harcourt. The governor was accompanied by top politicians, major stakeholders, elders and leaders of the state, and associates to express gratitude to God for His love, […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOFuel Tanker Explodes In Niger, Razes Filling Station
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:39:59 +0000
A fuel laden tanker on Sunday went up in flames at A.A Rano filling station located at Hannun Riga, near General Hospital, Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. This is as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged filling station owners to provide fire safety measures to […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPOTelcos On Path To Recovery, Garner 14m Subscribers In Five Months
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:28:09 +0000
After a few years of lingering challenging conditions hampering their operations, hope of recovery seems to be smiling on telecom operators in the country. The recent approval by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of a 50 percent tariff increase for service providers after years of agitation over the rising operation costs is expected to give them […]
View Products VC Ozigbo NNPONigeria’s 2025 Budget At Risk Over Low Oil Prices, Production Decline
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:20:19 +0000
…Setbacks May Pose Challenge To Economic Stability — Analysts …Say Nigeria May Struggle To Meet Its Revenue Targets Nigeria’s 2025 budget is facing major risks as declining oil production and falling global crude prices threaten the country’s revenue projections. The budget, which sets an ambitious crude oil production target of 2.06 million barrels per day […]
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