Salaries and allowances for political office holders have always been problematic in Nigeria. In 1979, as soon as the National Assembly was inaugurated, the first debate they had was fixing their remuneration and as a consequence, the Nigerian Labour Congress under the leadership of...

…Officers Pay N2m For Promotion ...Officers Urge Buhari To Probe Promotions A strange combination of dejection and a spirit of rebellion now pervade the air around the paramilitary agencies of the Federal Government under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and directly superintended by the Civil Defence,...

Prior to now, agriculture used to be considered as the nerve of every nation’s economy and Nigeria was not an exception. However, what used to be the pivot for growth and development in the past has suddenly been neglected because of oil boom. Godwin...

Few months ago Nigerians were told by the Finance Minister that Nigeria was not broke but now it is evident that Africa's richest economy is borrowing money to pay salaries as it struggles through a "difficult cash crunch" brought on by halved oil prices,...

With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combating hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional outcomes for young children and pregnant women, and boost climate-smart agriculture that can withstand a...

The latest xenophobic attacks on foreigners by South Africans have generated outrage, and condemnation from different parts of the world. Xenophobia has become an endemic attitude as South Africans continue to attack and foreigners and destroy their businesses. Several other Africans have lost their...