FCT, Lagos, Other Artisans To Receive N30,000 Grant – Presidency       The Presidency on Tuesday said the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 330,000 artisans across the country under the Economic Sustainability Plan has commenced. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity,...

Curbing Fake News on Social Media: A Necessity By Abbas Badamasi     In a simplest definition, fake news is untrue information presented as news. According to Wikipedia, it often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through advertising revenue....

Airlines Resume, Seek Release Of N27bn Bailout         Local airlines, yesterday, resumed skeletal services following last week’s disruption by the EndSARS protests and the attendant curfew imposed by the Lagos State government. The demonstrations, which had forced some foreign operators to suspend flights, resulted in grounding of...

Lekki Massacre: Fake News, Anarchy and the Rest of Us By Yushau A. Shuaib What we have learnt from history, including World Wars, civil wars and communal conflicts are what others are failing to learn from, as newer cycles of history unfold before our eyes. It...

Dangote Seeks Total Ban On Tomato Importation       The Managing Director, Dangote Tomato Processing plant in Kadawa, Kano State, Abdulkarim Kaita, has called on the Federal government to put a total ban on the importation of tomato paste into the country. He made the call while flagging...

A massacre without dead bodies By Salisu Na'inna Ɗambatta     The misapplication of media power for the mass distribution of content, enabled by the pervasive nature of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) via the world wide web, has manifested in Nigeria during the so-called EndSars protest. And...