By Omoshola Deji Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is giving humanity its toughest challenge since 1918 – when influenza killed more people than during World War I. Since its outbreak late last year in Wuhan, China, Covid-19 has infected over 3.3 million persons and killed more than 234,000 globally. The fatality keeps mounting as the virus is […]
Read MoreN111.2 Billion Research Budget A review of Nigeria’s 2020 Appropriation Bill by DATAPHYTE indicates that Nigeria earmarks a certain portion of its budget to research and development. In just five sectors, for example, more than ₦111.2 bn was budgeted for research and development in 2020. Realities across the world are pointing to the need for […]
Read MoreSecret Reporters The efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari, who out of concern for the people of the Niger Delta region, appointed an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to clean The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), conduct a forensic audit and make it more responsive to the people may have finally met a dead end after Nigerians […]
Read MoreSome call her Mama Calabar; some call her Mama Bakassi yet at the national level of our politics all know her as the political amazon of Southern Cross River State. So when my phone kept on ringing this morning showing her name I was wondering what tidings was coming my way. If only I had […]
Read MoreThe International Press Centre joins voices with Human Right bodies to demand that the charges brought against Kufre Carter, sports presenter with XL 106.9 FM in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State be dropped. We recall that Kufre Carter was detained by the Department of State Security agents over a leaked telephone conversation he had with a […]
Read MoreUzoma Ahamefule “Mallam Abba Kyari is dead. If you cannot say something good about him, please QUARANTINE your mouth!” – Reno Omokri So you have the right to air your own opinion but want others’ mouths shut? “I have lost a friend of 40 years. … Abba was a good man: a man of honor […]
Read MoreThe International Press Center, Lagos demands the immediate release of Kufre Carter a sports presenter with XL 106.9 FM in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to a report by SecretReporters dated April 28, 2020, Kufre Carter is being detained by the Department of State Security over a leaked telephone conversation he had with a medical […]
Read MoreSecret Reporters Coming on the heels of recent attacks on press freedom by some state governors, events unfolding in Akwa Ibom state points to a possible instigation by the Governor Udom Emmanuel led administration to security agencies in the state to round up members of the press whose opinion do not favour his government. This […]
Read MoreN2.5tr on Consumer Credit The fear of decreased consumer spending is another issue. Citizens are realising cash is key in times like this and are withholding it due to their uncertainties about what lies ahead. This gives the government a few transactions to tax. The small and medium scale businesses are practically shut down and cannot […]
Read MoreTwo Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC), have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) asking it to sanction Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi for allegedly misconducting himself, breaching his oath of office and the Code of Conduct for Public Officers following his recent attacks on journalists […]
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