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Religious Fanaticism The Bane of Nigeria's Development

Religious Fanaticism: The Bane of Nigeria’s Development

December 19, 2022 4:04 am

It has been over a century since the geographical expression called Nigeria was birthed. But sadly, it is almost impossible to pinpoint the course of development or direction it has crafted for itself to follow. Despite living for more than six decades as an independent country, Nigerians have not been able to enjoy Nigeria as it is supposed to be.

From its inception till date, Nigeria has hardly enjoyed internal peace having been faced with perennial crises of state or territorial legitimacy, all of which have remained heavy stumbling blocks as far as its effort at national cohesion, stability, democratisation, …

Imo: Alaigbo Development Foundation Condemns S’Court Ruling

January 18, 2020 2:07 pm

Alaigbo Development Foundation, a registered Non-Governmental Organization of Igbo Intelligentsia, Elders, Clergy, Patriotic public figures, Women and Youth, both at home and abroad, with the main objective of protecting and ensuring the survival of Ndigbo, their Culture and Civilization as well as the development of Igbo-land. Recently condemned the ruling of Supreme Court on Imo state governorship election which removed Rtn Hon Emeka Ihedioha of PDP as governor-elect and replaced him with Hope Uzodimma of APC. In a statement which is below the organization not only reject but also condemned the Supreme Court ruling. Calling it an arrogant assault on …

Buhari Leaves For Peace, Development Forum In Egypt

December 10, 2019 6:33 am

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for Egypt to attend the Aswan Forum designed to set an agenda for sustainable peace and development in Africa.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari will be accompanied by Governors Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, Godwin Obaseki of Edo and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe to the two-day forum scheduled for December 11-12.
Adesina said the forum is an initiative to address the interconnections between peace and development in Africa while promoting Africa-led solutions through strengthening policies and practices.
He explained that the initiative is being launched …

South-East Governors And Politics Of Development

December 10, 2019 2:16 am

Politics, according to bookmakers, is the contestation of power and authority. Politics embodied in human existentialism, has defined and redefined man activities, in cyclical form, since creation. It has instinctively become part of man’s DNA to engage in political intrigues, albeit willfully and unwillingly. This narration probably must have inspired Great Aristotle, in his legendary literary works, to classify man as a political animal, whose first need in nature, is survival.
The crafters of political philosophies, principles and rules, knew that without checks and balances rolled in written and unwritten principles guiding the game of power play and how it …

Buhari Approves Salt Development Project In Ebonyi

November 30, 2019 7:01 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the development of salt deposits in Ebonyi State.

The project was part of efforts to ensure that Nigeria starts the production of salt in commercial quantities.

The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah disclosed this during courtesy call on Governor David Umahi and inspection of some salt lakes in the state.

He noted that the federal government had brought consultants to look at how they could develop the salt project which is the first in the history of the country, coming to the South-east and being driven by the Ebonyi …

‘Why 5G Is Critical To Nigeria’s Development’

November 27, 2019 8:01 am

Amid concerns of Nigeria’s readiness for the Fifth Generation (5G) technology, stakeholders have stressed the need why the country cannot wait any longer to embrace the revolution.

Although to them, the current state of services as regards previous generations of technologies, including 2G, 3G and 4G still leave much to be desired in Nigeria, other countries are already moving towards 5G.

They said missing the 5G opportunities will be a big developmental challenge, which the country may not be able to recover from in the years to come.

Arguably, with Nigeria conspicuously missing in the past industrial revolutions, the benefits

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Sanwo-Olu In China, Seeks Collaboration For Development

November 18, 2019 2:36 am

Barely three months after his trip to Japan with President Muhammadu Buhari for the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has returned to another Asian country for increased collaboration with Lagos State.

The Governor, who is on a working visit to China, the world’s second largest economy, is expected to execute meaningful partnership that would support the Lagos State’s aspiration of becoming a 21st century economy and visit the China Railway Construction Company (CRCC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for project appraisal.

On this visit, Sanwo-Olu would explore his presentation …

Emielu Harps On Human Capital Development In Oil Sector

Emielu Harps On Human Capital Development In Oil Sector

October 22, 2019 2:52 am

The Summit Director, Africa Oil and Gas Talent Summit (AOGTS) Emmanuel Emielu, has stressed the need for enhanced investment in human capital in the oil and gas sector.

Emielu, stated this in Lagos during a media briefing on the annual Pan- African meeting of oil and gas business and human resources leaders to take place in Lagos, from October 30th to 31st.

According to Emielu, “The abundance of people does not necessarily mean the availability of human capital. It is, therefore, no surprise, that Africa’s oil sector is heavily challenged with the human capacity, skills and expertise to deliver the …

A Youth Corps-Driven Community Development Initiative

A Youth Corps-Driven Community Development Initiative

October 8, 2019 4:10 pm

By: Chiamaka Ozulumba

With emphasis on the girl-child, some youth corps members of the Social Welfare and Education Group under Apapa Local Government Area (LGA), through its Community Development Service Initiative, recently embarked on the ‘Fearless and Speak-out’ campaign, which is sensitisation of teenagers about rape, child abuse and molestation, as well as ‘Give the Girl-child a Pad’, which tackles personal and menstrual hygiene.

The group in collaboration with the Apapa Local Government Council, Rehdors Logistics Solution Limited, Matsept Global Logistics and Blue Anchor Agency embarked on the sensitisation and educative program on rape, child abuse and molestation and …

Poor development in Sahel Region gives concern to UN

Poor development in Sahel Region gives concern to UN

July 2, 2019 12:05 pm

The United Nations Economic Commission (ECA) has expressed concern over the poor state of development in the Sahel region, including Nigeria.

In a statement on Tuesday by the ECA, the acting Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr Bakary Dosso said this in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at a dialogue on the Sahel 2043 Prospective Study.

Dosso said the overall goal of the UN Support Plan for the Sahel, targets 10 countries namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

He said the goal is to scale up efforts to accelerate shared …

North East Development Commission?

April 30, 2019 5:09 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

 

Why can’t the Federal Government prioritise national development rather than continue to set up regional intervention agencies?

In Murtala Nyako’s note calling for the establishment of NEDC in 2015, there was no tangible reason adduced for the establishment of the commission.

He only reeled out statistics that the North-East of Nigeria has the worst socio-economic conditions in the country.
That the zone has the highest rate of poverty in Nigeria, highest number of out-of-school children in primary and junior secondary school, and low percentage of candidates with five credits and above including Mathematics and English.

Are …

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