The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has scored the Ministries of Finance, Education, Power, and Education low in its latest ethics and transparency index report released on Monday. The assessment report by the ICPC is part…
The South East zone of the country got the highest share of allocation in the recent controversial recruitment of 70 new staff by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Daily Trust investigation reveals. NEITI is a Nigerian government agency with affiliation…
With less than a year to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, there are indications that the report of the Steve Oronsaye Committee on the rationalization of the federal civil service may not be implemented about 11 years…
The loss of human resources for health to brain drain is affecting primary health care service (PHC) delivery in many rural communities of the country, particularly for maternal and child health services. By Ojoma Akor (Abuja), Abubakar Akote (Minna), Haruna…
Despite passing the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and a host of ongoing reforms, the hiccups in the oil and gas industry are yet to abate and have plunged oil production to a record low in the past two years. In…
Cases of abductions went down by 28 percent across the country in the month of August, in comparison with the preceding month of July, over what a report attributed to the ongoing security forces’ operations. An Abuja-based security risk management and…
Persistent brain drain by doctors is depleting the country’s medical care expertise and taking the country farther away from the recommended number of doctors per population, medical associations and experts have said. Their position faulted the claim by the Minister…
Despite giving no fewer than 29 directives to security operatives in three years to end activities of terrorists, bandits and other sundry criminals, Nigerians have continued to live with the menace amid loss of lives and property. Some Nigerians and…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for transparency in the management of resources meant for the acquisition of hardware for the defence and security agencies. He spoke late Wednesday during a virtual interaction after receiving a presentation on…
With the Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth month, Nigerians are feeling a harder pinch with the scarcity of energy sources, wheat, and fertilizer, over what importers attribute to logistics issues, as well as a worsening foreign exchange (forex) scarcity. The…
