The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa is not the source of COVID-19 which was first discovered in Wuhan, China, some two years ago. The 61-year-old campaigner for equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally also said that Africa should not be punished for the Omicron COVID-19 variant and other mutations […]

A former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan on Saturday blamed the worsening tempo of insecurity, especially in Northern Nigeria on the Almajiri system, saying it had failed the region. He also expressed concern that young boys who had been abandoned by their parents have ended up as bandits and Boko Haram terrorists. […]

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has told the Federal Government that removing fuel subsidy will worsen the suffering of the majority of Nigerians who are already impoverished. The President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, urged the government to shelve the proposed policy in order not to worsen the hardship and trigger crisis in the country. […]

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Ibrahim Pantami has revealed how the Federal Government collected taxes in advance from telecommunications companies to foot salaries. According to Pantami, the N25bn approved by the Federal Executive Council to replace infrastructure in the National Identity Management Commission had not been released owing to financial challenges. The Minister […]