Why new revenue allocation formula is delayed – RMAFC A new revenue allocation formula being proposed for the country is being delayed by the absence of an amendment to the 1999 Constitution, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation…

‘Village Boy’ wins Africa’s UN SDG Book Club recognition

‘Village Boy’, the latest classical story written by Anietie Usen, the former Associate Editor and later General Editor, Newswatch magazine, has won the African Chapter of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Book Club recognition. The…

“We must restore the soul of America”, says Biden in inaugural speech

It’s long overdue, and we’re reminded tonight of all those who fought so hard for so many years to make this happen. But once again, America has bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.

“Breast cancer is not a death sentence; I can testify with my story”, says Ondo First Lady

MEDIATRACNET The wife of the Ondo State governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has declared that her personal experience has shown that breast cancer could be overcome if people take the right steps at the right time to check…

#Meffy2023: A joke taken too far

By Chidi Anselem Odinkalu In November 2017, it emerged that the governor of Nigeria’s central bank, Godwin Emefiele, had significant interests in an off-shore company registered in Bermuda, which held an account with UBS in London.…

#NES28: Nigerian govt. finalising draft Nigeria Agenda 2050, says Finance Minister

By Bassey Udo The Federal Government says it is currently putting finishing touches to the final draft of the Nigeria Agenda 2050 to replace Nigeria Vision 2020, which lapsed in December two years ago. Minister of…

#TwitterBan: SERAP asks Commonwealth to sanction Nigeria over repression

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dispatched an urgent appeal to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland,   calling for urgent intervention in the Nigeria-Twitter ban crisis. The group urged Scotland to “apply the Commonwealth…