BY JAMES AKINOLA In this special report, BY JAMES AKINOLA writes on how the abandoned Abesan Primary Healthcare Centre building in Lagos has become a haven for hoodlums, pushing the community into despair as residents find themselves cut off from essential healthcare services Approaching the Akinyele Primary Healthcare Centre inContinue Reading
As part of efforts to prevent tragedies at public events, several states have started the implementation of strict precautionary measures, Frontline reports. This comes after 67 people, 35 of them children, died in stampedes in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital; Okija, Anambra State and Abuja during a funfair and foodContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the three recent food stampedes in Nigeria as “an ugly testament to the alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing our nation” under the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. In aContinue Reading
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the ₦49.7tn 2025 budget proposed by President Bola Tinubu is inadequate to address Nigeria’s structural and economic challenges In a statement on Sunday, Atiku said the “2025 budget’s capacity to foster sustainable economic growth and tackle Nigeria’s deep-rooted challenges is questionable” On Wednesday, TinubuContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, MARTIN DURU Barely three days to Christmas and New Year celebrations, many Christians living in the northern part of the country have expressed fear of terror attacks in states plagued by violence and terrorism. In Kaduna State, Frontline Reporters observed that churches had minimal decorations for theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has allocated a sum of N27bn for the entitlements of former presidents, vice-presidents, heads of state, chiefs of staff, retired heads of service, and professors in the 2025 fiscal year, investigations have revealed. Beneficiaries of this allocation include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI •IG orders probe, Peter Obi blames systemic failure No fewer than 39 Nigerians have lost their lives following stampedes during food-sharing events in Okija, Anambra State, and Maitama, Abuja, on Saturday, FRONTINE REPORTERS can confirm. In the struggle to get ahead and obtain the free food itemsContinue Reading
A former vice president Atiku Abubakar has called for better crowd management during large-scale events owing to the multiple stampedes in two food distribution programmes. Scores of persons were killed while many others are still nursing injuries following a stampede during a food distribution event by a church in AbujaContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The winds of change swept through the Tincan Island Port on Friday as Comptroller Frank Onyeka, a seasoned strategist and visionary, officially assumed his position as the new Customs Area Controller (CAC). This transition follows the elevation of Comptroller DA Nnadi, mni, to the prestigious rank ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Less than a month after the Port Harcourt Refining Company appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working. Our correspondent, who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped. Frontline Reporters gathered that theContinue Reading