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It’s no longer news that Nigeria’s economy is in a fragile state and unless something is done, the economic challenges will continue in this new government. On his fiscal policy, President Bola Tinubu has promised to review the federal budgetary methodology, embark on a national infrastructure campaign, drive an import substitution agenda, and reform the taxation system.In this

Nigeria has over the years faced many security challenges. In recent years, the nation has had to contend with security problems relating to Boko Haram, gunmen attacks, herder-farmer crisis, kidnappers, armed robbers, and ritualists, among others.However, President Bola Tinubu has stated his willingness to address the security situation in the country, pledging to secure and protec

As beautiful as having children is, raising them can be hard.Child abuse is the physical, sexual and psychological abuse of a child or children especially by a parent or caregiver.In a 2011 research, titled 'Child Abuse In 28 Developing Countries', it was revealed that among African children 83.2 per cent suffer psychological abuse, 64 per cent suffer moderate physical ab

The National Assembly is a bicameral legislature consisting of 109 members of the Senate and 360 members of the House of Representatives. While the Senate is headed by the Senate President, the House of Reps is headed by the Speaker.The 10th National Assembly has 59 senators from the APC, PDP 36, LP 8, SDP 2 NNPP 2, APGA 1 and YPP 1. In the House of Representatives, the APC has 162

A 35-year-old man posted recently on social media that he was scared of marriage after dating six ladies and finding out that the seventh one was cheating.He went through her phone while she was cooking in the kitchen and found out that other guys were asking her out, and he just got fed up with everything.Yes, many people want to be married, but just very few have actually determi

As we know, the 2023 general election is barely days away with the presidential election in less than 24 hours.Election season in Nigeria is one that can turn violent in the blink of an eye as we have all seen in the past years.Therefore, we ask, why do you as supporters of the different political candidates, have to insult, curse and be aggressive to one another to drive home a po

First of all, we have to say Merry Christmas to everyone. Christmas is that time of the year that we always look forward to because it comes with a lot of good tidings, gift sharing, outings, family bonding, lots of food to eat and every other good thing you can imagine.As our correspondent pointed out, it seems like Christmas this year is not 'Christmas-ing' especially b

There is a thin line between tough love and emotional abuse. The line is so blurred that the victim and other people around them may be unaware and thus unable to seek for help. Sadly, emotional abuse is very prevalent in our society today with many suffering the consequences without knowing, thus not seeking help. This type of abuse messes with the mind of the victim. Emotional ab

There are so many physical reasons why someone may just slump and die. It could be due to lack of exercise, not eating the right foods, smoking, as well as other reasons.In this podcast, we delved into some of the reasons, symptoms and risk factors as well as the things one should look out for in order to reduce the risk of a cardiac arrest.Our correspondent went further to speak w