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Today in Nigeria

Today in Nigeria (TIN) Wednesday 9th March 2016   Advertisement Death toll in the Lekki, Lagos collapsed building rises to 30 as the Lagos State Government asks the Directors of Lekki gardens to surrender to the police. Workers of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company continue their strike to protest the unbundling of the company which the Federal Government says it …

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President Buhari promised change, not magic-Adesina

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, was guest on Radio Continental programme Friday last week (March 4,2016). Here are excerpts from the interview: Q: Fulani herdsmen have on several occasions been accused of ransacking places they pass through while they are herding their cattle. Nigerians are wondering and asking why there seems to …

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Ese Oruru, fistulas and other matters

For a properly educated individual, a case of minor getting pregnant shouldn’t only be surprising, but equally worrisome. Such is the case of Ese Oruru, 14 year old girl who was reportedly abducted from her home in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria and taken to Kano, a northern city. Different accounts of this story have been published including the young girl’s …

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