Government
Lagos DNA, End To Paternity Cases
IN a recent judgment, a Lagos High Court threw out a criminal case involving the rape of a three-year-old girl. The case was thrown out not on the strength of the fact that the little […]
Month: October 2017
History
20 Years After Fela: Yesterday’s Message As Today’s Reality, By Lanre Arogundade
If Fela’s music connects generations, if his music fills the air during mass movements as witnessed during the anti-fuel price hike protests and rallies of January 2012 and if his music would dominate the airwaves […]
Politics
I’m Not Leaving APC —Alao Akala
Former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, has ruled out the possibility of returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), affirming that his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was unshakeable. […]
Government
PremiumTimes: How Lagos Govt’s ‘Administrative Lapses’ Tarnished Hopes of Young Athletes
Administrative lapses by the Lagos State government has frustrated the sporting ambitions of dozens of young athletes and their coaches despite months of preparation. Few weeks after the third edition of the National Youth Games, […]
Government
TribuneOnline: CAC Ministers Task FG On Restructuring, Poverty, Unemployment
More than 8,000 church ministers, from within and outside Nigeria, assembled at Osun State, for the September 2017 Pastors’ Conference of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide tagged, Doing for Christ. The conference, held at […]
Politics
Thieves Have Hijacked Politics —Balarabe Musa
Former Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has raised the alarm that there might be no hope for Nigeria politically unless Nigerians took a deliberate decision to sanitise the political system. Musa, who stated this […]
Business
TheCable: TStv Africa To Begin Commercial Operation November 1
Telcomm Satellite TV (TStv) says its newly inaugurated pay TV, TStv Africa, will begin commercial operation on November 1. NAN reports that Bright Echefu, its managing director, made this known while briefing journalists on Saturday […]
Issues/Policy
PMNews: Nigerian Technician Shot Dead In South Africa
A Nigerian, Jelili Omoyele, 35-year-old cellular phone technician, was allegedly shot dead in Johannesburg on Saturday, the Nigeria Union, South Africa, has said. Its President, Mr Adetola Olubajo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Sport
PremiumTimes: Jonathan, Umahi, APC, Others Speak on Super Eagles’ World Cup Qualification
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria after qualifying for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria became the first African nation to book a spot at the 2018 FIFA World […]
Video
TheGuardian: ‘Antibiotic Apocalypse’: Doctors Sound Alarm Over Drug Resistance
Scientists attending a recent meeting of the American Society for Microbiology reported they had uncovered a highly disturbing trend. They revealed that bacteria containing a gene known as mcr-1 – which confers resistance to the […]
Politics
RIGHT OF REPLY: Atiku Abubakar And The Death of Identity Politics By Richard Irikefe
In 2019, what Nigeria does not need is another Northern or Southern candidate or young or old leader or even Christian or Muslim leader. The politics of identity, i.e. choosing a leader because of his […]
Issues/Policy
TheGuardian: The Observer View On The Crisis In Catalonia
Is the independence of Catalonia a cause worth dying for? This question appeared hypothetical until voters in Barcelona and other Catalan cities found themselves under police attack during last Sunday’s controversial independence referendum. While separatist […]
Issues/Policy
TheGuardian: Trump Says ‘Only One Thing Will Work’ With Nuclear-Armed North Korea
Donald Trump on Saturday said “only one thing will work” in dealing with North Korea, after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results. “Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for […]
Video
Why Lagos Should Build Better Statue For Awolowo –Ofeimun, Private Secretary To Late Sage
The statue of the first Premier of the Western Region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, that was recently unveiled by the Lagos State government has been generating controversies. In this interview with TUNDE AJAJA, the private […]
Health
PremiumTimes: “Monkeypox” Virus: Bayelsa Residents Avoid Handshakes
Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, are avoiding handshakes and body contact in public places following the outbreak of monkeypox viral diseases which has infected 13 people including a medical doctor. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
Issues/Policy
PremiumTimes: Court orders Gbenga Daniel’s Compass Newspapers To Pay Ex-Employees N7 Million
The Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court on Friday ordered Western Publishing Company Limited to pay its former employees all their entitlements, including pensions, running into N7 million. Justice Ayodele Osaghai while delivering judgment in […]
Issues/Policy
Presidential Corruption: Buhari Is More Of The Same By Erasmus Ikhide
The cloud around President Muhammadu Buhari’s incorruptibility is gradually disappearing with the emergent of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s leaked letter to him on the rot in the nation’s cash cow called Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. […]
Issues/Policy
ThisDayLive: Tinubu And The Restructuring Debate
In a speech titled “A New Nigeria Or A Better One: The Fitting Tools Of A Great Repair” last Saturday, former Lagos State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]
Government
What Buhari Told Me On Biafra Agitation – Gov Umahi
Recently, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state and Chairman, South East Governors’ Forum, travelled with President Buhari to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. In this interaction covered by our correspondent, OBINNA ODOGWU, […]
Issues/Policy
TheNation: $25bn NNPC Contract: Buhari Vets Kachikwu’s Petition
President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, for one hour at the Presidential Villa yesterday. The meeting was the President’s response to the reported dispute between Kachikwu […]