Three journalists were shot at a rally organised for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The rally was held at Skypower field, Ikeja, Lagos. Among those that were hit […]
There is a sense in which it can be said that an individual couldn’t be more fittingly christened than Nigeria’s incumbent Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu. His name could loosely be translated […]
Tai Solarin, Nigeria’s under-celebrated educationist, social critic and visionary reformer, wrote a newspaper article 55 years ago to usher in 1964. He simply titled the essay, May your road be rough. It was the great […]
When Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar took the courageous decision to return Nigeria to civil rule in 1999, Nigerians rolled out drums in excitement to celebrate the restoration of their liberty after the tortious experience felt under […]
These are desperate times; a time of signs and wonders. It is “injury time” – anything can happen. Only the unwary will be taken in by the magic of this time. Everything you read, every […]
Teleology Holdings, the new owners of 9mobile, have withdrawn from further participation in the 9mobile project, SaharaReporters can exclusively report. Teleology acquired 9mobile, known then as Etisalat, in November 2018 — about eight months after […]
AS usual, encomiums have been pouring in for the late Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s first Executive President, who died last Friday after a period of ill-health. At 93, he could be said to have died a […]
THE revelation that revenue-generating agencies refused to remit their operating surpluses of N2.8 trillion to public coffers, in defiance of extant fiscal regulations, underlines how warped the conduct of government business remains. This has jeopardised […]
CRIMINALLY underfunded and almost completely neglected, Nigeria’s health care delivery system is in a shambles. But the extent of the mess may not be so obvious to many, which is why experts have to weigh […]
This is your first AIRTIMEplus column of 2019! So, it’s appropriate to wish you Happy New Year/Yair (Yair means the year on air). As it happens with individuals, the beginning of the year is usually […]
EMERGING from a tumultuous 2018, Nigerians look forward to the New Year with mixed feelings. As always, an election year promises to be a volatile period for the country, invariably leading to predictions of a […]
This is your first AIRTIMEplus column of 2019! So, it’s appropriate to wish you Happy New Year/Yair (Yair means the year on air). As it happens with individuals, the beginning of the year is usually […]
Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 This is the conclusion of the summary of the interview the distinguished economics Professor, Sam Aluko, earlier published in The NEWS edition of February 23, 2004, entitled, “OBJ […]
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has demoted two employees for posting a New Year greeting on the company’s official Twitter account using an iPhone made by arch-rival Apple, an internal memo showed. Huawei dislodged Apple last […]
Progress froze in the womb of time. The sand in the hourglass congealed to arrest development. It was February 13, 1976 when the watch stopped ticking clockwise and began whining anti-clockwise. The mounting grime and […]
The Federal Government on Sunday night directed the military authorities to vacate all premises of the Daily Trust Newspapers in Abuja, Maiduguri and Lagos. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
I refer to the opinion piece by Abraham Ogbodo, Editor of The Guardian, which was published in The Guardian On Sunday of December 30, 2018, titled, ‘Another Sermon on Professor Yemi Osinbajo.’ The first paragraph […]
It is unfortunate that our unscrupulous politicians, our dealers who call themselves leaders have failed to read a classical warning from Henry David Thoreau who once noted that, ‘it is a characteristic of wisdom not […]
We are living witnesses to various crises in the country, especially triggered by ethno-religious conflicts and socio-political sentiments which could have been prevented through crisis communication strategies. At a recent training workshop organised by the […]
Did the United States have a foreknowledge of today’s coup in Gabon as it happened days after President Donald Trump said in a letter to the US Congress that he deployed 80 military personnel to […]
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