The poet Odia Ofeimun’s 70th birthday comes up on Monday, March 16. When I was a first-year undergraduate at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in the late 1970s, the name, Odia Ofeimun, was quietly making […]
THE clamour for urgent restructuring is nearing a crescendo: when prominent beneficiaries and erstwhile champions of the unitary contortion masquerading as a “federal republic” voice shrill warnings of implosion and disintegration, it is time for […]
One of the real tragedies bedevilling modern day Nigerian newspaper columnists, even the ones that are well regarded by discerning readers, is the penchant to often latch onto populist angst and ride the waves of […]
Italian authorities on Sunday locked down the entire northern region which has a population of 16 million to check the spread of coronavirus. The death of the disease rose from 233 on Saturday to 366 […]
Men are 65 per cent more likely than women to die from coronavirus, according to statistics. Figures from the World Health Organization and Chinese scientists have revealed that 1.7 per cent of women who catch […]
The late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was born on March 6, 1909 – yesterday marked his posthumous 111th birthday. Life tossed a cruel blow in 1920 when at the tender age of eleven, he lost […]
Tesco has begun rationing the amount of pasta, baked beans and hand sanitiser per customer to stop shelves being stripped amid coronavirus fears. In a move to ensure the supermarket has enough supply, they have […]
How worried am I about coronavirus? The truth is, quite a lot. And I have been since reports of the infection began to emerge from China at the end of last year. Now, as Chief […]
Google collects a staggering amount of personal information about its users — maybe even more than you realize. Google remembers every search you perform and every YouTube video you watch. Whether you have an Android […]
The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases worldwide reached over 98,600 on Friday, including 233 in the U.S., where 12 people have died. Germany’s health minister called the outbreak, which has spread to at least 84 […]
All the three suspected cases of coronavirus have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital in the Yaba area of Lagos state. Akin Abayomi, commissioner of health in Lagos, disclosed this in a tweet on […]
The Federal Government says there is no new fresh case from 61 contacts of the index case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, at a media update on COVID-19 […]
…the culture of ‘kabiyesi’ is the purveyor of sycophancy and bootlicking that has become the norm in our public and private corporate relationships. Everyone is merely un-daring to speak the truth to the powers that […]
Gender equality is important to me and as we celebrate the International Women’s Day, I will continue to play my part in the fight against inequality. “Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and […]
On Monday, March 9, 2020, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters will hold a public hearing on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations; and for Other Related Matters Bill, 2019 […]
Sometime in the early days of his first term in office, President Muhammadu Buhari indicated that if Boko Haram insurgents were disposed to dialogue, he was not averse to it. He said anything that could […]
Tongues have been wagging on why the South-East Governors Forum reneged on its initial plan to launch a regional security outfit in Igboland, similar to the Amotekun of the South-West. But the people should ponder […]
Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates – suspects and convicts – are detained. Concerned citizens observe that over the years, the situation in Nigerian prison cells across the country has become […]
By the time the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, first claimed that the deadly coronavirus disease was caused by corruption, I had long concluded that his dimness was genuine. […]
The death of the famous American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, was recently announced. She was credited with calculating rocket trajectories for the United States’ early space missions. She got my attention for three reasons. One, she […]
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