Issues/Policy
“Those Who Are Holding Nigeria’s Resources Should Let Go!”- Pastor Ituah Ighodalo
“Those Who Are Holding Nigeria’s Resources Should Let Go!”- Pastor Ituah Ighodalo
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Okupe On Why Igbo Can’t Be President By Luke Onyekakeyah
Dr. Doyin Okupe’s revelation in a Vanguard interview that as far as the 2023 general election is concerned, the North has not forgiven Igbo for Ahmadu Bello’s death and as such, the Igbo can’t be […]
Health
NHS Doctor Turned Nutrition Expert Serves Up Comforting Home Truths | Daily Mail Online
As a newly qualified NHS hospital doctor, Joshua Wolrich — weighing 17st — became obsessed with the idea that a good doctor shouldn’t be overweight. Over 18 months he embarked on a rigorous diet and […]
News
Nigeria’s Efik Queen Wants To Take Royal Meetings Online | BBC
With low expectations of elected politicians in Nigeria, Barbara Etim James is convinced that the solution to many of the country’s problems lies with its many chiefs, kings and queens. Two years ago, the 54 […]
Issues/Policy
The Choices We Make, The Road We Take By Larry Koinyan
The Month is February. The year is 2021. Year 2021 is the beginning of a new decade and a potential new dawn that will be most decisive for us, if, as a people, as a […]
Politics
Benin Bronzes And Restitution, The Journey Thus Far
Much has been written and said of late about the Benin Bronzes and Africa’s struggle for restitution of its stolen cultural properties in general. As one of the interlocutors who has helped to revitalise this […]
Law
A2Justice Calls For Removal of CCT Chairman Over Assault On Security Guard
The justice sector watchdog, Access to Justice has called on the presidency to immediately remove Mr. Danladi Umar from office as the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), following his recent assault on […]
News
Nobody Can Stop Kukah From Speaking Against Bad Governance — Onaiyekan
By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA Emeritus, Catholicolic Archbishop of Abuja, His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Monday, said that nobody can stop the Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, from speaking against bad governance in […]
#COVIDUPDATE
Singapore Ready To Accept COVID-19 Digital Travel Certificate From May
Singapore will, From May, accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for COVID-19 tests and vaccines. Its aviation regulator said on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the […]
Issues/Policy
The Igbo Do Not Want To Be President Anymore By Obi Nwakanma
A new development is now taking place in the East of Nigeria: Police and personnel of the Armed Forces are now targeted for execution by an increasingly faceless and ferocious group. The latest is the […]
Law
Returning The Judiciary To The Golden Age
At 80, an eminent professor of law, Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), has seen the best and worst of the Nigerian judiciary. He witnessed the “golden era” when the judiciary was truly the last hope of […]
News
1,844 Inmates Escaped From Custody In Imo, Says Prisons Spokesman
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) says 1,844 inmates escaped on Monday after gunmen attacked its facility in Owerri, Imo state. The correctional centre and the police command headquarters in Owerri were attacked in the early […]
Education
FG Invites ASUP To Emergency Meeting Over Strike
The federal government has invited officials of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to an emergency meeting over its proposed strike. ASUP had directed its members to go on strike from April 6 over […]
MEDIA
Moreplex TV Set To Debut, Promises Viewers Local Content By Clarkson Voke Eberu
A new Pay TV service provider, Moreplex TV, is set to disrupt market in Nigeria. This information came to the fore during a chat with its President/Chief Executive Officer, John Okorocha, at the weekend in […]
Issues/Policy
The Foolish Warriors – Part 2
By Dele Farotimi The Nigeria middle class is the fertile ground for the promotion of all of the divisions sowed by the ‘ruining crass’. They are the ones that you would find on the internet […]
Politics
Tributes As Odumakin, Tireless Rights Activist, Goes To Rest
He was “…a committed fighter for democracy, dedicated civil society activist, courageous and outspoken defender of whatever ideals and principles he believed in and a patriotic citizen in every sense of the word.” These were […]
Aviation
Azman Air’s Audit: Findings Show Gloomy Safety Situation For Airline
ZMAN Air may still have a vast hurdle to surmount if the airline is to resume operations anytime soon following details of findings of the audit on the airline carried out by the Nigerian Civil […]
Tribute
I Wish My Husband Could Read Tributes of Those He Criticised – Odumakin’s Widow
Sunday Aborisade, Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin, Leke Baiyewu and Bola Bamigbola4:58 am Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of […]
Technology
LG To Pull Out of Mobile Phone Market | Guardian (UK)
South Korean electronics manufacturer LG has decided to wind down its mobile phones unit after admitting defeat in the global smartphone market. LG said on Monday it had made a “strategic decision to exit the […]
News
You Did Not Speak Like Man of God – Presidency Fires Back At Kukah
By Taiwo Okanlawon The Presidency, on Sunday, lambasted the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah over his 2021 Easter homily, saying it is an ungodly attempt to politicise the nation’s security. Kukah, in his […]