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Veteran Nollywood Actor Pa Kasumu Is Dead
Veteran Nollywood actor Kayode Odumosu better known as Pa Kasumu is dead. The Yoruba film star who has been battling ill health for a while now is said to have passed on after an illness. […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Business
‘How Rice Farmers In Taraba Maximise Rice Production’ By Charles Akpeji
Farmers in Taraba State have taken maximum advantage of the closure of land borders to rev up production of rice and other crops, soaring high with the emergence of paddy pyramids that have attracted commendation […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Buhari and Public Assets Declaration
The clash, the other day, between Catholic bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, and the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, over the reluctance of President Buhari to […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria Through The Lens of Coronavirus By Simon Kolawole
In eight weeks — between January and February 2020, to be specific — a disease killed 118 Nigerians. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), there were 2,633 “suspected” cases, 609 “confirmed” and […]
Issues/Policy
All Our Coronavirus Patients Have Been Cured, Says Vietnam By Haleem Olatunji
The Vietnamese government says all the 16 patients who were infected with coronavirus in the country have recovered. Vu Duc Dam, the country’s deputy prime minister, was quoted as saying all the infected patients, including […]
News
CAN On Coronavirus: God Who Healed Our Land of Ebola Is Still On The Throne By Jamilah Nasir
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it “will not cease praying until coronavirus is chased out of our shores”. Nigeria recorded its first case of the disease on Friday, following the arrival of an […]
News
11 More Persons Quarantined In Ogun, Including Driver Who Picked Italian From Hotel By Femi Owolabi
Segun Soyoye, industrial director of Larfarge Africa Plc, says all the 39 persons who had contact with the Italian who tested positive to coronavirus have been quarantined, including the driver who brought him to Ewekoro […]
Health
Coronavirus: Five Foreigners Under Observation In Cross River By Dyepkazah Shibayan
Five foreign nationals have been placed under observation in Cross River state over coronavirus. Beta Edu, the state’s commissioner for health, disclosed this on Saturday, saying two of the foreigners are from Europe, one from […]
Business
Investing in Palm Oil And Kernel Oil Production for Export By Uba Godwin
Palm Oil is known to be an excellent source of bio available calcium and least allergic of all edible oil. The demand-supply gap thereby opens up opportunities for investors in this sector. After thorough research, […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Exemplary Ban On Street Begging In Kano
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s decision to ban street begging in Kano in an effort to integrate the Almajiripupils into the free and compulsory primary and secondary school education programme of the state is laudable and […]
International
Metro: Pope Francis Falls Ill Day After Supporting People With Coronavirus
Pope Francis has missed a planned Mass with clergy in Rome due to an unspecified illness. The Vatican said the pontiff, 83, had a ‘slight indisposition’ and would proceed with the rest of his planned […]
Issues/Policy
Now That Corona Virus Has Hit Lagos By Tony Ademiluyi
Last month, the latest disease in town: the corona virus hit China with some deaths recorded and many severely ill from it. Many countries were caught in a crossroad as the communist country is a […]
Issues/Policy
Do You Remember Your Old School? By Martins Oloja
On Saturday February 22, 2020 I was the guest speaker at the 66th anniversary of an iconic secondary school in the old Okitipupa Division (South) of Ondo State, ‘Manuwa Memorial Grammar School, Iju-Odo in ‘Ikale […]
Issues/Policy
Niger Delta: An Old Story With A New Plot By Jerome-Mario Utomi
Sixteen years ago, precisely on Friday, December 3, 2004, at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, I listened with real curiosity to the current Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo, then a staff […]
Issues/Policy
Where Is Babachir Lawal? Still On Trial ? By Fredrick Nwabufo
On December 14, 2016, the senate asked Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), to immediately resign from office. This followed the recommendation of its ad hoc committee on the humanitarian crisis […]
Issues/Policy
Immigration Ban: Nigerian-American Rita Omokha Tells Trump Some Truths
Rita Omokha is a Nigerian-American graduate journalism student at Columbia University, where she is writing a book on the history of Nigerian immigration. Rita’s mum is a nurse who migrated to the US in 1992 […]
News
Breaking: Deadly Coronavirus Confirmed In Lagos Nigeria At Last
The first case of the deadly Coronavirus has been confirmed in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, the State Government confirmed early Friday morning. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement said Lagos State has confirmed […]
News
Buratai Wins Award As Most Outstanding Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has been honoured as the “Most Outstanding Chief of Army Staff” by Society Watch Magazine. The Army Chief was singled out for his dogged, brave and […]
Issues/Policy
Depression and The Futility of Suicide By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Recently, 22-year old Daibo Toju Davies, reportedly jumped into the lagoon on the 3rd Mainland Bridge. The victim, a resident of 17 Sosanya Street, Gbagada Soluyi, Lagos, allegedly engaged the services of Uber Taxi, with […]
News
No Officer Has Right To Check Your Phones, Police Tell Nigerians
A former Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Dolapo Badmus, has said that officers of the Nigeria Police Force have no business with the mobile devices of Nigerians, adding that officers engaging in such […]