On December 20th, 2016, more than 700 passengers of Arik Air who had earlier booked to depart Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos were stranded at the airport as the airline was unable to operate its flights due to the picketing of its counters at the airport by aviation workers unions under the aegis of National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, and Air Traffic Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSAN.

Despite being the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg, the oil city of Warri, Delta State was mostly known for youth restiveness and violence. This was why the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brownhill Events Inc, Mrs. Juliet Pinnick birthed the “Warri Again” concert, a platform to showcase the oil rich state positively to the rest of the world.

It sounds unbelievable that nascent Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze, knows absolutely nothing about Segun Odegbami and Adokiye Amiesimaka, two of the best produced by Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his election victory at the United Kingdom general election. The President, in a congratulatory message by one of his spokespersons, Malam Garba Shehu, noted that “Britain has been a reliable and historically unique ally of Nigeria’’. READ ALSO: United Kingdom votes to decide the fate […]

This should interest every man. If you have many brothers you are more likely to give birth to sons, while if you were born with many sisters you are more likely to give birth to daughters. If you want to know whether you are likely to have a daughter or a son, all you need to do is to look at your family tree.

In any case, Tunde Fowler is gone. He has been replaced by a man of lesser visibility if not pedigree. The same day, Muiz Banire, the Chairman of AMCON was removed. Some will say rather unceremoniously. Some will say it was in line with the provision of the institution. Both are Yoruba men. Both were replaced with Northerners. Ordinarily, it shouldn’t matter where a replacement comes from as long as a better man gets the job.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s top media adviser, celebrated journalist Femi Adesina seems to be permanently on the hot seat. He is either parrying or sieving all the many garbage as well as praises hauled at his principal or projecting his positive points of view.

The vice president came and came again. I watched him fly in helicopters. Whenever he came I  heaved a sigh and hoped. But this must be how cities die.

Aremu Kazeem Yayah aka Brow   Daddy Yakky is founder of Glittering Health Beauty Centre which he founded since 2005, as a nail technician.

The state of Nigeria’s mines and steel sector was not at its best when Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite came on board.

It was Martin Luther King, Jr. who said that History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

Following reports of violence and mindless killings of innocent Nigerians in the last governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states; scores of prominent Civil Society Organizations have called for steps including legislative reforms for the take off of electronic voting in subsequent elections.

…insist his action belated, face-saving By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Senior legal practitioners in the country, on Friday, described the directive the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, gave to the Department of State Service, DSS, to hand-off the prosecution of detained pro-democracy activist and convener of RevolutionNow […]

In a few weeks’ time, it will be Christmas.  Most Christian homes know exactly what that means—endless preparations and juggling your budget to cover all the items you just must have come Christmas Day. 

By David Odama Worried by the increasing spate of HIV/AIDs, An implementing partner, Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is working to identify about 22, 000 unidentified and discover  HIV infected persons in  Nasarawa State. The move is to enable the implementing partners to support  the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS  and to provide the […]