With the specter of violence sweeping across the North, it will be an understatement to say the region is now under siege.

There is something pleasantly unusual about Abolarin College located in Oke-Ila, a border community with Ekiti state in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun state. It is the first of its kind in this part of the world.

The COVID-19 lockdown did not stop Nigerians from lovemaking. Amid the social distancing, face mask wearing and safe hygiene practices to prevent the highly contagious viral infection, an appreciable number of Nigerians perceived the period as perfect to engage in sexual intercourse with a partner or spouse,

Last Thursday, inside the expansive hall of Kwara Hotel, Ilorin the state capital, with strict obedience to Social distancing protocols of Covid-19, all the elected and appointed office holders from Kwara Central senatorial district gathered to pass a vote of confidence on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq.

WHEN we think of leadership in Nigeria as indeed in the rest of Africa we often ignore the historical burdens that predispose leadership to failure.

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), is one aviation agency that must be in quandary as it strives to prepare the industry, most severely battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, for a restart.

I recently read Owei Lakemfa’s article on June 12. Owei writes for both Vanguard, one of his former employers and Premium Times which is owned by his friend and former colleague. He is one of the few columnists I read often.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday became the fourth governor under the watch of the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC to leave the party.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Friday said the memo by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, indicting the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, over corruption matters, has further exposed the corruption, deception and hypocrisy the party said pervade the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

With Governor Godwin Obaseki defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, his quest for a second term in office as governor of Edo state looks more difficult than ever.