World Sickle Cell Day: Sickle Cell disease, not a death sentence
As the world marks the World Sickle Cell Disease Day 2020, which is a day recognized by the United Nations (UN), to raise awareness of sickle cell disease at the national and international levels, Bond Chemical Industries Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company in the country wish to give a message of hope that having sickle […]
Watching the ‘June 12’ saga from London in the ‘90s: A reflection
By Olu Fasan THE 1990s were a turbulent and dire period for Nigeria. With the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and the catastrophic events that followed, the 1990s were the darkest moments in Nigeria’s history, after the 1966 coups and the ensuing civil war. But while Nigerians at home personally lived through […]
Covidspiracies Nigeria, Africa must avoid
By Victoria Obaze THE advent of the deadly flu, 2019-nCoV RNA or COVID-19, or Sars-COV II, but more popularly known as coronavirus, is engendering the physical isolation of people globally, hurting economies of almost all nations, especially with the resultant lock-down. However, with the partial or full easing of the lock-down, the world may yet […]
VIDEOS: Early morning downpour in Lagos leaves roads, homes flooded
By David Royal An early morning downpour on Wednesday and Thursday in Lagos residents of Anifowose Community, Ikeja, Agege, and most parts of Lekki stranded as roads and houses were flooded. Most Lagosians in the affected areas had to deal with struggling to go to work amid traffic caused by the floods. Many transporters also […]
The shame in Naira Marley’s Abuja concert
WORLDWIDE, public figures like musicians, politicians, movie actors and other celebrities are icons of achievement in their fields of human endeavour. As a result, the successes they have achieved tend to impress others. Indeed, many up and coming people try to mould their lives after these icons, and in fact adopt them as role models. […]
China pledges to supply COVID-19 vaccine to Africa free of charge
China has pledged to supply any vaccine against Coronavirus to African first free of charge. China is leading the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and its scientists are largely pinning their hopes on a technology that has been used for decades. Five out of 10 potential vaccines undergoing clinical trials have been developed by […]
A requiem for the APC?
By John Ewah IN the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the ‘unsinkable’ RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, measuring 883 feet long, 92 feet wide, 104 feet high, and weighing 46,328 tonnes, hit an iceberg and sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage from […]
UN reports highest number of refugees ever recorded
The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine million people last year – the biggest rise in its records. In its annual “Global Trends” report released on Thursday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that the 79.5 million […]
India holds funeral for soldiers killed in China border clash as tension stay high
India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed mountainous border region, as the nuclear-armed rivals sought to defuse tensions. Troops remained on alert at the Galwan Valley in the Ladakh region of the western Himalayas three days after the […]
Insecurity: Buhari should heed vibes from Katsina
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ANYTIME I hear President Muhammadu Buhari and his courtiers gloat over the administration’s success in providing Nigerians security, I remember Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale: The Emperor’s New Clothes. “Many years ago, there was an emperor who was so very fond of new clothes,” wrote the 19th century Danish author. It is […]
Epileptic Power Supply: 11 DISCOs reject 8,244MW in one week – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Thursday, disclosed that eleven electricity companies in the country rejected 8,244 megawatts of electricity transmitted to them during the first week of June 2020.
