Covid -19: FG extends inter-state lockdown, curfew by 2 weeks
The Federal Government has announced an extension of the current partial lock-down of the country, saying the time was not ripe for it to relax its containment protocols against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The outgoing generation
By Eric Teniola WITH the demise of Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide (1931-2020), all ministers, except Alhaji Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdul Razak (93), Chief Mbazulike Amaechi (91) and Chief Jacob Cheogbu Obande (98) who served in the first Republic under Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966), GCFR, have answered the final call. For better or for worse […]
The coming Antichrist and Africans
By Obadiah Mailafia THIS is an imaginary essay, but I urge my gentle readers not to take it lightly. I was recently taken by dream-vision to the Infernal Kingdom. I beheld Satan sitting on a golden throne with diadems and glittering pomp. The powers and principalities paid obeisance to the King of Darkness; lying prostrate […]
Re: In Africa, Trump’s fate is worse than a laughing stock
RIGHT OF REPLY By Jesutega Onokpasa I FOUND Azu Ishiekwene’s article of the above-referenced title rather disheartening, coming from a columnist of his towering stature and quite established pedigree. To seek to mould opinions in the wider society is certainly the entitlement of any writer but it is rather self-aggrandizing for intellectuals to suppose and […]
Waziri Bulama played key role in merger that gave birth to APC – Ize-Iyamu
The leading aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has congratulated Arch. Waziri Bulama on his swearing-in as Acting National Secretary of APC.
Amaechi is so cold about it
By Yinka Odumakin WHEN Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi appeared before the Senate in 2015 to be screened for two portfolios, he submitted an interesting CV. He was a graduate of English but with his only working experience being at Palmo Clinic in Port Harcourt. It was not that because literature deals with all disciplines but for […]
