Explainer: What is the Sahel and why is it so important?
Africa’s semi-arid Sahel region is a crucible of climate change, population movement and jihadist attacks. Here is a brief explainer on the region ahead of key elections in Niger on Sunday: – What is it? – In purely geographical terms the Sahel, or Sahil in Arabic, meaning coast or shore, is a vast region that […]
Christmas Day deaths rock Nollywood
…What killed Chico Ejiro, Kola Davis? …Actors, actresses mourn By Benjamin Njoku Tributes have continued to pour in following the sudden demise of two Nollywood producers, Chico Ejiro and Kola Davis, on Christmas Day. Ejiro, younger brother of veteran producer, Zeb Ejiro, died in the early hours of Christmas Day from a seizure, while Kola […]
FROM CHIBOK TO DAPCHI, KANKARA: How northern govs created the insecurity haunting us —Stan-Labo, ex-Army chief
*Says we have not learnt any lessons from serial abductions of schoolchildren *‘The Big Five deficits of the military in the war against Boko Haram’ By Chris Onuoha Hassan Stan-Labo, a retired colonel, as Chief of Staff, 9 Brigade, Nigeria Army Cantonment, Ikeja, superintended over OP MESA as its first Operations Officer. He has wealth […]
COVID-19 VACCINE: No provision for 160m Nigerians in 2021— PTF National Coordinator
*‘Mass gathering has to stop’ By Yinka Ajayi There is no provision for COVID-19 vaccine for 160million Nigerians as the Federal Government prepares to roll out the jab for citizens and other residents across the country to combat the deadly virus in 2021, according to the National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. […]
PANDEF chief, Nkanga, dies, President, Akwa Ibom mourn
By Harris Emmanuel Akwa Ibom State government has expressed sadness over the death of former Military Administrator of the state, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, rtd. Until his death, he was the National Chairman, Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF). The state government, in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, […]
Stop fanning embers of hatred, strife, Lai Mohammed tells religious leaders
By Emmanuel Ebeleke Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said, yesterday, it is graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity. In a statement in Lagos, Mohammed warned religious leaders that resorting to […]
