It is today approximately twenty-five years from that day of November 7, 1996, that Claude Ake (born 1939) moved on to the great beyond, on that fateful day in the forsaken waters surrounding the outskirts of Lagos. A fallen hero, a genuine patriot, and an unusually self-effacing human being, Claude would be the last person to seek a eulogy on his behalf.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said he does not know where the video camera he recovered at Lekki Tollgate, in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests and shootings, is.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo has assured indigenes of the state living in the diaspora of guaranteed security ahead of the yuletide. This is contained in a release by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Sunday. The governor gave the assurance at the 2021 Imo Cultural […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that Nigeria was able to effectively tackle the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying a responsive and effective public health framework, at a time when more developed and wealthier countries were struggling to deal with the fallouts of the global pandemic.

Civil society and grassroots organisations, CSOs, from Africa have described the climate negotiations in Glasgow, which ended on Saturday as the “most exclusive” COP since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016.