A 20-year-old man, Jelili Adeosun, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, for breaking into a church with the intention to steal. Adeosun, whose address was not provided, is charged with burglary and malicious damage. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp E.O.Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 9 […]

THE Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has approved the cancellation of the 2021 edition of the Annual Ojude Oba Festival of Ijebu Ode. This, according to known history makes it only the second time the annual event would be called off. In a Press statement issued by the Coordinator […]

The Fletcher School has announced the appointment of human rights law expert, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, to a Professor of Practice faculty position. The appointment is for three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2021 (September 2021). The Academic Dean at The Fletcher School, Kelly Sims Gallagher, described Professor Odinkalu as a “renowned human rights activist with a […]

Ladipo Adamolekun The definitive retreat of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida from competing in the 2007 presidential elections needs to be followed by that of his predecessor as military ruler of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari. This position is based on three reasons. First, at this juncture in Nigeria’s continued apprenticeship to democratic political culture, another president with […]

We waited for a couple of hours, and suddenly, my mother stood up in the crowd and said: ‘I have my daughter here and I think she can anchor the event in the meantime, while we expect the ‘alaga iduro’ compere’.

FishNet Alliance, a network of fishers engaged in and promoting sustainable fishing in line with ecosystem limits, has raised the alarm over the harm being done by unregulated fishing around Africa’s waters due in large part to harmful fishing subsidies.

Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, a special counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has disclosed that the detained IPOB leader is in high spirit in the Department of State Service, DSS, detention facility.

ACTIVIST and critic, Adesunbo Onitiri, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, seek foreign help to tackle the current intractable and overwhelming security problem facing the country.

Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application before the Federal High Court,Abuja, seeking to be transferred from custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to the prisons in Kuje.

Zenith Bank Plc has been named the Best Commercial Bank in Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2021.