By Luminous Jannamike The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, yesterday, said that the whereabouts of no fewer than 14,000 children in Nigeria remained unknown. It also disclosed that these registered cases do not capture the full scope of the often-neglected and tragic humanitarian issue.  In a statement to mark the International Day of the […]

By Dakuku Peterside Something remarkable happened last week at  the 2022 Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, conference in Lagos. However, social media was awash with mundane, trivial, irrelevant, and cosmetic portrayals and representations of the Vice Presidential candidate of APC at that event. They focused on the appropriateness, type, and size of the shoe the ebullient […]

By Olayinka Ajayi THE Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has reiterated the need for the political class to create an inclusive atmosphere ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Speaking at the Centre’s capacity building workshop for Civil Society Organisations and Media Executives, themed: Corruption , Election and the Troubled Democracy: The Role […]

By Adeshina Wahab Residents of Lekki have said locating the Lekki Ferry Terminal in the area with the aim of linking the axis with other parts of Lagos will not lead to any congestion in the area, they said it will rather aid easy commuting with other parts of the state. Speaking with journalists, some […]

By IMMAN EKPE ALL Progressives Congress, APC, vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima is again making news after delegating the management of the economy to his supposed principal, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and taking up for himself, the role of Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces should they win the 2023 presidential election. His assertion is against […]

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 …Top eight teams to compete in physical hackathon taking place in the Mara, Kenya from 17th-26th of September 2022 As part of its commitment to inspire developers to “build the future of Africa on Web3”, Mara, the Pan-African blockchain platform, has announced the top eight finalist teams of the “Hack The Mara” competition. These finalists […]

By SOLA EBISENI LIKE him or not, Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, veteran of wars, former Nigerian Military Head of State,  eight years elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is an enigma.  According to Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em”. For […]

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa THE Deputy President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Chris Ogonna Alatu Shegbelegbe, on Monday roll out the drums to celebrate this year New Yam festival with kinsmen, friends and business associates in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Chief Shegbelegbe who pointed out that the New yam festival is a […]

By Eric Teniola Continuing from last week, the piece here gives further details of what transpired after President Olusegun Obasanjo was served an impeachment notice by the House of Representatives on August 2002   WITH President Obasanjo that night were his personal assistant, Bodunde Adeyanju from Ado Ekiti; Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George (76), the former Military Governor […]