15-year-old girl kills teacher, teenager in latest US school shooting
A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and teacher were killed and the suspected shooter was found dead. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people […]
For Buhari, Ore Mekunu (Friend of the poor), at 82
By FEMI ADESINA This will stick in memory for life. It was March, 2020. The whole world was at the edge. A pandemic was on the prowl, and the auguries were not good. The Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920 killed between 25 and 50 million people worldwide. COVID-19 was going to mow down hundreds of […]
Still on State Police, by Dakuku Peterside
EFFECTIVE policies require thoughtful design and an understanding of public response to their benefits and challenges. Nigeria’s current federal policing system is inadequate in addressing the nation’s diverse security threats, such as terrorism, banditry, cybercrime, and kidnapping. The call for state police has gained significant traction across regional and political divides, reflecting its necessity for improving […]
The delay in appointing Ambassadors(5), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative on the individuals appointed to serve as Nigeria’s ambassadors to different countries, including Chief Edwin Ogbu who, before then, served in the Northern Region Civil Service and the Federal Civil Service. In 1963, he was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance as Permanent Secretary to help realise the objectives […]
Free speech: Let Nigerians breathe
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Human Rights Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, which outlines the rights of everyone as a human being. The UDHR frowns at […]
Defamation debate: Between Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi
By YUSHAU SHUAIB In 2019, my son, Gidado Shuaib—publisher of News Digest and the host of the annual Campus Journalism Awards, CJA—found himself enmeshed in a defamation case. It stemmed from a report he and Alfred Olufemi, an award-winning young journalist at Premium Times, published regarding alleged hemp smoking by workers in a factory owned […]
A new dawn in Nigeria-South Africa relations? By Jideofor Adibe
A new dawn may be in the horizon for Nigeria-South Africa relations. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, during her closing remarks at the ministerial session of the 11th Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Cape Town, South Africa, requested for South Africa’s support for Nigeria’s bid to attain full membership in the G20 […]
Food inflation worsens, sets to cross 40%
There are indications that food inflation will exceed the 40 per cent mark this month as November inflation shows a further rise in consumer prices.
Prophet Samuel Ojo: 7 miracles to expect at 2024 Grace Convention
Renowned spiritual leader and prophetic minister of Freedom Apostolic Revival International Ministry, FARIM, Prophet Samuel Adebayo Ojo, also known as Baba Authority, has announced that attendees of the 2024 Grace for Glory Convention can expect seven transformative miracles during the much-anticipated event.
13-year-old Oghosa Izedonmwen donates shoes to less privileged children
Oghosa Izedonmwen, 13, has organised a community outreach at Agege Stadium in Lagos where he distributed pairs of sneakers to children and afterwards treated them to a game of basketball.
One dead, 5 others hospitalised in 3rd Mainland Bridge auto crash
One yet-to-be-identified person died and five others were rushed to hospital in the early hours of yesterday, following a collision involving two vehicles at Ilubirin, inward Sura, along Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos.
