By Ndigwe Ifunanya The Federal Government’s plan to phase out university courses considered irrelevant to the national economy has brought about criticisms from student leaders and undergraduates who view the move as an attack on academic freedom. This follows recent comments by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, who described several disciplines, particularly in the social […]

By Fred Chukwuelobe In recent weeks, social media has been awash with videos attacking Air Peace, Nigeria’s foremost indigenous airline. Some of the videos openly call on Nigerians to boycott the airline, while others portray the carrier as incompetent, insensitive, or incapable of managing its operations. Curiously, however, many of these viral videos tell only […]

Chief Allen Onyema and former President Olusegun Obasanjo were among passengers on an Air Peace flight from Lagos to London, a development that drew attention on social media on today The presence of the airline’s founder, Chief Onyema, and Mr. Obasanjo, who served as Nigeria’s president from 1999 to 2007, prompted a flurry of online […]

… Aaron’s Olympic gold medal was like a dream – father When little Aniefiok Nick Nkanang, just 13 then, ran away from their London home, little did he know where he was headed. He eloped, and ran in no specific direction. His plan was just to leave home, to escape from his father who was planning […]

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO:- The leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress in Sokoto State took a dramatic legal turn on Friday as the Federal High Court in Sokoto ordered an accelerated hearing in a suit challenging the authenticity of the party’s state leadership ahead of its scheduled primary elections. Presiding over the matter, […]