Olu Jacobs imbued Nollywood films with the power of his presence — Femi Odugbemi

Olu Jacobs imbued Nollywood films with the power of his presence — Femi Odugbemi

By Benjamin Njoku Filmmaker Femi Odugbemi noted:“Olu Jacobs had built a thriving international career with top acting credits in global films and on television in the UK. Yet he returned home and lent the weight of his name, his craft and his global acclaim to an emerging and uncertain Nollywood industry that many ‘experts’ back […]
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UNIBEN management clears the air on recent ASUU strike

UNIBEN management clears the air on recent ASUU strike

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE management of the University of Benin on Friday dispel reports that it was responsible for the recent strike of the school’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over unpaid emoluments. Recall that lecturers on Wednesday suspended their indefinite strike over their claims that they got […]

Why Africa’s debt crisis Is really a development crisis

Why Africa’s debt crisis Is really a development crisis

By Steve Aborisade Increasingly, governments across Africa are making an impossible choice. They must decide whether the next available dollar goes to servicing foreign debts or to funding hospitals, schools, roads, food security, and creating jobs. Steadily, debt repayments come first. This is no longer an occasional fiscal emergency. It has become the normal condition […]

Cleric drums support for Atiku as ‘Nigeria’s cornerstone in 2027’

Cleric drums support for Atiku as ‘Nigeria’s cornerstone in 2027’

The President of the International Council of Archbishops and Bishops for Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches, Archbishop Sir Benny Danson, has expressed support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Danson made his position known at a press conference in Aba, Abia State, organised by the council in collaboration with the […]

NDC: Appeal Court protected Nigeria’s democracy – Dickson

NDC: Appeal Court protected Nigeria’s democracy – Dickson

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, has described the Court of Appeal’s decision upholding the party’s registration as a protection of Nigeria’s democratic space. The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, had set aside the June 26 judgment of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, which […]

2027: Lagos students plan one-million-man march for Tinubu

2027: Lagos students plan one-million-man march for Tinubu

Lagos State Students Coordination has warned that the country cannot build its future without young people, saying there is a need to communicate policies, programmes and political developments that affect them. State Students Coordinator, Renewed Hope Project 2027, Lagos State, Sanni Olamide, said the group intends to organise the Lagos Students Policy and Development Symposium, […]