I was a girl sold for the price of a used motorcycle at 17
There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a village when the rains fail and the yams come up stunted and grey.
Patrick Seubo Koshoni: Exit of the Quintessential Admiral
By Olutunde Oladimeji “They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep” Psalm 107:23-24 KJV Great admirals are cherished forever by virtue of their ability to harness human, material, technical and logistical resources to navigate the […]
No ongoing recruitment at NAFDAC, says Adeyeye
•Worries over Nigeria’s drug insecurity as COVID-19 outbreak rages By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has debunked a purported online recruitment exercise by the Agency, describing “it as fake news”. Meanwhile, the Agency has expressed worry over Nigeria’s drug self-sufficiency level following the outbreak of novel Coronavirus […]
ECOWAS countries unite against COVID-19 as Egypt confirms 1st case
•No suspected cases in Nigeria — NCDC •Impossible to predict direction outbreak will take — WHO By Sola Ogundipe Following confirmation in Egypt of the first known COVID-19 infection in Africa, the Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS have resolved to strengthen cooperation amongst their countries to deal with […]
Victor Olaiya: Things you never knew about him
By Fred Iwenjora When news of the death of veteran highlife music don, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON flew around on Wednesday, 12th February 2020, most African music lovers both old and young who knew him or familiar with his songs cringed. The sad news was enough to elicit shock especially coming just a day […]
Fashola turns ‘Bus conductor’ on highways
Inspects federal projects in rural South-South, Southeast Milestone as 2nd Niger Bridge gets first deck, walks on it Sounds out artisans on impact of projects in their lives Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Love or hate Babatunde Raji Fashola, former Lagos State Governor and current Minister of Works and Housing, you cannot take away […]
