By Philip Obazee On a personal note, I have long settled on the fact that the word Africa, etymologically, owes its clarifying significance in popular and contemporary usage to the Romans, derived from the Latin word “Afri” (singular “Afer”), which referred to the inhabitants of Carthage, a region near present-day Tunisia. The suffix “-ica” was […]

By ADEKUNBI LAWAL IT is preposterous to hear anyone still arguing for the legalisation of the use of cannabis or its cultivation in Nigeria, given that the countries they usually cite as examples are currently grappling with the consequences of their experimentation with the liberal use of drugs. Some of these countries are presently contemplating reversing […]

By KOLADE MARTINS RECENTLY, President Bola Tinubu directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to disburse N100bn to fund the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, and the Consumer Credit Corp as part of using recovered assets for the public good.  During his August 4 broadcast to the nation, President Tinubu announced that, in response to […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has been lauded for his exceptional leadership in driving significant improvements in the state’s ease of doing business and overall business environment.

Today, the city is like a ghost of its former self, more rural than villages in the countryside. A city in darkness that can remain without light for as long as two weeks and nobody cares.