How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers
By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating […]
The Senate on Cryptocurrency
I am a lawyer cum cryptopreneur well versed in the blockchain technology and cryptocurrency as a current financial tool in the world today, having undergone trainings on the blockchain technology in the UK and USA respectively.
Ekiti Verdict: Clipping the Wings of Impunity
Prior to the ascension of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the Presidency in 1999, Nigeria was a pariah in the comity of nations due to her deplorable track records in human rights abuses as epitomized by the late Sani Abacha government and unassailable corruption index.
Benue killings: Buhari deserves our support, not knocks
I write as a peace-loving citizen of Nigeria. I am disturbed whenever I see actions capable of causing breach of peace in the country.
Buhari’s anti-corruption conundrum
There is common sense in the submission that the anti-corruption crusade of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has slumped. This is validated by the slipshod, ineffectual and selective manner the administration has so far executed the vaunted crusade.
The things to avoid when you’re pregnant
Smoking. Why? It’s harmful to the developing baby. It can lead to premature birth and low birth weight, and it increases the risk of cot death.
Dishonesty of Buhari administration knows no bounds – Reno
On December 18, 2013, then President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled the first ever made in Nigeria drone built by the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna. Yesterday, President Buhari went to Kaduna to unveil the same drone and declared it the ‘first made in Nigeria drone’. Why can’t the Buhari government stop lying? Why must they be so dishonest?
Arisekola: A half of Ibadan mistaken for a single person
Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao would have been 73 years old today. All roads would have led to his palatial residence at OluwoNla for the big event. It would have been a celebration in the city because Arisekola was at the epicentre of the politics and social life of Ibadan.In the words of that Yoruba wordsmith, Alhaji OdolayeAremu, Arisekola was “Idameji Ibadan ti won pelenikan” (Arisekola was “a half of Ibadan mistaken for a single person”).
Lagos: Cultivating and sustaining a growth mindset(2)
The advocacy for a ‘growth mindset’ has everything to do with one’s attitude
To NatGeo: A story idea on Nigerian animals by Rueben Abati
I am a great fan of your magazine, National Geographic, and your sister platform, National Geo Wild, and your coverage of natural history, particularly the behaviour of animals in the wild. I must commend you and your organization for the high level of commitment, attentiveness to details and professionalism consistently and habitually displayed in your various reports both in print and the broadcast form. As a journalist of many years standing myself,
Bayelsa’s educational renaissance: The story of Gov Dickson’s six years in office
IT can rightly be articulated that Bayelsa State has been witnessing nothing short of an educational revolution in the last six years. The genesis of this generational transformation in this critical sector can, as a matter of fact, be historically located in the first inaugural address of Governor Seriake Dickson to the good people of Bayelsa State,
