Author: Olabanji Ayoola

• Families accuse government of abandoning victims Despite frantic efforts by doctors to save the victims of last Thursday’s pipeline explosion in Ijegun area of Lagos, at least eight of them have died. It was learnt that a mechanic, Murphy Afolabi; his wife, Rashidat; their three-year-old son, Ridwan; and their daughter, Opeyemi; as well as […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged Nigeria’s continued support for Libya’s quest to regain political and security stability. He spoke during a bilateral meeting with the Head of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, on the margins of the African Union Summit in Niamey, Niger Republic, on Sunday. He noted that there were over […]

I am afraid for this nation, says Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka (left); President, Women Arise, Dr. Joe Odumakin; Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd) and human rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) at the commemoration of MKO Abiola 21 years after his death in Lagos…yesterday. Story on page six. Photo: Ayodele Adeniran Eminent Nigerians, including Nobel Laureate […]

• Task government on infrastructure for competitive manufacturing• Buhari signs treaty, vows to sustain country’s leadership role With Nigeria’s joining of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) a done deal, the country’s chances of benefitting from the treaty could depend on how ingeniously it gets its economic acts together. At exactly 10:47 a.m. on […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to publish the names and other details of contractors who allegedly collected money and disappeared without executing awarded electricity projects since the return to democracy in 1999. Justice Chuka Obiozor handed down the order on Friday in a suit filed by anti-corruption advocacy group, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy on education as anti-masses. It accused the All Progressives Congress government of a deliberate plan to starve public education with funds in order to deny Nigerian youths the right to know and challenge misrule. In a statement in Ibadan on Sunday […]

Describes late MKO Abiola as stellar leader Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says there cannot be closure on the death of Chief MKO Abiola until some of the challenges and anomalies in the country have been addressed and eliminated. Soyinka, who  said this at a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the death […]

Lagos residents have faulted the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the $5,000 he donated to each Nigerian player for the Round of 16 victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The governor made the donation, which amounts to $115,000 (N41.4m) for 23 players in […]

Leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, on Friday, said that the threat that emanated from the Coalition of Northern groups, over the suspension of Ruga settlement by the Presidency, was clearly a drumbeat of war and should be watched. The body noted that the latest threat from the Northern group was not only capable […]