By Banji Ayoola O Christmas! When the Heavens and the earth, indeed all spheres of Creation are awash with exultant singing, dancing and merrymaking, in the most unusual electrifying jubilation. And these stream downwards to flood and permeate the entire universe. And hover above and around, seeking to penetrate all human beings, all creatures, without […]
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Musa and wife Abigail carrying their children Rev James Musa is the husband of Mrs Abigail Musa, who was delivered of a set of quintuplets after 23 years of marriage, and has been stranded at the Fertile Ground Hospital, Zaramaganda Road, Jos, Plateau State, over N3.7m accumulated hospital bill. The 47-year-old full-time pastor at Church […]
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It was a ghastly sight: Governor Babagana Zulum, teary eyed, as he joined distraught natives to mourn the grisly beheading of 43 hapless farmers by the downgraded Boko Haram terrorists. The somber moment recapitulated a similar, but contrasting harrowing display of 73 corpses of Benue farmers slaughtered by killer herders back in January 2018 in […]
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How many people died during the Lekki Toll Gate ‘shooting?’ Government has maintained that nobody died. But, armchair critics, social media influencers, some right activists, political foes and foreign organisations have insisted that there were corpses without providing evidence. Deputy Editor Emmanuel Oladesu writes on the politics of the subsisting social media-fueled propaganda about imaginary […]
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The liberalisation of the telecoms space has transformed the national economy. Its infrastructure have become enablers to other sectors thus breaking barriers to budiness. Lucas Ajanaku however, reports that punitive data cost has become a pain in the groins of subscribers. Few years ago, when Praise Jadesola, a student, got her mobile line, little did she […]
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Violence-based sexual offences have been on the rise in Nigeria. This year, several high-profile cases of rape and sexual violence have been recorded in the country, some involving students. In May, there was a public outcry over the rape and murder of Vera Uwa Omozuwa, a 22-year-old University of Benin undergraduate. Also, in June, 19-year-old […]
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Cost of living reaches all-time high Inflation rate escalates, defies economic principles Protest may enhance accountability, improve investment outlook Nigeria’s economy, following weeks of youth protests, faces more economic risks in areas of unemployment, capital flight, and cost of living. Tension continues to build across the country as protests against bad governance and police brutality […]
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The Shoprite shopping mall in Lekki Phase 2 was looted on October 22, 2020, after the army repressed peaceful protesters gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate despite curfew. Over 20 important state properties have been set on fires, multiple banks and shops were destroyed and food shops looted. Sophie BOUILLON / AFP The spate of […]
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There is a humanitarian crisis ravaging flood-prone communities across the Niger Delta and beyond, writes SHOLA O’NEIL Floods are wiping out communities, submerging homes, eating up farms and villages in the hinterland, hapless citizens are fleeing their areas and moving into neighbouring towns, which also soon feel the wrath of nature. Those fleeing are leaving behind […]
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By Kunle Ajibade Since Dele Giwa was killed by a letter bomb on 19 October 1986, every anniversary of his death has remained for me a moment of sobering reflection on the precarious nature and power of journalism. It has also remained for me a time to re-read Giwa’s essays, remembering the indebtedness of many […]
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