By Akinpelu Olujoba “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”(Matthew 4:4) With these words Jesus sternly rebuffed the Tempter, Lucifer! After baptism in the Jordan, the bandages fell from the eye of the Christ. He […]
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Senator Biodun Olujimi’s capacity to sustain her political career is remarkable. She has been active since 1999 when she was an ally of the senior Saraki, the late Chief Olusola Saraki. She was the national Publicity Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) until 2003 when she joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
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Youths and facilitators under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria on Monday, August 4, defied threats of security agencies to hold the ‘Revolution Now’ protest in four states of the country and Abuja States where the Revolution protests took place are Lagos, Osun, Ondo and Cross River. It would be recalled […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Among reporters of his generation, he was the “primus inter pares,” the first among equals. Whether in diligence, application to duty, indeed unremitted commitment, he was in the forefront. He was daring and he was brave. I am referring to no other than Olusegun Osoba. It is not for nothing that he was […]
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Residents cry for help as estate sinks below sea level Neighbourhood taken over by drug addicts LASURA courts private investors, adopts N288 billion high-rise building technology Bintu Rahman dreads thunderstorms. The early drizzle pounds fear through her roof into her fragile frame. When it pours, the 86-year-old feels a rare chill to the bones; rivulets […]
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For years, the Niger Delta witnessed armed struggles, which only abated after the introduction of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). But, activists have pilloried the programme for marginalising women— an allegation refuted by the programme’s coordinator. Hannah Ajakaiye reports. On a dry dusty road in Agarha-otor, Delta State, a frail woman pushes a rickety bicycle […]
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Early years and education Born in 1959, Lawan completed his primary education at Sabon Gari Primary School, Gashua in 1974 and then enrolled at Government Secondary School, Gashua where he obtained his O’Level in 1979. From there, he proceeded to University of Maiduguri where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1984. Same year, […]
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Can we track the growing menace of the billions of tons of plastic used and discarded every year? It is estimated that one million plastic bottles are sold around the world every minute and yet there is no drastic plan to combat this vast plastic waste explosion. According to the State of Plastics report, only […]
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By Yinka Fabowale The mood at the traditional wedding/introduction ceremony just got upbeat as the bride after the usual motions of customary courtesies and bestowal of blessings by her family and the groom’s, smilingly took her seat beside me on the special nuptial chairs placed at a corner of the middle space partitioning the seated […]
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By Pius Adesanmi I was wet behind the ears. I was a Jambite. It was matriculation day at the University of Ilorin. After matriculation on the main campus of the University, I returned to the mini-campus in the company of new friends – fellow Jambites. At the entrance gate to campus, we ran to a […]
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