Two citizens of the Federal Republic, Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu are being accused by the Federal Government of terrorist activities with support from foreign sources. Igboho, an agitator for self-determination for his Yoruba ethnic group, is alleged to receive more than N127 million toward his activities from, according to Attorney General and Minster of […]
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By Maclawrence Famuyiwa As we age, our sexual drive significantly reduces. This is most noticeable in women after menopause. But as menopause is true in women so is andropause true in men. Andropause though not commonly mentioned, was coined from two Greek words “andras (human male)” and “pause (to stop, cessation)”. So, by definition andropause […]
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By Femi Adesina He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies the words of the prophet that “he shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any […]
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A baby receives a dose of the RTS,S vaccine for malaria in Cape Coast, Ghana in 2019. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty/Nature With the recent endorsement of the long-expected first malaria vaccine, RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S), by the World Health Organisation (WHO), children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission will, […]
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ALL eyes are on the security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure a transparent and credible process as the Anambra governorship election holds on Saturday. The exercise is unique in many ways as political analysts believe it will largely reveal the commission’s readiness for the future conduct of elections and foreshadow the […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Months after the Nigerian digital currency, the eNaira, was announced, they still have not told us what exactly it can achieve that is not already possible. From everything they have said so far, eNaira seems like a duplication of existing efforts in the electronic banking sector. After an initial false start and […]
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Climate-change By Olamide Francis Climate change has become a global challenge with far-reaching catastrophic consequences. Not just in sub-Saharan Africa and countries in South Asia or the Antarctic, but in cities in America like New York, in Germany and in London, where 2021 summer was marred by flash flooding and various consequences of heatwaves. It […]
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By Tunde Odesola For a breath of fresh air and to maintain my sanity, I’ll desist from talking about the retired General Muhammadu Buhari in this article. Also, I’ll resist talking about murderous Boko Haram, terrorist Fulani herdsmen, nationwide bandits, humongous corruption and bleeding nepotism which the Buhari regime will bequeath to the incoming Presidency […]
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#EndSARS protest on October 20, 2020. Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti Today marks the first anniversary of the demonstration of rare courage and people power that shook Nigeria like never before. And whatever those sporadic shootings at unarmed protesters in Lekki meant on that October 20, 2020 night of horror, or did not mean in official denials […]
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By Tunde Odesola Clothed in the gold and black stripes of a tiger, the honeybee is a commando in flight. Were it human, its life would’ve been the personification of tragedy. Being an insect, however, the bee life is the ‘insectification’ of a sweet-bitter existence because the bee is the soldier that falls on its […]
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