Parents of the 39 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have appealed to the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to negotiate with the bandits to secure the release of their wards. The parents expressed grave worry that over two weeks after their children […]
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Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has advised that stolen artefacts returned to Africa should be leased to foreign museums. He said this in reaction to the news that the University of Aberdeen is preparing to return a Benin bronze sculpture that was looted by British soldiers in Nigeria. According to a statement on […]
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Senate One of the major tragedies of Nigeria’s chequered political history is a legislature that is marked by stunted development when compared to other democracies world over. For those long years of military incursion in national politics, the legislature suffered the most because each time there was a forceful take-over of government, the legislature was […]
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Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and Special collections, with one of the Benin bronze depicting the Oba of Benin at The Sir Duncan Rice Library, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. (University of Aberdeen via Reuters) The University of Aberdeen in Scotland is to return a Benin bronze sculpture to Nigeria, saying it was acquired […]
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By S.A. Igbinedion On Tuesday, 9 March 2021, national newspapers widely reported that the United Kingdom (UK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to return the sum of £4.2 million of assets plundered by former Delta State Governor (1999 – 2007), James Ibori. That was good news. But it was short-lived by the statement credited […]
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By Dare Babarinsa Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, is a Yoruba city. It is now in the throes of a self-inflicted crisis caused by the hijab, the head covering favoured by Muslim laity for their women folk. It is also loved by some Christians, especially the Catholics. It originated from the Middle-East where women are […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Every now and then all of us human beings find ourselves at a crossroads. There is a struggle between what is right and what is wrong within us. Sometimes what is right is considered to be wrong. We do not yet have a clear picture. When the picture comes it is overruled. […]
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The latest survey by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has shown two-thirds of Africans have expressed willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The findings of the report released by the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to covid-19 (PERC) Consortium, noted in the 19 member countries surveyed, 91 percent surveyed in Morocco were most […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians against violence and other acts capable of creating apprehension during this weekend’s Aba North/South Federal Constituency by-election in Abia State. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who gave the warning yesterday, declared the readiness of the commission for the poll. […]
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There is a sense in which we can claim now that the internal contradictions of the Nigerian state have reached the height of rude awakening. There is also some general awareness that the constitutional scaffolding upon which the extant Nigerian state is hoisted is false and shaky and many who have been emasculated by the […]
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