By Abdu Rafiu Today, I yield place unusually for my leading article to a thoughtful contribution by Dr. Stephen Lampe, an author of books and articles. The taste of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. Enjoy the reading. By Stephen M. Lampe It is now June 2022 and the national trepidation […]
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By James Eze I am one of those folks who feel that even in our well-known backwardness, certain things are best left the way they are. Things like the amazing otherness of Nollywood and Nigerian music. Things like the now famous Nigerian confidence and well… the cosmopolitan outlook of Lagos. I am incredibly fascinated by […]
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Protests by unions on Wednesday compelled the University of Ibadan to suspend the announcement of a new vice-chancellor who would have been the 13th in line. Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and those of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) stormed the Council chambers where the final selection would have been […]
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Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a press conference on July 15, 2020, in Geneva, following her hearing before World Trade Organization 164 member states’ representatives, as part of the application process to head the WTO as Director General. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP) Key WTO ambassadors tapped Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala […]
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Over 36.59 million others at risk worldwide Wife of Kebbi state governor, Dr Zainab Bagudu The Director of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Dr Zainab Shinkafi – Bagudu, says that 26 women die of cervical cancer daily in Nigeria, with more than 36.59 million at risk globally. Shinkafi-Bagudu, who is also the founder […]
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The rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, has urged Muslims to pray for Nigeria while felicitating with them on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Maulud. In a statement by him, he said: “Let me, on behalf of the Staff and Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, seize this auspicious moment […]
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By Kayode Komolafe If last Thursday’s broadcast by the President failed to fully capture the mood of the nation, the outcome of the National Economic Council (NEC) of two days ago seemed to be closer to a problem-solving approach. It is, therefore, more constructive to read the NEC statement as a useful complement to the […]
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counsels against inflammatory comments, actions President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians to be wary of actions and utterances capable of injuring the nation’s unity and progress. The President who spoke on Wednesday at the launching of the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD) Emblem and Appeal Fund, said this year’s occasion reminds Nigerians of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with former Minister of Defence, retired Gen. T. Y. Danjuma, at the State House, Abuja. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this via pictorial reports on the meeting. The agenda of the meeting was unknown to State House correspondents as at […]
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Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of plotting to cover up the killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki Toll Gate last Tuesday. The rights group in a statement said, “Nigerian authorities’ must end their attempts to cover up the Lekki Toll Gate massacre.” Amnesty International said it has proofs in a new timeline of […]
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