Oyo 2019 and other matters: Akala clears air on ‘Hard Talk’

By Yinka Fabowale Former Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala, will be my guest on your popular chat show, Hard Talk on Thursday, October 25. Otunba Akala, who is running for the state governorship again on the platform of the African Democratic Party, ADP, will be fielding questions on why he […]

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As Nigeria votes in 2019: a few, quick lessons from Chile

By Lola Fabowale As Nigerians wring their hands, seemingly resigned that neither of the two national political parties they are asked to choose from in 2019 may offer nothing else but more of massive unemployment and growing gaps between the rich and poor in the country, with innuendos that some corrupt politicians may resort to […]

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After killing, Saudi Arabia’s formidable PR machine shows cracks

(FILES) Saudi Arabia has admitted that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi — seen here in a 2014 image — was killed in its consulate in Istanbul. His case has sparked US reevaluation of relationships with Saudis When the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001 by 19 hijackers — 15 of them from Saudi Arabia […]

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Saudi hosts investment forum under Khashoggi shadow

AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE Saudi journalists collect their press badges for the Future Investment Initiative — a key gathering overshadowed by the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia opened an investment conference on Tuesday despite a wave of cancellations from policymakers and business titans over the murder of journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi. […]

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‘Game changer’ tuberculosis drug cures 8 in 10

AFP/File / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT                   Tuberculosis killed at least 1.7 million people in 2017, according to the WHO, making the airborne infection the world’s deadliest infectious disease A new treatment for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis can cure 80 percent of sufferers, according to a trial hailed Monday […]

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Turkey president to reveal ‘naked truth’ about Khashoggi murder

AFP / ADEM ALTANTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan promised to reveal the “naked truth” about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was set Tuesday to reveal what he called the “naked truth” about the murder in the Saudi consulate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. His speech is set to have major […]

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Sperm passes dad’s trauma, poor diet to children

PHOTO: YouTube Procedure  to help infertile men become fathers out New condoms ‘can withstand 1,000 thrusts, make sex better’ Fathers who smoke endanger children, grandchildren Scientists have shown how a father’s poor diet, lifestyle and trauma are passed onto his children. Sperm carries ‘epigenetic’ marks that inform how the baby’s germ cells develop, researchers at […]

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Citizens take FG to ECOWAS court over high cost of nomination forms

ECOWAS Court Some Nigerian citizens have dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over high cost of nomination forms for elective posts. Kenneth Roberts, Goodluck Edafe, Dr. Matthew Oguche, Macaulay S. William-Jumbo and Josephine E. Okeke, (plaintiffs) stated in a suit marked, ECW/CCJ/APP/49/18, dated October 18 and filed the same […]

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At 58 years, mutual distrust defines Nigeria’s media-state relations

The media has always been part of Nigeria’s political sailing ship since colonial era by contributing to her development in spite of hostility towards it. Men and women of the press have suffered humiliation and victimisation, and these were even more so during the military era. Nigeria supposedly has a background of liberalism, which suggests […]

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