IGP Kayode Egbetokun Responding to recent questions regarding the indiscriminate checkpoints across the country that disrupt the flow of traffic and encourage extortion and other inappropriate behaviours by police officers, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, stated that the Nigeria Police Force cannot vacate the checkpoints. He added that checkpoints are vibrant parts of […]
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National Grid, Credit: TCN Web Barely six hours after throwing the country into darkness, Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed again at about 6:41 am today. While the system, managed by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) initially collapsed at 12:40 am midnight and was in the process of restoration, the grid operated from Osogbo in Osun State […]
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By Sola Olatunji Exactly 10 years ago, he bade the world final Goodbye at a relatively tender age of 65. Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu may have gone to the world beyond but his legacies remain evergreen in the mind of his Ikale people of Ondo State and many Nigerians who saw him as a leading […]
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By Emmanuel Onwubiko About two decades ago, when I arrived in Abuja as a fresh reporter for The Guardian Newspapers, unarguably Nigeria’s largest circulating national daily then, I met a senior colleague who covers the politics beat. He would move on to become a Professor at a prestigious University in Nigeria. This colleague is Yoruba […]
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As primary and secondary schools in Nigeria open their doors for the first academic term after a lengthy (third term) break, parents and guardians across the country are groaning, with the weight of a harsh economy and increase in fees. The resumption of schools came at a time Nigerians are battling with the harsh realities […]
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Twenty-four years into civilian rule, extrajudicial killings are rising and undermining human rights and democracy in Nigeria. Last Thursday, police in the Federal Capital Territory put down a violent protest following a report that agents of the Department of State Services had killed a fashion designer and injured several other persons. Although it later emerged […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday sacked all media aides seconded to the office of the Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The affected aides include the press secretary to the governor, Kenneth Odusola; special assistant to the governor (new media), Okunniga Oladipupo; and special assistant to the governor (Photography), Abayomi Samson […]
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Farce descended recently on Ogun State over the operations of its local governments, drawing attention to Nigeria’s broken LG system. A dispute blew open when the Chairman of Ijebu East LG, Wale Adedayo, accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting the statutory funds of the state’s LGs. The state government promptly denied the allegations. Then events […]
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Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, has announced the rescheduling of the European leg of his “Timeless” global tour due to production issues. Baddest, as he is also known, took to his X page on Monday where he expressed his gratitude to concertgoers who graced his “sold-out shows across North America and […]
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By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyink The SDGs, among others, seek to reduce poverty, improve access to health care and education, mitigate the effects of climate change, and attain food security by 2030. We are not meeting the key Goals. Africa is unable to feed itself. We found during COVID-19 that we cannot produce a large percentage of […]
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