80-year-old Chinese language teacher makes World Guinness Records with longest 64-year career
An 80-year-old Chinese woman, Yeyu Ying, has been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records for having the title of longest career as a female language teacher of an incredible 64 years and 33 days. GWR said Yeyu Ying started her teaching career at the tender age of 17 in a rural elementary school in […]
Lagos set to generate power from waste
Lagos State has taken a major step towards turning tonnes of solid waste generated in the metropolis to usable energy. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, formalised a partnership with a Dutch firm, Harvest Waste Consortium, for the construction of a high efficiency Waste-to-Energy plant on Epe landfill, which will utilise advanced technology to generate clean energy […]
Senate passes bill on old national anthem
The Senate on Tuesday passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”. The bill, which speedily passed first and second readings, now awaits assent into law by President Bola Tinubu. The House of Representatives had on Thursday passed the bill.
Tinubu’s One Year in Office: Will the hope be renewed?
By Toyin Falola From Olusegun Obasanjo to Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan to Muhammadu Buhari, and now to Bola Tinubu, Nigeria has consistently represented a dim future of optimism, with its citizens persistently recounting the narratives of a better yesterday. Citizens are concerned about the political destiny of their country in the wake of recent elections, […]
Two nabbed for illegal possession of solid minerals
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two persons for offences bordering on possession of solid minerals without lawful authority. They are Nura Lawal and Tunde Jimoh. The defendants were arraigned on one-count charge before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. […]
Court stops Bayero from parading self as Emir
A High Court sitting in Kano has barred the five deposed Emirs of Kano from parading themselves as Emirs. The deposed Emir of Kano Aminu Bayero has been parading himself as Emir and occupies the Nassarawa royal residence after one of his title holders Aminu Babba-Dan’Agundi secured a federal high court order restraining Kano State Government […]
No Money, No Romance!
By Toyin Falola Keere o! TF is having a town hall meeting with all modern-day females by birth. I know I will likely be dragged by my cute white beards after this piece, but you should know by now that TF does not care. I will speak the truth, and you all will be ashamed. […]
Bayelsa poll: Tribunal affirms Diri’s election victory
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed the election victory of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye-led, dismissed the petition by All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, as lacking in merit. The tribunal, in a unanimous decision, held […]
Iran: New parliament convenes days after president’s death in helicopter crash
A new parliament convened in Iran’s capital Tehran for the first time on Monday, days after a deadly helicopter crash which killed the country’s president and foreign minister. Local media reported that lawmakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly opened the first session of the legislative period with a recitation from the Koran. A new parliamentary […]
FCT NAWOJ calls for protection of children’s rights
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), FCT chapter, has urged government to address the increasing numbers of street children and ensure the protection of the rights of every Nigerian child. The Chairperson of the association in Abuja, Mrs Bassey Ita-Ikpang, made the call in a statement on Monday to commemorate the 2024 International Children’s […]
