FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Minister of federal capital territory, Mohammed Bello has tested positive for COVID-19. Bello announced this via his Facebook page on Friday. “After a hide and seek period spanning 21 months (1yr 9 months) between COVID-19 and my humble self, the virus finally caught up with me during the dying days of 2021. After feeling unwell […]
Lagos Schools To Resume For Second Term January 4
Lagos State Government has announced that all primary and secondary schools in the state are to resume academic activities for the second term on Tuesday, Janaury 4, 2022 This was disclosed in a statement by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, on Friday, said all learners are expected back in school as […]
PHOTOS: Buhari, Jonathan Meet In Asorock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa, Abuja. The details of their discussion was not mad public. See below some photos of their meeting.
Again, Osimhen Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Super Eagles striker and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has tested positive for coronavirus for the second time in 2021 This was confirmed by Napoli, the Italian football giants via its Twitter handle on Thursday. The Italian club added that the former Wolfsburg striker has since been in isolation. This will be the second time the […]
The Demise of Reverend Desmond Tutu
By Toyin Falola Ubuntu: I am because you are, because we are. But beyond that, I am because I belong, and I have chosen to belong, to form a part of, participate in, and unite with others and their ideas and ideologies, despite the realistic existence of nuances and differences. This was perhaps the strongest […]
NFF Confirms Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles Head coach
Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) has appointed Jose Peseiro as the new Super Eagles head coach. The federation announced Peseiro’s appointment in a communique on Wednesday evening The Portuguese tactician replaces Gernot Rohr, the Franco-German, who was relieved of his duty on December 12. Peseiro is expected to be at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA, PART 3
Attahiru Jega and Jibrin Ibrahim: Meditations on Power Politics By Toyin Falola This is the second report on the interview with Professor Attahiru Jega on December 12, 2021. The extensive interview, which has received millions of views across different platforms, exposes Nigeria in all of its ugliness while also offering a path out of the […]
Police never invited me before whisking me away from church – Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu
A son-in-law to a former governor of Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has been released less than 24 hours after he was whisked away during a church service at his hometown, Eziama Obieri in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, by masked police operatives. Nwosu in a statement issued on Monday by his media […]
With Cultism, We Dug Our Graves
By Toyin Falola When the world saw the BBC documentary on “Black Axe: Nigeria’s Mafia Cult” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViTQ7N7iUQ0), the kind of surprise that greeted it, especially over the media, was not expected. This is because, while the whole narrative is excruciating, it is obvious that we dug our own graves and the ghosts we failed […]
ABDULLAHI A. SULE AT 62: ‘OF LIFE AND BIRTH’
By Yakubu Lamai On July 30, 2019 at the Tony Elumelu Forum, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo remarked that: “No matter how young or old we might be, our lives are essentially stories that are being written and revised every day” and on the occasion of the Vice President’s 63rd birthday, Engr Sule described Osinbajo as […]
