A CONVERSATION WITH PRINCE YEMISI SHYLLON, PART 3
The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art: Reintroducing Africa in Modern African Art By Toyin Falola The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) and its extensive collection of traditional (antique) and modern art pieces—both African and foreign—represents an opportunity to create awareness and reintroduce art as a potent force for national reconstruction and transformation. The significance […]
IGP Orders Suspension Of Issuance Of Tinted Glass Permit
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle glasses in Nigeria The IGP announced this on Monday during a meeting with senior police officers including commissioners and DIGs from across the states. He also directed that the issuance of spy number plates be put on hold. Baba gave […]
Remembering Professor J. A. Atanda
By Toyin Falola Many Africans have shown pioneering integrity in enhancing the formidable intellectual image that has come to be associated with the Black race. Specifically, Nigeria’s intellectual network has become so important to this movement that it is inescapable and impractical to dismiss the contributions of academics and thinkers from the country to human […]
FG Gives Condition To Lift Ban On Twitter
The federal government has given a condition to lift its definite suspension of the micro-blogging site, Twitter in Nigeria The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said this during a meeting with some envoys in Abuja on Monday. The minister stated that Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be […]
Prophet TB Joshua Is Dead
The leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as T. B. Joshua, is dead SCOAN is a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos. The Prophet who would have turned 58 on June 12, was said to have died on Saturday […]
BREAKING: FG Suspends Twitter Operations In Nigeria
The Federal Government has suspended micro-blogging site, Twitter operations in Nigeria indefinitely On Tuesday, Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s post and suspended his account for 12hours. President Buhari had tweeted: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. […]
Banks Begin Implementation Of N6.98 USSD Transactions
Banks on Friday started charging their customers N6.98 for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Many users woke up to see the notice to pay when they attempted to make a transfer or check account balance. The USSD is a channel for delivering financial services, especially for those who do not have access to physical […]
Bandits Raise for N200m Ransom For Release for Islamiyya Students
Bandits have demanded the sum of 200m ransom for the release of the 156 Islamiyya students kidnapped in Niger State. On May 27, bandits attacked Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in Tegina town, Rafi LGA, and abducted the schoolchildren. The bandits on Wednesday had earlier demanded for 110 million ransom for the kidnapped pupil but on […]
BREAKING: Police Council Confirms Alkali As IGP
The Police Council has confirmed the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police Baba confirmation is coming almost two months after he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari The IGP was confirmed on Friday during a meeting of the council in Abuja presided over by President Buhari. Briefing newsmen after the […]
Soyinka denounces social media posting
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has denounced a social media posting credited to him. In the post which has gone viral, the prize-winning world renown author was alleged to be support a break up of the country. The account claimed that he has thrown his support behind those agitating for the break-up of the country. […]
