Nigerian-born Boxer Lasisi Wins World Boxing Title for Dubai
A Nigerian-born boxer, Aliu Bamidele Lasisi, who has adopted United Arab Emirates and Dubai as his adopted home, has put the Arab nation on the boxing map. Lasisi on Friday night won the vacant WBC International super-flyweight crown, in a ‘The Fight DXB Uncovered,’which drew a packed crowd at the Emirates Golf Club. The match […]
We Shall Retrieve our Stolen Mandate from Tambuwal-Sokoto APC
Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, Director General APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation in Sokoto has lauded members of the party for coming out to vote for the party’s candidates in the just concluded general elections. Although, the party’s candidate Ahmed Aliyu narrowly lost the governorship post to incumbent Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party, Suleiman, a former […]
Gunmen Abduct Lagos State Fire Director, Six Others
The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasaki Musibau; and six others were abducted by unknown gunmen on Saturday night at about 8p.m. on Iwoye Bridge, along the Itoikin-Epe Road, Ikorodu. The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, saying that the Police were on […]
2023: Power Shift to Southern Nigeria not Negotiable-APC Chief
The Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, has insisted that power must shift to the southern part of Nigeria in 2023. Lawal made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola. He stressed the need to demonstrate fairness in the polity, […]
Zamfara: Many Armed Bandits Killed as Nigeria Air Force Attacks Logistics Base
The Nigeria Air Force, NAF, dealt a major blow to the armed bandits terrorising citizens in Zamfara State over the weekend. Dozens of the bandits were killed as NAF launched air strikes on their hideouts. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement released in Abuja on Sunday, saying […]
How Excess Speed, Hasty Commands, Flawed Software Doomed an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX
A key sensor had been wrecked, possibly by a bird strike. As soon as they retracted the landing gear, flaps, and slats, it began to feed faulty data into the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), designed to prevent stalls. Flying faster than recommended, the crew struggled with MCAS. But the high speed made it nearly […]
Legendary Ogunde: Theatre as a Vehicle for Popular Struggle
Exactly 29 years ago today, the Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, “The African Music Research Party” in 1945, Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, (10 July 1916 -4 April 1990 )passed away in a London hospital after a brief illness. He has been aptly described […]
Cry for Lost Home, By Michael West
I received a call last weekend from a reader of this column. She requested that I should write her story for the world to read and for women in her kind of situation to learn from. I asked her to write it while I promised to publish it, but she pleaded that she would tell […]
Sexual Assault: Court Grants Lagos Teacher Bail
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday granted bail to a teacher, Akintunde Ajayi who allegedly forced an 18 year old student to forcefully performing oral sex him. Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje -Afunwa granted him a N500,000 bail. She also ordered the defendant to produce two sureties who must be gainfully employed and should show evidence […]
Police Launch Operation Puff Adder, to Battle Bandits, Kidnappers
Criminals in Nigeria were served a strong notice, Friday, to abandon their nefarious deeds as the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu launched a security action plan tagged Operation Puff Adder. The operation, according to the IGP, would be executed in collaboration with the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Department of State Services (DSS). […]
