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). […]
Police Arrest 2 Over Murder of Fresh UNILAG Medical Graduate
The Lagos State Police Command, confirmed Friday, that it arrested two persons over the killing of a medical graduate of the University of Lagos, Dr. Stephen Urueye, at the Idi-Araba area of the metropolis on Thursday. Dr. Urueye graduated from the university only 24 hours before he met his tragic end. He was one of […]
First Bank Empowers 7000 Students, Commemorates Global Money Week
Nigeria’s premier financial services brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, joined over 50,000 global institutions to commemorate the 2019 Global Money Week (GMW) which took place on 25 – 31 March 2019. The 2019 Global Money Week is themed “Learn Save Earn”. Representatives of FirstBank imparted nuggets of financial literacy to over 7000 students in […]
Helen Paul Says She Was Born Out Of Rape
Popular comedienne, Helen Paul, says she was born out of rape. Paul, who bagged a doctorate degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Lagos on Thursday, wrote a note to her mother on her Instagram page. “I HELEN PAUL dedicate this to my mum, you gave birth to me out of rape, they told […]
