Zamfara: FG Orders Foreigners Out in 48 Hours, Suspends Mining
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of all forms of mining activities in Zamfara, and ordered all foreigners engaged in mining activities to leave the state within 48 hours. The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, who disclosed this when he addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Sunday, said the order was part […]
Trump Border War: Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen Resigns
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico. A senior administration official said Trump asked for Nielsen’s resignation and she gave it. Trump, who has recently expressed […]
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 […]
