Father smashes baby’s skull, burns house
A father, Benedict Anieze, has smashed the skull of his one-month-old baby at their residence in the Pipeline area of Idimu, Lagos State. Anieze was said to picked up his baby girl and forcefully smashed her head on the ground. The victim’s skull was said to have broken, as she died on the spot. He […]
MC Oluomo heads 21-member Lagos motor parks committee
Perhaps to stem crisis take may occur in motor parks across the State, the Lagos State Government has appointed an ex-chairman of the state’s chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya popularly called MC Oluomo, as the chairman of its Parks Management Committee. Oluomo had been sacked by the national body […]
IPOB: Soludo picks Odinkalu, Charly Boy, Onwenu for dialogue
In a move many have described as radical, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has appointed a 15- member Truth, Justice and Peace Commission to broker peace with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The committee is headed by human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu with Amb. Bianca Ojukwu as Secretary. In a statement on Wednesday […]
Lagos shuts private hospital over patient’s death at childbirth
The Lagos state government has shut down operations at Medville Global Health Center, Okota. According to Abiola Idowu, executive secretary of the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), preliminary investigations carried out by the team revealed that the hospital is not registered with HEFAMAA. It also has inadequate personnel. The facility at Ago Palace […]
Sacked Abuja imam gets new job
The sacked chief imam of the Apo legislative quarters Juma’at mosque, Nuru Khalid, has got a new job. He was sacked from the Apo quarters mosque after what has been viewed in government quarters as anti-government sermon. He was dismissed because, according to the mosque committee, he had shown no “remorse” despite his suspension. The […]
I want to be Kebbi governor, Malami declares
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has declared his intention to contest for governor of Kebbi State in next year’s election. He announced his interest in a meeting with his supporters which was captured in a video released on Monday. He told his supporters that he relied on the […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR RICHARD JOSEPH, PART 2
Intellectualism, Social Philosophy, and Governance: A Nexus By Toyin Falola (This is the first report on the interview with Professor Richard Joseph on March 27, 2022. His views have traveled wide, reported in several newspapers. For the transcript, see YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOv_AJBHMs; Facebook https://fb.watch/c0p49QbUOK/) Talking about the functionality of the human biological […]
Govt approves barring of calls on all unlinked lines
The federal government has directed telecommunication companies to bar outgoing calls on all unlinked lines. These are subscriber identity module (SIM) line cards that are not yet linked with the National Identification Number (NIN). Two years ago, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami, had announced the integration policy of SIM cards into […]
Richard Joseph and the Value of Education
By Biko Agozino “It was part of the independent movement that there should be education. Chief Awolowo and his colleagues ensured free education at all levels. Education was seen as a very fundamental part of the liberation. We have over 13 million children in Nigeria who are not in school. I mean that’s […]
Nigeria and the Multiplication of Chaos
By Toyin Falola Though the common assertion that “we live in unprecedented times” may be ambiguous, it has come to have a definite meaning for Nigerians in recent times. And no, the statement is not synonymous with the attainment of some scientific breakthrough or any positive achievement; rather it has come to be […]
