Ayinla Omowura Book Review
Book title: Ayinla Omowura: Life and times of an Apala Legend Author: Festus Adedayo Publisher: Noirledge Pages: 537 Reviewer: Olayinka Oyegbile Four decades after the death of the man who has been widely acknowledged as the numero uno of Apala music, Festus Adedayo (PhD) has in this book Ayinla Omowura: Life and times of […]
Satanic mansion: Dino Melaye and the lost youth generation
By Toyin Falola We’ve built a satanic mansion! Like millions of Nigerians home and abroad, the “video of the year” uploaded and shared on September 6, 2020, via Ovation Instagram TV, owned by Dele Momodu, made for genuine concerns on one of the many problems of the Nigerian state. To be clear, had this […]
Nigeria @ 60: Kukah, Bakare, Sanusi, others x-ray developments
Kukah As Nigeria marked her 60th Independence Anniversary yesterday, various leaders from all walks of life put the country under a microscope and came out with damning verdict. Speaking at the yearly The Platform event organized by the Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, they said the country was far from heading in the right direction. […]
Water Union, CAPPA fault plans to reintroduce Water Resources Bill
*Say it is unacceptable sign of desperation The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have condemned plans by some members of the House of Representatives to reintroduce the National Water Resources Bill which was withdrawn on September 29, 2020 […]
Minister faults ICPC over N2.67b school feeding fraud
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said her ministry has no link to the alleged N2.67bn school feeding fraud uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had on Monday said it discovered that N2.67 billion paid to some federal colleges […]
Renaissance reborn: The Thabo Mbeki School and the transformation of Africa
By Toyin Falola Earlier in the outgoing month, it was the commissioning of the Pan-African Heritage World Museum right in the heart of the bastion of Pan-Africanism in Africa, Accra-Ghana, that rekindled the hope of a transforming Africa. Then I wrote about the birth of Blyden’s African Personality train. As I write this […]
Sex toy assault: Court fines senator N50m
Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa north, is to pay N50 million as compensation to Osimibibra Warmate for assaulting her, according to a federal capital territory (FCT) high court. In 2019, the police arraigned Abbo before a magistrate court in Zuba, on a one-count charge for assaulting Warmate at a sex-toy shop in Abuja. Despite a […]
Govt scraps PPPRA, sends bill to National Assembly
At last, President Muhammadu Buhari has presented to National Assembly, the petroleum industry bill (PIB) for consideration, according to a newspaper report. The bill seeks to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). According to the reports, the proposed law will in turn the Nigerian National Petroleum […]
FIRSTBANK announces Muoyo as executive director
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo as a non-executive director. She is joining the board of FirstBank from FBN Holdings Plc., the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, CEO, FirstBank said, “We are excited to welcome Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo to the FirstBank Board. […]
Ibori’s UK lawyer in trouble
The government of the United Kingdom has began moves to confiscate about $39 million from Bhadresh Gohil, who is a lawyer to convicted former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. He was one of Ibori’s lawyers in his multi-billion naira trial in 2011. He was tried in London for money laundering. In 2012, Ibori was […]
