TECNO splashes promo with SPARK 30 City Tour
By Patrick Aigbokhan Mobile phone brand, TECNO on Friday, November 15 stormed Ikeja with mouth-watering offers of discounts, rewards, and a mix of excitement in fulfillment of its TECNO SPARK 30 city Tour promo splash. The brand illuminated the atmosphere with energy, fuelled by pulsating music, engaging games, and an irresistible N20,000 discount on the […]
Nigeria, France sign letters of intent on critical infrastructure
*Zenith Bank opens Paris branch, UBA to follow President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday signed two agreements in Paris, France. The agreement is to ensure a partnership on the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security. Earlier, President Tinubu and President Macron witnessed the signing […]
G20 summit: Tinubu endorses launch of global alliance against hunger
President Bola Tinubu has hailed the creation of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, championed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil. He described the alliance as pivotal in the global fight against hunger and poverty. Speaking at the 9th G20 Leaders’ Summit opening session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Mondy, […]
Once again, Lagos to Yenagoa by road
By Olayinka Oyegbile When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story – Steve Rushin When the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) decided to take its 20th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State from November 6-10, 2024, I saw it as another opportunity for me to […]
Brig-General Benjamin Maja Adekunle… the illustrious (Akinkanju) war commander
By Olayinka Oyegbile, PhD A lecture presented at the inaugural 10th anniversary of Brig- Gen Benjamin Maja Adekunle at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Oyo State, on September 18, 2024. The lecture was organized by the Family of the late war hero in his honour. The man, the myth, and the reality Gen. […]
Tinubu commiserates with NNPC over helicopter crash
President Bola Tinubu has directed an intensification of search and rescue for passengers of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into the Atlantic near Bonny Finima on Thursday in Port-Harcourt. The helicopter, operated by East Winds Aviation and registered as 5NBQG, was hired by NNPC Limited to ferry some contract staff to the NNPC facility FPSO—NUIMS […]
At last, I saw ‘The Man Died’
I adore book-to-film adaptations when they’re done well… For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book – Maggie Stiefvater I can still vividly recollect that year. It was 1975 and I was just a Form 1 student in secondary school. The black cover of the book […]
Gen Alabi-Isama seeks recognition, honour for Gen Adekunle
*Decries burial Lagos By Olayinka Oyegbile Brig-Gen Godwin Alabi-Isama has decried the burial of Brig-Gen Benjamin Adekunle in Lagos, outside his ancestral home Ogbomoso in Oyo State. Speaking in Ogbomoso at a maiden lecture organized by the family to mark the 10th anniversary of the demise of the 1967-70 war hero who commanded the dreaded […]
Falola’s Milestones in African Literature
By Olayinka Oyegbile The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading – David Bailey (A review of Milestones in African Literature, Toyin Falola, Routledge, 2025) At a first look, the title of the book Milestones in African Literature looks queer. You ask yourself what is this about? However, […]
The rain of life
We are victims of evil customs – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (A review of Sunny Eze’s If the Rain Comes, Kraft Books) By Olayinka Oyegbile Society has from time immemorial been shaped by the ideas of leaders, never mind that they (the leaders) always say they are there on behalf of the people. This is what […]
