Author: Olayinka Oyegbile

 Tinubu celebrates Olatunji Dare At 80

 President Bola Tinubu has congratulated one of Nigeria’s finest journalists, Professor Olatunji Dare, on his 80th birthday. Tinubu greeted Dare who is the former Chairman of the Editorial Board of The Guardian Newspaper and weekly columnist of The Nation for his commitment to journalistic integrity and ethics, even when he faced adversity and repression during […]

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‘Alaye’ tops Prime Video Nigeria charts

 ‘Alaye’, a movie starring Ruth Kadiri and Sam Perry, who is popularly known as Broda Shaggi, hastopped the Prime Video film chart in Nigeria. ‘Saving Onome’, a movie about two devoted parents fightingagainst all odds for their chronically ill daughter, came in at second while‘Omugo Mefa’, a story about six notorious armed robbers, ranked third […]

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Tinubu to flag-off Sokoto-Badagry coastal highway construction in August

 President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the  construction work of the 1000-km Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway in August. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi disclosed this during a stakeholder’s engagement on the project in Birnin Kebbi. He said that he was directed by the president to come to Kebbi with some ministers and members of […]

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Tinubu sympathizes with victims of Karu Market fire in FCT

 President Bola Tinubu has sent his sympathy to all those affected by the fire incident, which affected sections of Karu Market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). On Thursday evening, fire ripped through a swathe of the market, destroying property and other valuables. President Tinubu in a message by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, extended […]

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Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival holds in December

The Central Planning Committee of the first ever “Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival” has called for support from stakeholders, traditional rulers in the zone as well as sons and daughters of Ogbomoso, to work for the success of the Carnival. The Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival (OCC) is the brainchild of the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, […]

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Professor Amidu Sanni: A Definition of Discipline and Determination

By Toyin Falola Ideas about concepts and phenomena are commonly generated by very observant people who routinely project replicable information on studied items, topics, or issues. Much as these people are referred to as precocious and foresighted, their postulations often spring from something outside of the reach of ordinary people who are not usually conscious […]

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The quest for #Smokefree Nollywood

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world – Diego Luna On May 21, 2024, at the Enugu Lake Resort, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) assembled leading light of Nollywood to a workshop on healthy film culture. Olayinka Oyegbile was there and he […]

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Foreign policy: 4-D will advance Nigeria’s position at global stage, says foreign minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar said Nigeria’s foreign policy focus on democracy, developments, demography and diaspora (4-Ds) would enable the country advance meaningfully at the global stage. He disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the dialogue series with members of the Global Shapers Community, a group of highly motivated individuals with great […]

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LASG inaugurates 15 locally produced 40-passenger Omibus ferries

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday inaugurated fifteen 40-passenger Omibus ferries locally produced in Nigeria. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said during the inauguration that the launch of the omnibus ferries was about the reengineering of the state’s public transportation system. “In our THEMES agenda, traffic management and transportation falls directly in the […]

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Emirate tussle: NBA wants lawyers, judges sanctioned over conflicting orders

The Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) has called for punitive actions against lawyers and judges involved in the issuance of conflicting orders in the Kano Emirate legal tussle. The NBA said that the actions of lawyers and judges have brought utter disgrace and shame to the profession and have exposed the entire legal profession in […]

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