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A PROLEGOMENON ON ARMAGEDDON

January 22, 2025

By Toyin Falola The Armageddon is coming With a wave of travail and a wind of trouble. Armageddon is coming! The travails of hunger dice it. Propagated by the impulsiveness

Civil Society Organisations Condemn Planned Resumption of Oil Extraction in Ogoniland

January 22, 2025

By Esi-ife Arogundade A coalition of civil society organisations in the Niger Delta has condemned the Nigerian government’s planned resumption of oil exploration and production activities in Ogoniland, Rivers State.

WHO regrets U.S. decision to withdraw from organisation

January 21, 2025

Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, said the organisation regretted the decision of the United States to withdraw from it. Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an

Man, 56, docked over alleged threat to life

January 21, 2025

A 56-year-old man, Christopher Okunola, on Tuesday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged threat to life. Okunola, of no fixed address, was charged with conduct likely to

Tinubu congratulates Keyamo @ 55

January 21, 2025

President Bola Tinubu congratulates Olorogun Festus Keyamo, (SAN), Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, on his 55th birthday. The president lauded the learned silk for his commitment to the administration’s

Experts Warn Nigeria Against Fossil Fuel Dependency, Climate Change

January 20, 2025

By Esi-ife Arogundade Environmental experts have sounded the alarm about the consequences of fossil fuel dependency and climate change, particularly affecting marginalized communities in regions like the Niger Delta. In

Death toll in Diko tanker explosion now 98, says NSEMA

January 20, 2025

The death toll from the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 98, according to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA). The Director-General, NSEMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed the updated

Alleged N76bn fraud: EFCC arraigns ex- AMCON MD, four others

January 20, 2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, for allegedly defrauding Arik Air. Kuru and four

Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, others to protect them from Trump

January 20, 2025

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden has issued pre-emptive pardons to people who he felt would be targeted for retaliation in Donald Trump’s administration. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Group deplores commercialization of education, seeks redress

January 20, 2025

The Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA), a non-governmental organization founded to counter the excessive concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite, has called on the federal

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