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Lagos workers get salary raise

October 4, 2022

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a salary increment for workers in the employ of the state government. During a visit to the office of the Head, Office

PDP BoT to meet Wike

October 4, 2022

As part of the fence mending efforts to resolve the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) is about now holding a crucial meeting

Lar’s biography for public presentation

October 4, 2022

*Obasanjo, Atiku, Tinubu, Obi to attend The biography id the founding Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the late Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is to be presented

Death, Drugs, and Dirges

October 4, 2022

By Toyin Falola The chicken perches on the rope The rope is restless, The chicken is off-balance Should we wear black clothes, take our lamps, and walk barefoot

Senate: Lawan surrenders, says I won’t appeal judgement

September 29, 2022

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, has said that he will not appeal the judgment by the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State, which was against him over the forthcoming

Harder times ahead as CBN hikes interest rate

September 28, 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 15.5 percent. It is the highest ever in 20 years. The increase came at the end

AFRICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY AFRICANS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SAYS WA THIONG’O

September 26, 2022

By Wale Okediran Veteran Writer, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has reiterated his well-known position on the use of Language in African Literature with a new charge to African

Oil theft: PENGASSAN accuses military of connivance

September 22, 2022

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused the military for alleged connivance in high rate of crude oil theft in the country. The National

God Abeg!

September 20, 2022

By Toyin Falola The sociolinguistic property of God Abeg became bare after Oludare Alaba’s hilarious video hovered around social media platforms and raised continuous conversations. Alaba, a

Oyelade’s insightful chronicle of broadcast journalism

September 20, 2022

TITLE: Dotun Oyelade Reporting… (Memoirs of a Newshound) AUTHOR: Dotun Oyelade with Tola Teriba and Ayodeji Ajisope PUBLISHER: Aikon Integral Concept, Ibadan (2022) Reviewed by Isaac

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