By Dr. E. F. Egbere Imagine this: in a few weeks, a Lagos-based father of three, driving a modest Toyota Corolla with factory-fitted tinted rear windows, is stopped three times on his morning commute. Each officer demands to see a tinted glass permit—something he has never needed before. He explains that the tint came with…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the nomination of Dr. Taoheed Olufemi Elias as the country’s candidate for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement on Tuesday, the government described Dr. Elias as one of the most respected figures in international law, with an extensive record of legal scholarship, decades…
The Chief Medical Director of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Dr. Babatunde Adeola Afolabi, has emphasized the importance of teamwork in saving lives. He made this statement while receiving the newly redeployed Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Commandant Leye Adegboyega, who paid a courtesy visit to the hospital. Dr….
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Who will restore Warri back to its glorious days? A city that was once the pride of all Wafarians, is now a shadow of itself, rusty and reeking with aroma of poverty occasioned by systemic decline with people cocooned in deprivation and squalor. Warri is allusively known as Wafi, making the…
The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mike Achimugu, has clarified the agency’s role in two recent passenger incidents, saying the authority only intervenes where necessary and within its mandate. Speaking on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Achimugu said in the case involving Fuji…
Nigeria’s first professor of Aviation Law, Professor Ismail Adua Mustapha, has said the Federal Government should prosecute Fuji music icon Wasiu Ayinde Marshall over his alleged obstruction of a ValueJet aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, or risk serious consequences. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday, Professor Mustapha…
Presidential hopeful and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared that the PDP remains the only truly democratic political party in Nigeria, one that no individual or group can pocket or control. Speaking during a live interview on the AIT Democracy Today program, Olawepo-Hashim said the PDP’s long standing tradition…
Georgina Rodriguez is more than just the glamorous partner of football icon Cristiano Ronaldo, she’s a woman whose life story reads like a modern fairytale. With nearly 70 million Instagram followers, a Netflix documentary, and her own fashion label, she’s become a global figure in her own right. Yet, behind the glitz lies a journey…
By Sarafa Ibrahim I grew up picturing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in my head as an institution that is beyond political manipulation. Anytime I have a reason to go to Central Market in Kaduna state to run an errand, I usually find an excuse to pass through the bank’s branch located at Yakubu…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Dr Muheeba Dankaka as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission for a second five-year term. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, President Tinubu also appointed Mohammed Musa as the Commission’s secretary…
