The statement said, “The US Mission to Nigeria is aware of websites and messages advertising the U.S. visa lottery. All of these sites are FAKE! The only accurate information on the visa […]
The recent announcement by the Saudi Arabian Kingdom, barring foreign countries from participating in the 2021 Hajj has come as a rude shock to pilgrims globally who are suffering such restrictions for […]
The G7 is the informal grouping of industrialised democracies that meets once a year to discuss global economic challenges, international security, human rights, energy policies and other key global issues. Of recent, […]
The likelihood of another military coup in Mali was fast gaining momentum when everything started. This was following the detention by the military of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, […]
If anyone guessed that the current COVID-19 pandemic will have a long drawn impact on illegal migration to Europe, one will be dead wrong. A BBC News report on 12 May 2021 […]
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda was recently sworn in for his sixth term in office after a very controversial election. Nigeria’s Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was in attendance as the representative of […]
25 April is the day set aside by the United Nations as World Malaria Day. In 2021, Africa is still grieving over the 384,000 preventable malaria deaths that happened on the continent […]
No work of art best captures happenings in recent times than William Butler Yeats’ poem, “The Second Coming”, written decades ago. The poem captures an apocalyptic odiousness, characteristic of the uprising ravaging […]
The Federal Government’s stance on the deployment of 5G wireless technology in Nigeria seems to be somewhat shaky. This is following some reservations from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s two-time minister of finance would finally be resuming in Geneva this March as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. In the course of her campaign for the coveted […]
In Nigeria today, even as ethnic tensions mount, there are calls in open and closed quarters for the country to split. Some believe that Nigeria’s unity cannot work and breaking up the […]
Although Nigeria-China relations date back to more than five decades, recent developments call for a careful and detailed analysis of this relationship with respect to investment, trade and aid. This month, Nigeria […]
The role of the media anywhere in the world is universal. Any media worth its salt plays a vital role in disseminating information and knowledge, including educating and entertaining the people. But […]
Apart from being the first woman to ever achieve this milestone, the name, Okonjo-Iweala will go down in history as the first African to assume the position of the Director General of […]
Since the breakthrough of COVID_19 vaccines, worries and concerns have accompanied their procurement in Africa. It has been over three months since the roll out of vaccines in Europe and America, yet […]
There is no doubt that the COVID_19 pandemic has virtually brought the whole world to its knees. Businesses and social interactions have been on the verge of a total halt. Most countries […]
President Joe Biden’s message to African leaders, meeting virtually at the African Union 2021 Summit about two weeks ago, was a very exciting and soothing one. Speaking in a video address, his […]
The recent appointment of four young people of Nigerian origin into the cabinet of the US President, Joe Biden must have sent a strong message on the capacity of Nigerian youths to […]
When Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a book in 1999 entitled: “This Animal Called Man”, there was no way he would have had recent events unfolding in America in mind. He […]
“The Hand of God” is a phrase by Diego Maradona he used in describing a goal he scored against England in the 1986 world tournament. The Argentina-England quarter final match had a […]
