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In his popular drama, “Macbeth”, Williams Shakespeare wrote that there’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. He must have felt that no one can read someone else’s mind by merely looking at the face.However, last Tuesday, the reverse was the case in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. No one needed any art…
Nigeria is in a state of war. A few months ago, the war was in the northeast. But today, it is ubiquitous. The entire country is now the theatre of violent engagement. Up until January this year, and raging as they were, Boko Haram had no Nigerian territory under their control. But today, they are…
The Nigerian entertainment industry recently stood still for Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo, (RMD) as he turned 60. The fun-fare, glitz and glamour that greeted RMD’s birthday celebration were fascinating. Regarded as one of the most colourful and legendary actors in Nigeria, RMD has engraved his name in the sand of times. In his illustrious Thespian…
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said the United Kingdom Government is introducing new visa rules both for students and those looking to work in the UK. The British High Commissioner disclosed the information in a video that has since gone viral. Laing said in the video: “Hello, my name is Catriona…
It is almost natural to put one’s mouth where one’s sentiments lie. But if one takes a closer look, one would discover that man-made categories such as race, religion, ethnicity, race, political interests, around which we form our sentiments or emotional allegiances, are the problems of our very existence as we are always too ready…
When the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed declared a few weeks ago that Nigerian brands that run their adverts with CNN and other foreign outlets will be fined N100,000 for every time the advert is aired, some industry players thought it was a bluff. However, they should be remarkably rattled, now that the minister has…
There are a number of Nigerians who belong to the category of rag to riches entrepreneurs, having started with nothing, but walked their ways through turbulent waters, breaking barriers to attain success. Emmanuel Isichei Ugochukwu Ojei and Alhaji Umaru Abdul Mutallab are billionaire entrepreneurs who exemplify this. They fittingly personify courage, vision, hard work, as…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, recently asked that traditional rulers, as custodians of culture and tradition, should only honour credible individuals who have displayed high moral values and integrity in the society with chieftaincy titles. Makinde stated this in Ogbomoso at the installation of the Director-General, Oyo State Investment and Public and Private Partnership Agency…
In Nigeria, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is authorised by its enabling Act (the National Broadcast Commission Act 1992) to license, monitor, sanction, intervene, and arbitrate in conflicts, as well as create a code setting the standards of the contents and quality of materials for broadcast in Nigeria. In 2016, the commission issued the sixth…
Mixed reactions have trailed a new law signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State which mandates agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), as well as other anti-graft agencies to hand over corruption cases to the state government. Going by the legislation…
