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Unrelenting in its effort to make Lagos State the foremost tourism and leisure hub in Nigeria, the state government recently stated that it was considering a public holiday for citizens and residents who are traditional worshippers. The Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf during a press briefing marking the second-year anniversary of…
Nigeria is presently gathering momentum to pick up the pace to join Kenya and South Africa as one of the few countries pioneering 5G deployment in Africa. The country’s latest move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and communications satellite firm, NigcomSat, to allow 5G services ride…
Ahmed Isah, a popular TV host also known as ordinary President, has come under public scrutiny following his physical attack on a lady in a video circulated by BBC. The BBC Africa Eye documentary showed Isah assaulting the woman who was accused of setting her brother’s six-year-old child on fire for alleged witchcraft. The woman…
It was shocking to hear the news detailing the arrest of the senior special assistant to Ogun State Governor, Abidemi Rufai, in the United States. It was not so much of the arrest that drew attention, but the reason that led to it. In a statement, the US Department of Justice reported that Abidemi Rufai…
The new privacy policy of popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has continued to generate debate among competitors, users, and governments. While WhatsApp owners have made it clear that the policy has nothing to do with breaching any contractual or privacy agreement between WhatsApp and its users, the Nigerian government is really doubting its sincerity of purpose….
As Leah Sharibu, one of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists turned 18 on 14 May 2021, the human rights community and many Christian institutions marked the day with sad reflections. Her condition has remained a huge source of concern to many Nigerians and the international community as well. It was on…
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 put the number of migrants that landed at the Island of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea, Southern Italy, this year at 13,000. The…
It was quite cheering when information from the National Bureau of Statistics last week revealed that Nigeria’s inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March. The bureau said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. It might…
There are many interesting stories about Senator Aisha Al-Hassan, a lawyer and former minister for women affairs during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari who sadly passed away few days ago in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. One of the interesting stories about the former minister, popularly known as Mama Taraba, was when she…
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 the country’s government. What actually generated so much interest was the fact that the 76-year-old Museveni has been in power since 1986. This…
