IF SHEIK AHMAD GUMI’S intention in rubbishing the security agencies and pontificating as the self-appointed capon of banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria, is to attract attention — he has succeeded spectacularly. Although the government pretends not to notice the man’s dangerous rhetoric, the Nigerian Army which was at the receiving end of his latest series Read More…
Lawyers say case already jeopardised For Ojukwu Okwara Onoh, father of prime suspect in the recent death of a television executive in Lagos, his nightmare began on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 when at about 10 pm, police officers from the Lagos State Force Criminal Investigation department (CID), stormed his Alagomeji, Yaba apartment to effect the Read More…
“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts”; says Dalai Lama XIV. “Differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.” Such sentiments are desperately needed in Nigeria today. Different parts of the country have been vending different positions on the problem with Read More…
It may seem that the light that ignited a gas explosion on Thursday night came from a Chinese Restaurant. The restaurant is among the many businesses within the premises of OPIC Plaza. OPIC Plaza was the epicentre of where a moving Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker was located before the blast. The LPG tanker was Read More…
If all plans go as intended, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will be launching its own digital currency by the end of the year. According to an official of the nation’s premier bank, Central Bank Director of Information Technology, Rakiya Mohammed, the project to create some form of digital currency had been in the Read More…
With increasing insecurity in the country, the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) does not seem to be subsiding. The renewal of the IDP Support programme of the Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre and Sesor Empowerment Foundation indicates there is hope to mitigate IDPs’ dire situation especially in Lagos and Makurdi for women and Read More…
In picture above: Men of the Lagos State fire service fighting the blaze caused by an LPG tanker explosion. Lagos Govt begins investigations as casualty figure rises to five The management of the Marriott Bonvoy, operators of the Lagos Sheraton Hotel, have said that none of their guests were affected by the blast from the Read More…
It was fun at first sight. The first time I set eyes on Toni Kanayo Onwordi, famously known as Toni Kan, I found fun oozing from his every pore.He blazed into the Lagos writing circle with uncommon confidence that was at once assured and very questing. He was like the leader of the Jos Brigade, Read More…
Some years ago, as Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, OATUU, I had diplomatic immunity provided directly by my host, Ghana, my country, Nigeria and the African Union which extended to me the privilege of its diplomatic passport. With the AU passport, I entered and exited countless African countries without visa Read More…
The question on the lips of many Nigerians as the nation marks another Democracy Day is this: Is democracy defined only by the fact that the government is led by elected civilians? That question becomes even more germane now that the Nigerian government has taken certain measures considered anti-democratic by a section of the citizenry, Read More…