Taiwan wants to ensure its partners have reliable supplies of semiconductors, or “democracy chips”, President Tsai Ing-wen told the governor of the U.S. state of Indiana on Monday, saying China’s threats mean fellow democracies have to cooperate. Governor Eric Holcomb, a Republican, made the third trip to Taiwan this month by a U.S. delegation after Read More…
Month: August 2022
ARCON bans foreign models, voice-over artists for adverts
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), has banned the use of foreign models and Voice-Over Artists (VOA) in Nigerian advertising media. In a statement signed by Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, the Director-General ARCON, the ban was in line with the Federal Government’s policy of developing local content, inclusive economic growth and the need to take Read More…
Osun election tribunal re-summons Adeleke
The election petition tribunal hearing the petition arising from the July 16 governorship election in Osun State has granted an order allowing the petitioners, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC), to serve the Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, through a substituted means. The petitioners had approached the tribunal, claiming that Adeleke had been evading Read More…
FG vows to complete ongoing road projects before June 2023
The Federal Government has renewed its commitment to complete all ongoing road projects before June 2023. The Director, Planning Research and Statistics, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Jide Ode-Martins stated this during the opening ceremony of the 28th meeting of the National Council on Works on Monday in Kano. The meeting has its Read More…
When a government runs out of ideas
THE news went around. The Federal Government and striking lecturers in the country’s public universities organised under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Not a few hoped that the six-month strike by the lecturers would be resolved. But the outcome was as disappointing as the cavalier way Read More…
INEC maintains electronic transmission of election results has come to stay
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the electronic transmission of election result has come to stay. The commission gave the clarification in a statement titled: “Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result” signed by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Sunday. Okoye Read More…
If Water Can Run Uphill in Kenya…
To what extent does the last presidential election in Kenya foreshadow what is likely to happen in Nigeria in 2023? I am not one to draw undue parallels, knowing as I do that there are different intervening variables and sub-texts which may render a blanket generalisation sterile. However, there are many similarities that signpost the Read More…
Anthony Joshua loses rematch by split decision
Nigerian-British Anthony Joshua failed to win his boxing unification rematch against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday, August 20 at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in the coastal city of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He lost to Usyk by a split decision. It was a keenly contested match with Anthony Joshua showing promise earlier Read More…
[Updated] SSANU, NASU suspend national strike for 60 days
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The suspension is expected to take effect from Wednesday. According to the education minister, the Federal Government Read More…
Buhari worried over large scale crude oil theft
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari cried out on Friday over large-scale crude oil theft. He said it was affecting the country’s revenues “enormously”. Nigeria lost $1 billion in revenue during the first quarter of this year due to crude theft, the oil regulator has said. Nigeria is unable to meet some of its financial obligations to Read More…