An environment expert, Dr Ayobade Adebowale, has called on the Lagos State Government to regulate street trading to make it inclusive for benefit of both government and residents. She made the call at the fifth edition of hybrid Eko Enviro Talk, organised by global environmentalist and researcher, Mr Adedoyin Lasisi and Mrs Yewande Seriki, renowned Read More…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused by the Federal Government of disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Read More…
Nigeria is considering the purchase of China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it projects to grow its new national air carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Saturday. Sirika said the new airline would have a mixture of Airbus and Boeing planes, but added the carrier is Read More…
His Excellency William Ruto, Kenya’s newly minted President, prides himself as the Hustler-in-Chief of the country. He says he is from the “Hustler Nation” – the informal economy where he used to sell chickens for survival. However, having a dog-eat-dog street ideology as he claims, does not preclude a sense of basic human decency. It is Read More…
Some people think that the next president of Nigeria will inherit a poisoned chalice because he (yes, he) will find out that what he thought was a throne was but a marble-coated trap programmed to de-ball. If the economic situation is as bad as many experts see it, why are so many people hell-bent on Read More…
