The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters on Sunday. The move comes after the Taliban backtracked on their previous commitment to open high schools to girls, a u-turn that shocked many Afghans and drew condemnation from humanitarian agencies and Read More…
Year: 2022
Osinbajo scores APC high in infrastructure, agriculture, others
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in eight years, the All Progressives Congress(APC)-led Federal Government has embarked on the largest investments in infrastructure and agriculture in Nigeria’s history. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday, said the vice president spoke on Saturday night at the APC convention, held at the Eagles Square, Abuja. The Read More…
300 volunteers at Oniru beach commemorate Global Recycling Day
It was a beautiful sight to behold on the morning of Saturday, 19 March 2022, as over 300 people living in different parts of Lagos volunteered to clean up one of the popular Island hotspots in Lagos State, as this was to commemorate Global Recycling Day which was themed “Recycling Fraternities”. It was an event Read More…
7 lessons I learned in the valley
In the winter of 1988, I arrived in Virginia Beach, VA, excited to begin graduate studies in Communication at Regent University. It was a bitterly cold winter. The only job I could find on campus was with the Grounds Crew. My responsibility was to cut down trees on a site that would later become the Read More…
Mending Great Ife Brand
Ile-Ife evokes memories of greatness, whether you are talking about the Town or the Gown. The Town is the courtyard of the progenitor of the Yoruba race, Oduduwa. It was in Ile-Ife, so the story goes, that the first dawn was willed into existence. As the cradle of an ethnic nationality, its people are used Read More…
Journalists, actors stand against Gender-Based Violence in new movie “CHATROOM”
Journalists, actors and comedians have joined forces to stand against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to produce a new movie titled “CHATROOM” to be released on Good Friday, April 15. The Producer of the movie, Olapeju Ibekwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that “CHATROOM is a beautiful mix of comedic thrills Read More…
CR Gov Ayade to know defection fate Friday
Police barricade C’ River Assembly gate Judgement will be delivered on Friday at a Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek Read More…
Lagos lawyers file out to promote good governance
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has started its annual Law Week programme which began on 18 March as part of its efforts to celebrate the body of bar and bench and its contributions to national development. The week began with a Jumat Service for the Muslim faithful of the NBA, Read More…
Marcell Jacobs Olympic sprint champion wins 60m title at world indoor championships
Olympic 100 metres champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy is now also the 60m world indoor champion. Jacobs won in 6.41 seconds on Saturday in Belgrade ahead of defending champion and 100m world champion Christian Coleman of the US. The American finished at the same time with compatriot Marvin Bracy third in 6.44. Coleman was banned Read More…
Dominant Chelsea ease into FA Cup last four
Chelsea secured their place in the English FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Boro overcame Manchester United and Tottenham to reach the last eight, but Thomas Tuchel’s Premier League side did not have such difficulties at the Riverside Stadium. This was in spite of the chaos around the Russian-owned Read More…