Mohammed Buba Marwa
Former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has been appointed as the Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by President Muhammadu Buhari.
As a close ally of the President, Marwa had … Read the rest
Bishop Matthew Kukah
“Father Kukah has greatly offended many with his controversial remarks against the government and the person of the president”
– Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity reacting to the Sokoto-based Muslim Solidarity Forum’s quit … Read the rest
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has won a sixth term in office, as his main rival, Bobi Wine, alleges widespread fraud and rejects the result.
After one of the most turbulent election campaigns in Ugandan history, the electoral commission said Museveni … Read the rest
Fellow Nigerians, these are not the best of times, globally! That statement is even an understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging planet earth has brought hell closer home. What we are witnessing is nothing short of apocalypse. Armageddon is here, … Read the rest
Effiong Akwa
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was in the news for all the wrong reasons in the year 2020. The agency that was established 20 years ago to bring development to the nine oil-bearing communities of the Niger Delta became … Read the rest
After watching the carnage visited on the US Congress last week, violent protesters storming the premises in the middle of a session, ransacking various offices including that of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Senate, overwhelming law … Read the rest
Elon Musk
Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person, as his net worth crossed $185bn (£136bn).
The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla’s share price increased on Thursday.
He takes the top spot from Amazon … Read the rest
Hassan Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the violence at the US Capitol Hill has exposed the fragility of American and Western democracy.
On Wednesday, a mob of Donald Trump supporters broke into Capitol Hill while lawmakers were in the process of … Read the rest
Last week, the death of Nigeria’s first professor of criminology, Femi Odekunle, was announced. Odekunle was also a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption. At first, his demise was slung on complications from the COVID-19 disease until a … Read the rest
Nigerians are playing with COVID-19, and in so doing, they are playing with fire and death. Why are we so blest and yet so suicidal? When the index case of the virus was announced on February 27, 2020, and the … Read the rest
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