By Lasisi Olagunju In mid-19th-century Ibadan, military expeditions under Balogun Ibikunle were so successful in slave-catching that by 1859, the city was gripped in the apprehension that it had harvested more slaves than it could control. Professor Bolanle Awe, citing missionary Hinderer’s Half-Yearly Report of Ibadan Station forContinue Reading
-By Maj.-Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju The pivot and the very womb of central Lagos is undoubtedly Lagos Island. It is the heartland of our ancestors . It is the centrality of our beginning, the core provenance that defines our cherished heritage. It is the home of our great menContinue Reading
*By Sonny Onyegbula The remains of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga were laid to rest on Sunday, 19th October in Bondo, his country home in western Kenya, with tens of thousands of his compatriots and foreign leaders paying tribute to his exemplary life. Mzee “Baba Odinga,” as he was affectionately calledContinue Reading
Hearing in the police suit against Omoyele Sowore and other conveners of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, on Monday, suffered set back as court activities at the Federal High Court in Abuja came to a halt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at 9:30am when the reporter got accessContinue Reading
. – We have Strengthened Regulatory System for Vaccines, Biologics, and Medical Devices Through Restructuring and Global Benchmarking.- DG – Thanks President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, (GCFR,) for encouraging local manufacturing as part of the Renewed Hope Agenda. By Biola Lawal The Director General of the National AgencyContinue Reading
– Alleged Bribery of NULGE Leadership Baseless – Adeleke’s Spokesperson OSOGBO –Osun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress is a strong threat to democracy and the sanctity of the judiciary going by its reckless actions and statements on the Osun local government matters currently before the SupremeContinue Reading
By A coalition of stakeholders and youth groups from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Sunday, described the meeting between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Mr Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, as “deceptive.” The coalition faulted Mr Tompolo over his recent visit to the state and theContinue Reading
Today we remember Hafsatu Bello, the woman who turned love into a shield and took bullet for her husband A wife who stood before death and whispered, “If death will come, we will die together.” She took the bullets meant for her husband, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the SardaunaContinue Reading
Courtesy: Guardian By : Mansur Aramide, Ilorin Former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has decried the rising economic hardship and insecurity in the country, urging Nigerians to reject what he described as “selfish and insensitive governance” in the next general election. Aregbesola also emphatically called for the rejection of theContinue Reading
