The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has unveiled a 10-year road safety vision and action plan that revolves around the Federal Government’s Vision 20:2020 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, laid out the vision…
The BBC that has operated a Hausa Service for 60 years, will this week launch Igbo and Yoruba services in Nigeria. The digital-only services go live online and on social media on Monday, joining a platform for Pidgin speakers that…
Officials of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) have raised the alarm over attempts by those they referred to as saboteurs to frustrate the state’s new waste management policy. They said the saboteurs were determined to kill all efforts to make…
Mr Tony Okeke, a graduate of Mechanical Engineering Technology, said he sponsored his education through phone repair. The 39-year-old graduate from Akpugo, Mkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, said he enrolled for phone repair training in 2002 at the…
We must not show surprise at the lying tongue of Philomena Shieshe, the conjurer of the thieving snake. We must admire not only her lies, but the fertility of her imagination. She has put the story of our war on…
An inspiring, Afrocentric hero and empowered women characters is a timely premise. But 2018’s first blockbuster was set in motion years ago. “It’s your time to rule.” In Black Panther, Marvel Studios LLC’s movie due out on Feb. 16, that line…
Before his death in 1997, Fela Kuti had combined biting political commentary and stinging insults with a sound that urged listeners to dance. The Afrobeat patriarch perhaps overdid both, leaving too little left for anyone to innovate enough to find…
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, at the weekend appraised his position on current political developments in the nation and surmised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must provide a better choice for Nigerians. Babangida, who spoke in Minna,…
By Dele Momodu – Fellow Nigerians, I finally found my way to Kigali, Rwanda, two weeks ago. I had procrastinated and postponed that journey for too long, for no justifiable reason. I visit Nairobi quite regularly and could…
Governors of the All Progressives Congress are converging in Daura, Katsina today for a crucial meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari had left Abuja Thursday ahead of the meeting, Daily Trust reported. Daily Trust said the president might tell…
