Jega: Do-or-Die Attitude of Politicians, Threat to Democracy The immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that the do-or-die mentality of most Nigerian politicians was a major threat to the country’s democracy.…
BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, please, let’s continue our 2019 Presidential race permutations today. Since those who subscribe to the idea and possibility of a third force to neutralise and replace the former ruling party PDP and the current APC…
Facebook said Friday that it will issue up to $10 million (8.2 million euros) in grants to help support and train community leaders around the world. The tech giant unveiled its new initiative at a London summit of more than…
Following recommendations from the National Judicial Council (NJC), President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court and the dismissal from office of Justice O.O Tokode of the…
Mr. Kazzim Afegbua on Friday in Abuja raised the alarm over his safety, saying that his life was being threatened since he issued a statement on behalf of his principal, in which he advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in…
Four persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained injuries in an auto crash which occurred on the Kara bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the…
Blessing grew up in a dusty but bustling city in Nigeria’s forgotten east, but while she was at school and in love with her boyfriend, she fell pregnant. Somehow Blessing’s mother, and the rest of her neighbourhood, found out she…
The financial contribution will support a net distribution campaign, while also providing life-saving testing and treatments As part of its partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Ecobank Foundation is donating US$ 750,000 to the…
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Suspected Burglars attacked an aircraft belonging to Air Peace at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as it was about to take off on Thursday. The attackers opened the cargo section of the Flight 7138 taxiing for departure on runway…
