These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Taraba, and Benue states, among others. Of course, there had been gruesome carnage on the Mambilla plateau…
Editor’s Note : This interview was first published by Weekend Magazine of Daily Trust Newspapers Hamisu Lamido Iyantama, a producer, actor and script writer, is one of the founders of Kannywood. Also a politician, he contested for governor of Kano State…
Fire on Friday night gutted three duplexes on 34 Road, B Close of Gowon Estate, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Egbada, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN also reports that there was no casualty recorded in the inferno. An…
Pendulum By Dele Momodu Your Excellency, let me start by telling you that this letter is not intended to flatter you but to show my profound appreciation, and that of so many like minds, for your uncommon sagacity at a…
The Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma) has appealed to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country not to pay the new fees government has imposed through the NGO Board. Until January 1 2018, the annual fee for NGOs was…
The level of investments in Nigeria by the African Development Bank (AfDB) will grow to $8billion from the present $6 billion, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has said. Speaking yesterday at the opening of the Nigeria Country Office…
Nigerian REITs market is underdeveloped with only three established and with a combined market capitalisation of $151 million, or 0.36% of the local stock market The globally recognised real estate-focused West African Property Investment (WAPI) Summit which recently took place…
The management of the University of Lagos, Thursday, in Abuja commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of a licence for a television station, UNILAG TV, for the enhancement of research-oriented education and ease of communication within and outside the…
Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) on Wednesday threatened to boycott bad roads should the Federal Government fail to repairs important roads before the rains begin. The PTD National Chairman, Comrade Salimon Oladiti made the threat in Abuja in a statement signed…
Ethiopia has freed prominent opposition leader Merera Gudina, with charges against him dropped, as part of a wider amnesty for political detainees. Merera was taken into custody in 2016 shortly after returning from Europe where he spoke out at the…
