Nigeria’s inglorious democracy
It was a bad Christmas day everywhere in Benin City I escaped from Lasgidi, our one and only lagoon city in the southwest ...
Newly promoted senior police officers for deployment to critical security areas
Nicholas Kalu, Abuja INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said the newly promoted senior officers will be deployed to critical duty posts ...
World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic
[FILES] Edith Kwoizalla, 101 years old, receives the first vaccination against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 by Pfizer and BioNTech from Doctor Bernhard Ellendt ...
Gbolabo Ogunsanwo: Passage of an idealist
Continued from yesterday’s back page All through my Presidency, I enjoyed Gbolabo’s support and we fought many battles together. But there was an ...
Kim thanks North Koreans for support ‘in difficult times’
Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in “difficult times” in a rare hand-written New Year letter released Friday ahead ...
COVID-19 second wave: Edo records 14 new cases
Edo government on Thursday said that it had recorded 14 new coronavirus cases, urging residents to be proactive and observe all precautionary measures ...
Makinde recounts successes in 2020 despite challenges
Seyi MakindeGov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday recounted some of his successes in 2020 despite the myriad of challenges facing the ...
Amotekun has no magic wand for insecurity, says Togun
Former Head of Military Intelligence and Oyo State Chairman of Western Nigerian Security Network (a.k.a. Amotekun), Gen. Kunle Togun (rtd.), has said that ...
Ebonyi Government set to promote workers
David Umahi. Photo: FACEBOOK/GREATDAVEUMAHI2019Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the state and local government civil service commissions to commence immediate assessment of ...
Vaccine nativity and naivety in a fractured world
By Owei Lakemfa HUMANITY in 2020, the year we bade a hurried goodbye to, yesterday, like snails, withdrew into their shells following the ...
