LIKE everyone else, I’m deeply concerned about the governorship candidate of the APC in the forthcoming Edo State Election, Senator Monday Okpebholo. A cursory examination of his public utterances and demeanor reveals a startling inadequacy, rendering him patently unsuitable for…
Bothered by the issues of illicit financial flows and assets, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for greater collaboration among law enforcement agencies across the world, not only to…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has accepted the request of Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, indefinite leave request. Naija News reports that Ngelale, in a statement on Saturday, announced an indefinite leave of absence. He…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has decried a repeated terrorist attack in Mafia Village, Tanrmuwa local government area of Yobe State. Obi said the repeated killings in Mafia Village after a previous attack that led to…
IN a famous quote, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once stated, ‘We have won the civil war. Yes, indeed. But to win the war for peace, we must recognise the real enemies. Otherwise, all our efforts would be totally misdirected and dissipated.’ His words…
IN recent weeks, Ghana has seen renewed outcry over galamsey—a term used to describe illegal gold mining, which continues to ravage the country’s environment. While the issue has long been a point of contention, the scale of the devastation caused by…
THE illegal mining practice known as galamsey has become a devastating weapon of environmental destruction in Ghana, wreaking havoc on water bodies, forests, and communities. According to Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, the pan-African activist and founder of UK’s Black History Month, this environmental…
UGANDA’S Minister of DefenCe, Sarah Mateke, has tragically passed away following a short illness, according to a statement from the government. Mateke, who was also the Woman Member of Parliament for Kisoro district, was pronounced dead at a hospital…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has received the memo from Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesman and Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, informing him of his resignation for personal and health reasons. A statement on Saturday by the presidency said the President accepted…
NO fewer than 70 girls were empowered with laptops and home solar systems in Ibadan on Saturday, courtesy of BEMORE Empowered Girls Foundation. The group’s founder and wife of former Ondo State Governor, Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, empowered the girls at…
