The late Prof. Mustapha Ahmed Falaki had a larger-than-life personality during his working career that made his name ring the bell nine years after his assasination. As expected, my tribute last week to the academic colossus, social-justice crusader, power of the powerless, and farmers’ general, Mallam Falaki, attracted praise and happy testimonies from those whom his human kindness touched. It …

Nurses: Protest Rocks Bayelsa Over Revised Guidelines For Nurses Verification Nurses in Bayelsa State has stage a peaceful protest to express their grievances over revised guidelines for verification of certificates with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN. The Nurses who are under the auspices of Nursing Reform Initiative (NRI) thronged the streets of Yenagoa caring placards with various …

Bukar Abba Ibrahim: The Man Who Touched My Life (2) by Hassan Gimba Adamu Maina Waziri is one politician most people misunderstand. He is one man who does not suffer fools and, unlike the typical politician, he shoots from the hip, the reason some saw him as “crude”. His word is his bond; and if you asked him for a …

AIYEDATIWA: AN IDEA SURFACING IN ITS OWN TIME Yesterday, the people of Ondo state rose to defend their Governor who had been wrongly accused and maligned by a few Abuja legislators. They didn’t even wait for the media aides of the Governor to do what they have been appointed to do. I sat back and read. It marked an end …

Lagos Police Capture Notorious One-Chance Gang In a remarkable display of community vigilance, residents of Lagos rallied together to thwart the criminal activities of a notorious ‘one-chance’ robbery gang. The group, comprised of a 45-year-old man named Okoro and a 42-year-old woman identified as Patience, had been terrorizing commuters under the guise of commercial bus drivers Reports indicate that the …

Woman in Jigawa murdered, daughter found unconscious A Woman by name Esther Adekanla, widely known as Hadiza Nakowa Dutse, in Jigawa lifeless body was discovered in her residence opposite Awajil Filling Station Dutse. On the afternoon of February 15, 2024, authorities received information about Esther’s disappearance since February 12. Concerned neighbors, unable to contact her, reported the suspicious situation to …

The Ekiti State police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers and neutralized one during a gun battle. Parading the suspects at the command Headquarters, Ado Ekiti, the State Commissioner of police, Mr Adeniran Akinwale said the recent breakthrough was made possible through the dogged effort of gallant men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) ably led by their Commander, CSP. …

Tilling the Soil of Change: Nigeria’s Quest to Overcome the Famine Fiasco Introduction: In the fertile lands of Nigeria, where the earth whispers tales of abundance and promise, there exists a shadow that looms large over the nation – hunger. Like weeds choking the life out of a flourishing crop, food insecurity has ensnared millions in its merciless grip, casting …

Nigeria and the Prophecy As the holy book in 2 Chronicle 20:20 posits: “Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper”, we must in a time like this, when everything seems to be falling apart in the history of our dear Nigeria, begin to examine how the Nigeria of yesterday …

  It is a quote from the renown wordsmith, Shakespeare, ‘Some are born great. Some achieve greatness while some (others) have greatness thrust upon them’. That succinctly describes the personality of Honourable Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a former member of the House of Representatives who represented Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of the Green House during the 9th Assembly (2019-2023) …