Nigeria’s Roads and CNG Fiasco: A Ticking Time Bomb for Disaster. By Chidi Ekeh In Nigeria, a nation blessed with vast natural gas reserves and audacious dreams of a cleaner energy future, the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) project was heralded as a revolutionary leap toward affordability and sustainability. Yet, as 4,000 gleaming CNG trucks roll…
Deaths in London: Need to Halt Medical Tourism By Prof M. K. Othman In 2006, I was in Maiduguri, gathering data for an animal traction study under the scorching sun of that year’s Ramadan in the northeast. After finishing the day’s work, we took one of my enumerators to his house, which he described as…
UN Declares July 7 as World Amotekun Day The United Nations General Assembly has officially partnered with the South Western State Security Network, known as Amotekun, and declared July 7th of every year as World Amotekun Day. This was announced by Ambassador Dr. Markwili Mgbara, Director of Information and Communications of the International Assosite. World…
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES SUPER FALCONS ON WAFCON VICTORY President Bola Tinubu congratulates the Super Falcons of Nigeria on their victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, securing their record 10th continental title. President Tinubu says, “The Super Falcons’ spectacular performance tonight in Rabat, coming from behind to beat a spirited Moroccan side playing…
RUGIPO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ELECTS EXECUTIVES The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo Alumni Association has elected new executives to steer its affairs for the next 2 years. The new executives emerged through a delegate election held on Saturday, 26 July 2025, at the Adekunle Ajasin Auditorium of the institution, where 85 delegates from five out of six…
RUGIPO Alumni Association holds 2025 national elections in Owo The much-anticipated national election of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPO) Alumni Association is holding today, Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the institution’s main campus in Owo, Ondo State. Delegates from across the country have converged on the Adekunle Ajayi Auditorium, the designated venue for the election,…
Open Letter to Kemi Badenoch Dear Mrs. Kemi Badenoch, I write to you as a concerned observer, reflecting on your recent trajectory as the leader of the UK Conservative Party and the troubling pattern of disparaging remarks you have made about Nigeria, your country of birth. Your ascent to becoming the first Black woman to…
Bedroom or Kitchen Last week, we boldly opened the door to the bedroom and what a conversation that turned out to be! I received messages that made me laugh, blush, and reflect. One woman said she sent the article to her husband with only a 🔥 emoji. Another simply wrote, “Oreoluwa, you exposed my secret…
FG Moves To Make Nigeria West Africa Hub For Petroleum Products. The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to positioning Nigeria as the marketing hub for refined petroleum products across West Africa. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D, during his keynote address at the West…
How We Kidnapped Bayelsa Judge – Suspects Suspects in the abduction of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro have narrated how they committed the crime. Eight of the suspects, which included six males and two females, were on Thursday paraded by security agencies led by the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Idu, and the State Director…
