By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN THE aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and leaving the regional bloc “without delay”, reactions spanned the spectrum from hubris to hyperbole. From Nigeria, the regional anc...
By Comrade Olabode Akinwale SOMETIME IN late 2023, immediately after the unexpected demise of Arakunrin Odunayo Akeredolu the erstwhile governor of Ondo State and the ascension of his deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the substantive governor, the State’s Exco or better still, the cabinet was dissolved and later reconstituted with some n...
By Charles Chukwuedo Snr, Esq. THE RECENTLY concluded ThisDay newspaper awards, held in Lagos to commemorate its 30th anniversary, exemplify a troubling and increasingly pervasive culture within Nigeria’s media landscape. It is both paradoxical and hypocritical that ThisDay, the very organisation behind Arise Morning Show, whose presenters are...
By Robert Egbe DESPITE THE millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is destroyed, the tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. According to the Wo...
By Temitope Ajayi TWO DAYS after DeepSeek took the world by surprise, a Financial Times report warned that the West should be worried by how China appears to be leading the Artificial Intelligence race. Financial Times says the emergence of DeepSeek from the shadows, catching the West unawares, is a strong indication that China has […]...
By Pius Mordi BEFORE THE collapse of the naira precipitated by the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had revealed that a whopping N306 billion was paid to uniformed security men – Police, Army, Navy, Civil Defence, Federal Road Safety [&h...
By Olabode Akinwale WHEN ON the 30th of December 2024 the Ondo State Governor was signing the 2025 state appropriation bill into law at the Exco Chamber of the Governor Office, Alagbaka Akure, the state capital, he was very emphatic on his intentions for the good people of the state. The Governor, Hon., Lucky Aiyedatiwa […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE AS CHRISTIANS we are taught that if all else fails, we should try praise and worship! When prayer fails, try praise and worship! When fasting fails, try praise and worship! When vigil fails, try praise and worship! When giving, offering, first fruit, tithe and seed offering fail, try praise and worship! In […]
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-ife Arogundade AS WE step into a world increasingly defined by climate change extremes, the recent conclusion of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) that 2024 marks the warmest year yet is a formidable wake-up call for Nigeria and the rest of the world. Many were already bracing for this announcement, unders...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE HAVE YOU encountered officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency lately? They appear to have turned a new leaf! Is it a make-believe or is it for real? Is it fleeting or is it what the Lord has done, which that Christian song says shall be permanent? “It shall be permanent/Oh […]
