Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, aptly put it in his famous The Second Coming. When things fall apart, wrote Yeats, not only can’t the centre hold, even the falcon cannot hear…
Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has appealed to state governors and civil servants to support President Bola Tinubu in his efforts at repositioning the economy. Oyintiloye said that it was not possible…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the Wuye/Wuse Flyover is 85 per cent completed and will be inaugurated in May.Mr Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday, after inspecting the project, along with the vice-president’s…
Egypt was Sunday set to host the latest talks aiming for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war. A senior Hamas official told AFP that a delegation from the…
The police in Katsina State have offered a N50 million reward to anyone who provides vital information that leads to the arrest of two notorious terrorists operating in the state. Katsina is one of the Nigeria states most affected by…
6As I wrote here on Sunday May 10, 2020, the report of the 2012 Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies also known as the Oronsaye Panel Report, is a significant public document, which…
Nigeria’s national women’s cricket team, the “Yellow Greens,” suffered a six-wicket defeat to Tanzania in a high-stakes T20I match played on Saturday evening at the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. Tanzania batted first, winning the toss and setting…
President Bola Tinubu yesterday kicked off his official engagements during the two day State Visit to the State of Qatar with a visit to the Museum in Doha. President Tinubu had before his engagements met with key ministers and top…
Veteran actor, John Okafor, known as Mr Ibu, is dead. Mr Ibu died on Saturday at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos State. He was 62. News of the death filtered in on Saturday evening, but the President of the Actors…
When Nigeria passed the Inland and Coastal Shipping (Cabotage) Act into law in 2003, a provision was made for the establishment of a Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) to support indigenous businesses and Nigerian citizens grow their capacity in the…