On Hong Kong protests: Issues and implications
By Charles Onunaiju In the past one month, Hong Kong, the iconic city of international commerce, finance, shipping and other logistics has been in turmoil, with extremist radicals wreaking havoc on its reputation. By now, it is obvious to any discerning person that the sustained protest by extremist radicals, has little to do with the proposed amendment More...
China doesn’t want a trade war but is by no means afraid of fighting one
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping By Zhou Pingjian China-US trade talks are catching the eye of the Nigerian media recently. Around the world, there have been widespread concerns over the new round of additional More...
How Maitama Sule will be remembered, by leaders
From Edwin Olofu, Mustapha Adamu, Kano, Christiana Ekpa and Musa Adamu Abuja Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed “profound sorrow” about the news of the death of Nigeria’s elder statesman, Maitama More...
UN, Prison Fellowship trains Police, Warders, others on Justice Reform in Nigeria
Ayodele Samuel,Lagos In a bid to improve the justice system in Nigeria, the United Nations, Federal and Lagos State Governments have partnered with the Prison Fellowship of Nigeria on training of Police officers, More...
Osun ex-Gov,Senator Adeleke died
Ayodele Samuel, Lagos The first civilian Governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, is dead.Reports have it that Adeleke died of heart attack on Sunday morning at Biket Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. A a More...
Group to tackle EFCC on Disclosure of recovered loots with FOI
Ayodele Samuel,LagosThe Nigerian National Summit Group (NNSG) on Sunday said it had concluded plans to use legal means to compel the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC to disclosed all records regarding More...
10 takeaways from Buhari’s Germany visit
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu buhari returned to the country after a three-day intensely busy state visit to germany which, as is usual with his foreign engagements, was characterized by More...
Nigeria: Religion hindering family planning
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oladosu Ojengbede, says religious connotation and cultural issues are hindering effective implementation of Family Planning (FP) More...
When Africa discovers the power of crowdfunding II
Budding South African film producer Meg Rickards was struggling to raise the money for her new feature film, Whiplash, when she came across the idea of crowdfunding. We had about 70% of the budget and were battling More...
How two men survived a prison where 12,000 were killed
Tuol Sleng is Cambodia’s most notorious prison – in the 1970s, at least 12,000 people were tortured there and murdered. Only a handful of prisoners survived but now, 40 years after Pol Pot took control of More...