Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Tinubu begs for time to address Labour’s grievances President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the organized labour to give him more time to look into their grievances rather than embark on industrial action. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, disclosed this after leading the House leadership to brief the President on the outcome of their engagement with the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, which has declared a nationwide strike action. This is as the Federal Government has explained that it was yet to roll out palliatives on the effect of subsidy removal of petrol because it…

Nigerian Industrialists, Like Adenuga and Dangote, Are Key To Our Economic Recovery THE ALTERNATIVE Make no mistake about it, Nigeria is going through some of the toughest economic times of her existence. We have one of the fastest growing populations on Earth, with a 2.4 annual growth rate, and a spectacularly sluggish economy after eight years of an inept and clannish administration. We are facing an existential crisis, because we spent fifty years pissing away our national wealth in a fuel subsidy that subsidised consumption rather than production, and now we are almost broke and beggarly as a nation.…

Nigerian Student among Finalists for $100,000 Global Prize A Nigerian student studying at Vanderbilt University, United States, Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, is among the 50 finalists for the prestigious 2023 Chegg and Varkey Foundation’s Global Student Award with a prize of $100,000. The winner of the award will be announced later this year. Alumona was selected for the global award based on his work on ending gender-based violence in the country through his non-governmental organisation, Boys Champions. He founded the NGO in 2018 to educate male youths on responsible living and respect for female gender. He said such value orientation was…

Tinubu sends ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic President Bola Tinubu said an ECOWAS mission had been sent to the Niger Republic to intercede in the attempted coup in the country. The President spoke after a meeting with the Benin Republic President Patrice Talon at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday in Abuja. He said Talon was mandated by ECOWAS to proceed immediately to the West African country that has been termed the most coup-prone in the region. Tinubu is the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Head of States and Government, and the body has decided to discourage an undemocratic change of government…

Musician, Funmi Ayinke Thrills Guests At Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele’s 60th Birthday Celebration Several attention-worthy scenes surfaced at the 60th birthday celebration of Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele which took place yesterday, Tuesday 25th Of July, 2023 in Abuja but one of the major highlights was the performance of Nigerian musician and Engineer, Dr. Funmi Ayinke Waheed-Adekojo The energetic and classic performance Funmi Ayinke pulled at the event which had very important personalities across different sectors in the country was proof that truly, the engineer and musician was born to do music. Apart from the validation the event offered to her…

Davido bows to pressure, deletes controversial music video After facing heavy criticism from some Muslims on social media, afrobeat sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has finally succumbed to pressure and deleted the controversial music video he posted on his pages last week. Recall that the DMW owner had posted a 45-second long video clip of his signee, Logos Olori’s new song, ‘Jaye Lo,’ on Friday, July 21, promoting the song ahead of the official release. The video caused controversy as it portrayed men dressed as praying mallams, dancing in front of a mosque in a scene, rather than…

Staff, students who didn’t know me talked about my academic excellence in my presence —Aisha Ketso, best-graduating Sociology student, IBB varsity With a 4.81 CGPA, Aisha Ketso became the first female First Class graduate, the second First Class graduate, and also the best-graduating student of the Department of Sociology, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University, Lapai, Niger State, for the 2020/2021 academic session. In this interview by YUSUF ABDULKADIR, she shares her success story. How does being the first female First Class graduate of your department make you feel? I am happy. It meant a lot to me and my family.…

My life as first lady, mother, engineer, a Kalabari married to Oyo State gov —Tamunominini Makinde YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE last week had a day interaction with Mrs Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde, wife of the Governor of Oyo State and found her to be jovial, simple, accommodating and down to earth, the interaction touched on many issues, including her experience as a Kalabari woman married to an Ibadan man, excerpts: Watching you work and interact today has been like looking into a mirror, is this who you are daily? Yes, I would say this is a true reflection of me. I have had…

Nigeria moves to re-open borders with Benin Republic, signs 12-point communique In line with the Federal Government’s drive to facilitate trade and improve Nigeria’s economy to become globally competitive, a delegation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), led by the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has paid a working visit to the Republic of Benin and signed a 12-point communique which aims to fully re-open the border between both countries, a statement signed on Tuesday by National Spokesman of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada revealed. According to the Customs statement, “The Ag. CGC and his delegation visited the Nigerian…

How to save Nigeria’s university system — Okebukola Former Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission, Professor Peter Okebukola, has called for quick-fix interventions to save the Nigerian university system. He noted that quick-fix interventions had become imperative to protect the future of the university system. Okebukola said his concern was based on a gap analysis conducted over the last two months by a group of scholars. Okebukola said this on Tuesday while delivering a 2023 convocation lecture at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. The NUC’s former executive secretary spoke on “From Tangible to Virtual Reality: Redefining the Nigerian University…