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“My point is, people cannot be slaughtered in their houses helplessly. Maybe what we need to do is to liberalise gun control. Let everybody own a gun so that when you are coming to my house, you will know that I have my own gun while you are coming with yours,” a senator. Kabir Marafa, […]

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did not participate in the mandatory one-year national youth service scheme. Instead, she forged an exemption certificate many years after graduation, according to Premium Times. The year-long service, organised by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), is compulsory for all Nigerians who graduate from universities or equivalent institutions at less […]

Professor Grace Otinwa is a professor of Exercise Physiology and the immediate past Head of Department, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos. In a chat with Punch, she talked about her life within and outside the four walls of the university, and her relationship with husband. “My husband and I have come a long way […]

Richard Akindele, a professor of Management Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has finally raised the veil on events that culminated in his dismissal by the institution. Mr Akindele was recently dismissed after being found guilty of sexual harassment of a postgraduate student of the institution, Monica Osagie. In his reply to a […]

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari whom he believes is too old to lead the country. At a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the governor commented on the visit of President Emmanuel Macron of France to Nigeria. Aged 40 years, Macron is […]

Five teachers of the Polytechnic Academic Staff Secondary School Birnin Kebbi, have been sacked for impregnating an SS3 student of the school. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt on Wednesday that the girl, whose age was not disclosed, was also expelled from the school. Sources confirmed that the decision to dismiss the five teachers […]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday visited President Muhammmadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja and said his country would not be the one to completely fix Africa’s problems. Macron was speaking at a joint press conference after the close-door meeting with President Buhari. Asked what were his country’s plans to curb terrorism in […]

A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is now a bona fide staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), as he inspected his office space at the institution’s Abeokuta Study Centre in Ogun State on Tuesday, in his capacity as a facilitator. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Abdalla Adamu, had soon after the […]

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has lamented killings in parts of the country, especially in Plateau state. He said the incidents require drastic action from both the National Assembly and the Presidency. He added that the National Assembly under his leadership would not shy away from its responsibilities. Saraki spoke with newsmen in Ilorin, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has faulted the rising global oil prices, calling on Saudi Arabia to jerk up production to crash the high prices. Trump in a tweet said he had spoken to King Salman of Saudi Arabia who had agreed to increase production. The president had again blamed OPEC for high global oil prices […]

Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, is at a loss as to who is behind the mischief that he is a vice presidential canditate for 2019. Debunking rumours that he is the anointed running mate of Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, Obi the focus of Nigerians should be on how to end the […]