Anger and disappointment at how Nigeria conducted the 2023 elections made me write US President Joe Biden, Nigerian-born award-winning writer Chimamanda Adichie has said. Adichie revealed this while delivering the Inaugural Africa World Lecture at Princeton University in the United States. “I wanted to tell the story of what happened,” she said. “And telling a…
Those residing in riverine communities in Lagos, Ogun, have been advised by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to relocate immediately, warning that there could be heavy flooding occasioned by the release of water from the Oyan Dam by the Ogun-Osun River Basin Authority. It also advised those travelling by waterways on the use…
Nigerian currency, the Naira has appreciated against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday. In afternoon trading, the exchange rate was N1,300 per dollar, representing a 0.76% increase (N10) compared to the N1,310 rate recorded on Tuesday on the black market. The persistent foreign exchange pressure, exacerbated by the Naira reaching as low…
Jika Attoh, a veteran broadcaster and communications expert, is dead. He died at POSH Hospital, New Haven, Enugu State after battling months with an unknown illness. The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu chapter confirmed he died on Wednesday. At the time of his death, Attoh was reportedly separated from his…
Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a student of Al-Azhar Academy in Zaria, Kaduna state, has died after he was given 130 strokes of the cane by the school authorities. The principal of the school, Mohammed Ibrahim, vice principal Nura Alfatiqa and one other staff member simply identified as Musa, reportedly brutalised the 16-year-old boy to death…
Gaza’s Hamas government said Wednesday that Israel’s latest night-time air strikes on the besieged Palestinian territory killed at least 80 people. A government media office statement said “more than 80 people were martyred and hundreds wounded” in the overnight raids. The Hamas health ministry said Tuesday that 5,791 people had been killed in…
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has cautioned Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, against his “careless” remarks and preachings. Igboho vowed never to fold his arms and allow Gumi to heat up Nigeria’s polity through preachings capable of inciting violence in the country. Gumi had said Christians can’t be trusted with Nigeria’s…
A businessman, Mallam Umar Tasiu, was allegedly flogged to d3ath by his former in-laws in Minna, Niger State. A neighbour told Daily Trust on condition of anonymity that the Al Azhar University, Egypt graduate had gone to see his children who live with his ex-wife at her father’s house. “He went to see his two…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has formally opened the GAC Car Assembly Plant in Lagos. The governor disclosed this in a statement posted on his official X handle on Tuesday. According to him, the partnership between Lagos State and CIG Motors, represents a pivotal step towards greater industrialisation, more jobs, and technical training…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says Africa deserves to be compensated by the European nations for centuries of Trans-Atlantic slavery which saw many Africans sold out as slaves. He spoke at the weekend during the Diaspora Festival at Badagry, saying despite the challenge of slavery, the black race still stands firm. This is…