Akeredolu and Katsina’s AK-47 trainees By Lasisi Olagunju, In Lawuyi Ogunniran’s Yoruba play, Ààrẹ-àgò Aríkúyẹrí, we see how a happy polygamous family is ruined by the indiscretion of the family head. Ògúnrìndé Ajé, the Ààrẹ-àgò Balógun of Ibadan, man with three wives, throws a party to worship his ‘ori’; …
Read More »Insecurity: Students In Kaduna Decline To Return To School Over Fear Of Bandits
Insecurity: Students In Kaduna Decline To Return To School Over Fear Of Bandits Kaduna has at least 15 military establishments… Yet, terrorists’ activities have wrapped the state in fear and anxiety. Due to their concern for a bandit attack, several Kaduna State elementary and secondary school children have chosen not to attend class …
Read More »Insecurity: FRSC To Clamp Down On Unregistered Motorcycles
Insecurity: FRSC To Clamp Down On Unregistered Motorcycles By Nafisat Arogundade: City Mirror News, In a bid to stem the tide of the heightened insecurity in the country, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has opted to go tough on unregistered motorcycles across the 36 states of the federation. …
Read More »Haba, Kyari!
Haba, Kyari! Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH on Monday, August 2, 2021) If you went to nursery or primary school in Nigeria, you’re unlikely to miss the deafening ‘A-for-apple’ cognitive verbal rendition schoolchildren crammed and screamed. ‘A-for-apple!’, ‘B-for-ball!’, ‘C-for-cake!’, ‘D-for-dog!’, ‘E-for-egg!’, ‘F-for-fish!’ ‘G-for-goat!’, ‘H-for-hen!’, ‘I-for-ink!’, ‘J-for-jug!’. In …
Read More »NUJ EXPRESSES FEAR ON STATE OF THE NATION
NUJ EXPRESSES FEAR ON STATE OF THE NATION …Calls on Government to take proactive measures, protect Journalists, others… The National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Comrade Chris Isiguzo have expressed fear on the state of nation in the country. It also displayed genuine concerns with some …
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