Governors of northern states have called for the censorship of social media to “avoid the spread of fake news”. At a meeting in Kaduna on Monday, the governors said the effect of uncontrolled social media is devastating. They also condemned…
There’s One Main Way to Contract COVID-19 When Grocery Shopping, CDC Says
Grocery shopping, while a necessity, has become one of the most anxiety-inducing activities in our daily pandemic-filled lives. From crowds that are sometimes impossible to avoid to concerns surrounding what we should and shouldn’t be touching, the potential for contracting the…
Nigeria’s Millennials Are Battling a Gerontocracy
Fela Kuti’s 1989 song Beasts of No Nation was the first that the Afrobeat pioneer and Nigerian activist recorded after his twenty-month imprisonment under military rule of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s head of state from 1983-85. Kuti was an active, audacious opponent of…
Amiedi, Banga soup or whatever name: Cuisine, culture and identity, call for papers
There is, no doubt, that the rethinking of indigenous knowledge systems is powered and reinforced by culture, which, in itself, is not only elastic and enduring but also benchmarks matters of identity. Embedded in this vortex of related tendencies is…
CEO Secrets: The aviation workers starting new businesses
As part of our CEO Secrets series, which invites business leaders to share their advice, we are focusing on start-ups that have launched during lockdown. Each week we will look at a different type of entrepreneur. This week, we hear…
Restructure now to save Nigeria!
THE groundswell of agitation for true federalism and restructuring should now warrant more than a passing interest of the Buhari administration. As usual, his apple-polishers are showing zero common sense, either dismissing voices of reason or denying existential threats to…
Pope Francis Backs Same-sex Marriage
Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in a move that looks to further amplify heated divergences on abnormal unions has given his most clear support to same-sex marriage. The Pope made the remarkable declaration in “Francesco,” a new documentary film directed by…
Paypal to allow users to buy, hold and sell four cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is up $400 to $12,296 today. Part of the reason is that Paypal hass received a conditional bitlicence from the New York State Department of Financial Services and will launch a service for users to be able to buy, hold…
Soldiers open fire on protesters in Nigeria’s Lagos: Witnesses
Soldiers have opened fire on demonstrators gathered at a protest site in Lagos that has been the epicentre of widespread rallies against police brutality in Nigeria, according to several witnesses. Amnesty International also said in a statement on Tuesday it…
More Nigerians demand holistic police reform, professionalism
Only holistic reform of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) by the Federal Government will assuage Nigerian youths who have been on the streets since Monday to protest against police brutality and intimidation, especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This…