This is my birthday month. There can be no better gift than what is happening today (4th March 2024). In 2002, I lost my mom, Raliat Boluwade Ojudu to a brain tumor. She was 65. For three months after her passing, I would wake up in the morning, sit at the edge of my bed, and sob. To bring closure …

As the economic downturn continues, all areas of Nigerian lives and plans are also striving to grapple with the situation, as areas like housing and rent are also being affected. Nigerians are used to building with cement, but now have to go for other alternatives, as the price of cement is now on the high side. Gone are the days …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today (Thursday) hold its governorship primary in Edo State, with 10 aspirants battling for 563 delegates votes in the indirect primary. The primary, holding at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, is expected to produce the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming 21 September governorship election in the state. The 10 PDP aspirants include Edo State …

Various punishments have been meted out to both Senegal and Mali over some incidents that happened during the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Cote d’Ivoire. The punishments were meted out by the CAF Disciplinary Board. The Fédération Malienne de Football was charged with misconduct following unsporting behaviour of its players towards match officials. The Disciplinary Board found …

The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has restated its commitment to combat illicit tobacco trading across the globe. The WHO FCTC arising from a three-day Third Session of the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which closed in Panama on Thursday, noted important decisions were taken to …

The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, will today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja inaugurate the committee that has been directed by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to develop Nigeria’s Carbon Market Activation Plan. The Inter-governmental committee is expected to guide the development of a National Carbon Market Activation Plan that will …

The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has reacted to the fire incident that razed one of the institution’s buildings on Thursday night. The incident, which occurred around 8:45 pm, burnt down the storehouse of the Students’ Affairs Division, destroying office equipment, including ACs, computers, and students’ files. Speaking during a visit to the fire scene, the university’s Vice …

Nigeria’s football legends Olusegun Odegbami and Garba Lawal have advised the Super Eagles to be extremely cautious, stay focused, be disciplined and have self-belief when they lock horns with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in their Africa Cup of Nations’ Round of 16 encounter in Abidjan on Saturday. Odegbami, a member of Nigeria’s 1980 AFCON-winning squad and former captain of …

Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, called for an end to what he described as scandalous pensions for some former governors in Nigeria. Falana argued that while some state governors voted themselves large pension payments and allowances, they failed to pay their former workers’ pensions and gratuities during their time in …

Super Eagles coach, José Santos Peseiro, has insisted that despite looking good for a spot in the Round of 16 following their victory against hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, his boys will not take their feet off the pedal when they battle Guinea Bissau this evening in their final group A match. “We defeated Cote d’Ivoire, but that is already …