The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status. The enormous aircraft, named "Mriya," or...
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has ordered Russia to play matches without its flag and anthem at neutral venues, warning the country could be excluded from competitions if the situation in Ukraine does not improve. Sunday’s announcements which...
Russia's political and economic isolation deepened on Monday as its forces met stiff resistance in Ukraine's capital and other cities in the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent on...
BY GARBA SHEHU The assent to the Electoral Act 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari after the back and forth on some controversial provisions underscores the perfect workings of a parliament and executive both driven by new energy to deliver CHANGE...
By OLUDAYO TADE In the spirit of the season of Love, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14 commenced a “four-week roll-over, total and comprehensive strike action” over failure of the Federal Government (FG) to fully implement...
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Tunde Ashaolu, is dead. Ashaolu died on Sunday evening, twenty four hours after celebrating his 50th birthday. Ashaolu and former Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State,...
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON In the "Mother of All Elections" in 2023, Nigeria is having a heavy dose of speculative news spread by canvassers for aspirants or the media, particularly the online, that trade in "breaking", "exclusive", "shocking" or "explosive" news...
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE The beauty of democracy lies in the transient nature of political power. The fact that power is contested periodically and those who wield power submit to such a contest in a free and fair election, where other candidates...
By TUNDE ODESOLA Although Oshodi Tapa rose from the ashes of slavery to become a warrior and foremost Yoruba leader over 170 years ago, his footprints on the sands of time in the land of Eko were etched in honour,...
Lagos State chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), has come under fire from the national headquarters of the union. The NURTW has queried MC Oluomo over misconduct including insubordination, intimidation, harassment,...