DAKUKU PETERSIDE: Inside the Pandora Box
Exposing secrets in the public interest is gradually gaining public acceptance and appreciation. It is also a testament to how technology has further reduced the world to a global village. The men and women who do such exposé are "whistle blowers ", "information insurgents" and, in a more civil language "investigative journalists". The more celebrated outlet is Wikileaks, but...
ADEWALE KUPOLUYI: Discussing child defilement
There is hardly any day that passes by without getting unpleasant news of child defilement, especially against the girl-child. The truth is that child defilement has assumed frightening proportions that deserve urgent attention and is worth discussing. This topic took a centre stage on Radio Law Clinic, a weekly programme on the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun...
EHICHIOYA EZOMON: Anti-open grazing and government support for herders
As social media-age people would say, "I'm like wow, strange things are happening in Naija." Well, stranger-than-fiction things are happening in the Nigerian Government, whose "body language" alchemy has turned into an undisguised, practical reality. Imagine the government lending its backing to a planned court process by cattle herders, challenging the anti-open grazing laws enacted by some of the 36...
COVID-19: 13 U.S. soldiers, 10 civilians test positive in S’Korea
Thirteen United States soldiers and 10 relevant civilians in South Korea tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said on Monday. The USFK said in a statement that 23 USFK-affiliated individuals were confirmed with COVID-19 after arriving in South Korea between September 22 and October 14. Seven service members and eight family members arrived at Osan Air Base on...
Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in Europe for Metaverse
Facebook is planning to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union (EU) over the next five years to work on a new computing platform, Metaverse. Metaverse promises a new phase of interconnected virtual experiences using technologies like virtual and augmented reality. “So today, we’re announcing a plan to create 10,000 new high-skilled jobs within the European Union (EU) over the next...
Cooking gas: Consumers resort to firewood over rising cost
Some residents of the South-East of the country have vowed to resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue to soar. The consumers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they could no longer cope with the situation as it was taking a toll on their lives. They called on the Federal Government to...
My regrets serving as NIMASA Director-General – Omatseye
A former Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Temisan Omatseye, has said the country has let him down by allowing certain powerful persons to use the institutions of government to persecute him for standing on the side of truth. Omatseye, who was the DG of NIMASA from July 2009 to December 2010, was removed from...
Buhari orders completion of abandoned projects in Niger Delta
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari's commitment to completing all abandoned projects in the oil-rich Niger Delta. The president, according to the minister, has given directive for the completion of all abandoned but viable projects in the Niger Delta. Akpabio spoke in Uyo, on Sunday, after an inspection tour of the long-abandoned 1,000-bed...
PDP crisis: I won’t withdraw from court until justice is done – Secondus
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, says he has no intention of withdrawing the case challenging his removal from court. His Media Adviser, Mr Ike Abonyi, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that Secondus was in court to seek for justice as well as save the party from manipulations. “The attention of the media...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 33 deaths, 125 infections
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria continues to rise as 125 new cases were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday. The new cases are from 10 states. The Public Health Agency also confirmed 33 deaths in the country on Sunday. The NCDC stated that the FCT reported the highest infections with 45 new cases, followed by Kaduna (34), Rivers...
