“The idea of lock down and work from home conceivably has come to stay”, ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Around this time last year, so many government and private organisations have fully adopted, partially or considering the idea of allowing some or most of their workforce, to work from home. A good number of organisations in Europe and America, do not have the luxury of a variety of options even till now, owing to the severity of the...
ABUJA — Following the suspension of Nigeria’s space by the Federal Government, Nigerians have opted for the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to continue their online activities. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had on Friday announced the suspension of the social media platform’s operation in Nigeria. The ban according to the minister is based on the action of the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s...
ABUJA — The Federal Government on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of the operation of micro-blogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture made the announcement in a press release issued by his office in Abuja. The statement which was signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry, Segun Adeyemi, cited the consistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria. The...
By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger As the results of the 2020 U.S. national census become known, the American media is digesting the finding that the country’s population is no longer growing. The May 23 Sunday New York Times lead article “above the fold” highlighted how new a stagnant or declining birthrate and immigration is for the United States. The United States is joining Europe and East Asia, where a demographic decline and collapse of birth rates...
ABUJA — Nearly seven months after the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the approval of a special salary scale for teachers, the implementation of the scale is yet to take effect. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during the World Teachers Day celebration in October 2020 also reviewed upward their retirement age to 65 and said the approval was to take effect immediately. The president also approved the...
ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and other private sector partners are set to launch a 20,000 yearly graduate job fellowship to be called the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP). Osinbajo said the 12-month job fellowship programme would be flagged off by President Muhammadu Buhari and urged business leaders, captains of industry, development partners, and the diplomatic community to support the program aimed...
LAGOS — The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has called on the Federal Government to dialogue with secessionists. He believed that addressing the root causes of their agitations will help in dousing the tension in some parts of the country. The former Presidential Candidate made the call on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s morning programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, he believes that the agitators felt marginalized and are demanding...
ABUJA — Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has described the 1999 constitution as the result of a hurried national compromise that has contributed to the country’s challenges. The zonal public hearing which is taking place across the country’s six geopolitical zones commenced today and is to last till Thursday (June 1-3) Speaking at the zonal hearing in Lagos on Tuesday, Gbajabiamila said Gbajabiamila said the constitution is below standards. He noted that...
Desperate activists bastardize Biafra’s “May 30, sacredness” into an outrageous blood-spattered rite of remembrance. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor, killing thousands of U.S. servicemen. America, divided by ideological differences concerning warfare, united behind a declaration of war with Japan. That is the power of communal closeness after a tragedy. Thus, the psychology of unity after tragedy remains a natural phenomenon that instills a feeling of closeness following a tragedy. It breaks down walls...
“Moving on, the government must not give its citizens the impression that they are less wanted to remain part of the union”―Ebuka Onyekwelu No matter how successive Nigerian government decides to view the Biafra declaration which then led to a civil war that left no fewer than three million Easterners dead, the fact that cannot be disputed is, the event, cannot be erased in Nigeria’s existential history. And so, of all the possible cause of...
