Successful presidential candidates are mythmakers. They don’t just tell a story. They tell a story that helps people make meaning out of the current moment; that divides people into heroes and villains; that names a central challenge and explains why they are the perfect person to meet it. In 2016 Donald Trump told a successful myth: The coastal elites are greedy, stupid people who have mismanaged the country, undermined our values and changed the face...
Confusion in Nigeria’s Presidency as Army Chief Withdraws Senior Personnel from Office of the National Security Adviser The fight between Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno , seem to be worsening as the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai is reported to have withdrawn Senior Army personnel from the office of the latter, a move many have described as the Army Chief taking sides with Abba Kyari – a...
Brothers and sisters, I can tell you that our country is so deep in the shithole (no apologies to President Trump) that it requires drastic measures to pull her out. We all know Nigeria is a beautiful country with abundant natural and human resources, the most populous Black nation on planet Earth. Before I indulge in the time-honored tradition of open letter writing, I must pay my deep respects and obeisance to several eminent Nigerians...
The Enugu State Programme lead, Terkimbi Tom has given assurances that WaterAid Nigeria organization will continue to complement the state government’s effort in provision of water supplies in the state. Terkimbi gave this assurance on Wednesday when members of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH media network paid him a courtesy visit in Enugu, Enugu State. The State Programme Lead stated that WaterAid as an international non-governmental organization (NGO), focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene and...
Locust swarms the size of cities have been ravaging large parts of East Africa, the Middle East and southwestern Asia, devastating cropland and threatening the livelihoods of millions of people. Billions of the voracious insects have descended on Kenya in the worst outbreak in 70 years, are threatening Ethiopia’s vital grain regions after devastating Somalia and Djibouti, and have this week reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after...
The Federal Capital Territory Special Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control has warned security agencies against violating traffic rules on the ever busy AYA-Nyanya Keffi route. Chairman of the team, Mr Ikharo Attah, gave the warning while addressing newsmen during a meeting of the task team on Wednesday, at the FCT Minister’s conference room in Abuja, Attah assured commuters plying the Nyanya/Keffi road that normalcy had returned after the accident that occurred and resulted to...
The Lagos State Government says it has placed the 63 people who had direct contact with index Lassa fever case under surveillance. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known while giving an update on the Lassa fever case recorded in the state at a media briefing in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state government had early this morning confirmed a case of Lassa fever...
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) came under criticism following an outburst against the commission by the Senate and Minister of Works for openly protecting telecoms companies over increasing cases of dropped calls. The attack came following the public hearing on a motion titled: “Increasing rate of drop calls and other unwholesome practices by telecom network operators in Nigeria that had robbed Nigerians of their hard earned billions of Naira.” The public hearing was organised by...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says that his administration has spent over N13 billion on the rehabilitation and construction of schools across the 18 local government areas of the state. He made the disclosure while speaking at the fund raising programme of Command Day Secondary School, Owena Cantonment, Akure on Tuesday. Akeredolu, who was represented by his Deputy, Agboola Ajayi, said that conducive learning environment was key to better assimilation, thereby improving quality of...
Nigeria’s state oil company and its joint venture partners have spent $360 million on cleaning up the Niger Delta oil heartland in the past two years, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Monday, but locals said little work had been done. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest crude oil exporter. Oil sales account for around 90% of its foreign currency earnings but oil spills in the southern Niger Delta region have caused pollution and angered...
