LOUD WHISPERS: Koro Syndrome
A few days ago, there was a video in circulation. It was a recording of a woman who had been stripped naked by a baying mob in Abuja, and was being paraded. Her alleged offence was that she had caused the penis of a man to disappear. If not for her rescue by police, she […]
LOUD WHISPERS: Mohbad – We Heard But Did Not Listen
In 1991, the film The Five Heartbeats, directed by Robert Townsend was released. I enjoyed the film so much I cannot count the number of times I have watched it over the years. It is a story set in the 1960s USA about how five poor black teenagers found (and lost, then found again) fame […]
World Book and Copyright Day: The Book, The Missing Girls And The Change Agenda
Today, April 23rd, is designated World Book and Copyright Day by the United Nations. On this day, two years ago, Port Harcourt, Nigeria became UNESCO World Book Capital City (WBCC). The WBCC title is a ‘symbolic nomination to a city in recognition of its efforts in promoting books and reading’. The city holds this title […]
China’s economy stabilises, factory activity returns to expansion
China’s factory activity expanded for the first time in six months in September, an official survey showed on Saturday, adding to a run of indicators suggesting the world’s second-largest economy has begun to bottom out. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI), based on a survey of major manufacturers, rose to 50.2 in September from 49.7, according […]
Secret negotiations with bandits: Stop playing politics with our lives; Northern leaders warn FG, Zamfara govt
Northern leaders and stakeholders in the north have warned the Federal Government and Zamfara state government to stop playing politics with the lives of the people of the region following the face-off between them over the allegation that the Federal Government was secretly negotiating with bandits in Zamfara state without involving the state government. Governor […]
Labour shuns parley with FG as Oct 3 nationwide strike looms
Leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts, on Friday, shunned a meeting called by the Federal Government in a desperate effort to avert the planned nationwide strike from October 3. According to the two labour centres, government’s invitation came late as they had scheduled engagements outside Abuja, […]
IMF board approves $1.32 billion resilience loan for Morocco
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board on Thursday approved a $1.32 billion, 18-month loan from its new Resilience and Sustainability Facility to help Morocco bolster its resilience to climate-related disasters, the fund said in a statement. The North African country had requested funds from the IMF’s new trust well before the devastating earthquake that […]
Nigeria’s labour unions call indefinite strike over cost of living
Nigeria’s two biggest workers’ unions plan to start an indefinite strike next week to protest against a cost-of-living crisis after the government scrapped a popular but costly petrol subsidy, union leaders said on Tuesday. Unions have been pushing President Bola Tinubu to reverse his decision in May to scrap the decades-old subsidy that had kept […]
ABU decries academic staff shortage, urges govt to lift employment embargo
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has decried the shortage of academic staff in some of the institution’s faculties, attributing it to thee deployment of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS). Prof. Kabiru Bala, the Vice-chancellor of the university, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2023 induction ceremony for […]
Poor kitting: I approved N20m for National Youth Games — Oyebanji
Ado-Ekiti—The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday clarified that he approved the sum of N20 million to prosecute the ongoing seventh Junior National Sports Festival holding in Asaba, Delta State. Speaking in Ikere Ekiti, during the second day of the Town Hall Meeting With Stakeholders in Ekiti South Senatorial District in preparation […]
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