THE NATION Nigeria, on Sunday night recorded 490 new cases of Coronavirus across the country The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this on its twitter handle. Data obtained from the NCDC showed that the total number of confirmed infections…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIA under President Muhammadu Buhari has no known Foreign Policy. Under him, our diplomats use the constitutional provisions on Foreign Policy, as compass to navigate the seas of diplomacy. However, this is not due to a…
VANGUARD (Back Issue) By Owei Lakemfa GROWING up in the Nigeria of the 1960s and ’70s, there were things that were unpleasant or dreaded by the populace. One is going to the police station. It was usually not a pleasant…
THE GUARDIAN A day after going into isolation with his entire family, following one of his daughters testing positive, Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has deplored the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the state. The governor said it had…
LEADERSHIP Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said that Nigeria airports are 90 percent ready to commence operations as the nation prepares for lifting of bans on travels. He also said the remaining 10 percent is on the surface…
THIS DAY Considering current realities and many unresolved issues in the Nigerian electricity market, there is need to delay the proposed cost-reflective electricity tariff billed for July 1, writes Peter Uzoho There has been apprehension lately among electricity consumers over…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 779 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 24,077. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle on…
VANGUARD (Back Issue: June 19, 2020) By Owei Lakemfa ANGER erupted across many parts of Africa this week against the racist Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson, whose eight-year call for the re-colonisation of the continent trended in the…
By Owei Lakemfa THEY were tough times. The mid-1990s. Times when General Sani Abacha ruled with an iron fist, generals terrorised the populace and the military dictated at gun point. Times when critics like Chief Alfred Rewane and Mrs. Kudirat…
VANGUARD (Back Issue) By Owei Lakemfa African American, George Floyd was until Africa Day, May 25, known only to a handful of people; mainly his family, friends, co-workers and neigbours. But his lone murder so shook the world, that it displaced news of the Coronavirus…
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