The controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo hit headlines again last week after publishing derogatory cartoons purportedly in defense of Iranian women while making a mockery of the same women. Looking back at the magazine’s Islamophobic history, the cartoons did not come as a surprise as it continues to aggressively promoteContinue Reading
By Marvellous Gbadegesin National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, through intelligence received from the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States busted a criminal syndicate involved in the trafficking of fake USD currency in Lagos. A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Director, Media & Advocacy,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000 from around the world, U.S. intelligence officials say in an updated estimate of aContinue Reading
By Sonnie Ekwowusi Last week, a group of pro-choice NGOs staged a protest against the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to expunge the current immoral sex education taught in Nigerian schools from the school curriculum. Worried about theContinue Reading
By Dr. Tanko B Musa The allegations laid before the EFCC against the former ABU VC, Prof Ibrahim Garba, is a case of “big magnitude” that will naturally attract divergent views and responses from the public and even make newspaper headlines, looking at it from the perspective of theContinue Reading
By Waziri Isa Adam The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola, GCON, has urged the newly reappointed members of the Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) to remain resolute and committed in pursuing objectives of the Institute. The CJN who wasContinue Reading
By Mahdi Waziri Isa The Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), under the Chairmanship of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola, has approved the 2022 promotion of Staff of the Institute with effect from 1st/January/2023. The Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola-led Council approved theContinue Reading
By Dr. Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik The EFCC news on the Ex-ABU VC and Bursar, arraigned for N1bn fraud on Thursday, went viral within a few minutes with several comments. The reactions were as if it is the first corruption case in Nigerian universities. Some people that were always lookingContinue Reading