The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, yesterday called for a replacement for the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) which, according to him, was “misrepresenting the goodness and integrity of the Nigerian youths”. While playing host to members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in his palace atContinue Reading
It was double celebration in Katsina recently after Eid el-Kabir celebrations alongside a special maiden thanksgiving ceremony to mark the 86th year of the emergence of Katsina Province from the old Zaria Province in 1934. Arewa Trust reports that the event tagged: “Yaumul Shukur” (Thanksgiving Day), was witnessed by dignitariesContinue Reading
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has described the interventions of Kano emirate and its monarchs in national discourses as very impactful to the promotion of national peace and development. A statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Muhammad Bello said Tambuwal made the assertion onContinue Reading
Borno State is no longer safe, Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi has decried. The Shehu, in response to the attack on the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, made this lamentation in Maiduguri when he paid a traditional Sallah homage to the Governor at the GovernmentContinue Reading
China and Russia are collaborating to reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar. Trade settlements in USD between the two countries have fallen below 50% for the first time. The dollar’s share of trade between Russia and China was only 46% of settlements in the first quarter, the Financial TimesContinue Reading
THE DONALD TRUMP administration has repeatedly crossed legal boundaries in resisting accountability to Congress, most notably during last year’s impeachment investigation. A less noticed but equally clear-cut case is its stonewalling on behalf of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the 2018 murder of exiled journalist and PostContinue Reading
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday led a chorus of condemnation over the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl by a group of over 30 men at a hotel in Eilat. The case has sent shockwaves through Israel, after testimony indicated the men linedContinue Reading
What we in Iran–the target of a vicious and indiscriminate sanctions regime—have seen from the current U.S. administration is quite straightforward: there is no grand vision for an alternative global community. The U.S.’ fickleness and unpredictability have nothing to do with masterful implementation of game theory. Rather whether it comesContinue Reading
By Prof. MK Othman No doubt, the Covid-19 pandemic with its subsequent lockdown in virtually every nation, globally, is already having terrible consequences on food security. The pandemic indeed caught the world unprepared and thus unplanned for its devastating effects. No one saw it coming, perhaps except China, even thenContinue Reading