Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 16:37
ANTI-rape campaigners celebrated a significant victory earlier today when a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend who tried to rape her.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 15:59
AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for punishment for all those who participated in the black-lives-matters protests across the country for ignoring coronavirus lockdown rules.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 14:40
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano has shut down the Eke Awka market in the Anambra State capital in response to the growing number of coronavirus incidences brought about by the refusal of local to follow preventative guidelines.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 13:51
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Given the desperate need for African nations to break free of the cycle of dependency, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should reach an immediate agreement baring the export of raw commodities from Africa. Every exported product from the African continent must have at least 50% value addition
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 18:59
HEALTH workers at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (Dash) in the Nasarawa State capital Lafia have embarked upon a seven-day strike to press for adequate provision of personal protective equipments (PPE) and improved welfare as they combat Covid-19.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 18:35
NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after Egypt's objection to her nomination was rejected.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 17:57
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and his main challenger Tyson Fury have reached an in-principle agreement to meet in two blockbuster fights over the next couples of years to determine who is the undisputed kingpin if the division.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 15:37
NIGERIA is expected to remain home to 12% of the planet's poorest people for at least the next year as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic looks set to create the worst economic recession in 80 years according to the World Bank.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 13:59
NIGERIA'S minister of power Sale Mamman has boasted about the fact that members of the public now enjoy between 18 to 24 hours of electricity daily as a result of the improvements brought about by the current Buhari administration.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 13:00
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Eyo Festival in Lagos. Why should it not compete with London’s Notting Hill Carnival?
(2) Usman Dan Fodio’s tomb. Let us try and make it a pilgrimage site for Muslims that competes with the Kaaba
(3) Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s tomb. It should be a Christian pilgrimage site that competes with Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity
(4) Badagry’s slave castle. It needs its own railway station, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc
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