In many parts of the world, providing housing for the poor can be a politically touchy subject. In Western Europe at least, no matter how affluent a neighborhood is, provisions…
Nigeria has become the fourth country to report more than 1,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic. While 27,831 deaths have been reported in Africa, South Africa accounts for 13,059…
The National Bureau of Statistics has released economic data covering the period when a number of states, including Lagos the commercial capital were under a lockdown due to the COVID-19…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement…
The number of deaths from COVID-19 across the world has reached 808,986 with the number of confirmed cases standing at 23,400,929 according to data on worldometer.info. 27,987 people have died…
Following the presentation of a Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) research report on the corruption and mismanagement of funds, going into trillions of naira, by the Niger Delta…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 340 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death related to the disease. There are now 51,304 confirmed cases of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Dr. Wale Babalakin, the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, setting up a seven-man Visitation Panel to investigate the crisis in the university. The president…
The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the invocation of “Godwin” undoubtedly served as a talisman in his…
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr. Ben Gbenro:…