A Review of Songs of Silence by Abdullahi Ismaila (Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2021, 74 pages, ISBN978-978-918-668-6) Like many of his previous books, Songs of Silence has a longer poem at the centre skillfully interspersed with shorter lyric forms, except for…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country now has 199, 333 COVID-19 infections as at Friday Aug. 27 across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The Centre, who made the announcement on…
Robert Lewandowski has finally laid hands on another well-deserved trophy! The Pole was presented with the award for Germany’s Footballer of the Year 2021 by “Kicker” editor-in-chief Jörg Jakob on Saturday before kick-off in the home match against Hertha Berlin.…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, indicated on Friday that the Federal Government had not recovered N5.15tn owed to it by third parties. It was reported on March 31, 2021 that Ahmed disclosed that the…
The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved Abuja as venue for the party’s elective national convention scheduled for Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. The Party National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while reading…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s 92nd National Executive Committee meeting was presided over by Elder Yemi Akinwonmi on Saturday. Akinwonmi is the acting National Chairman of the party after a court order restrained Uche Secondus from the role. Secondus has since…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has commenced investigation to ascertain the cause of the pipeline leaks in the Ikotun area of Lagos metropolis. The agency’s Director General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known to journalists during…
The Federal Government on Saturday recommenced its Conditional Cash Transfer programme in Lagos State. Flagging-off the 5th and 6th Bi-Monthly payment in Lagos State, Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, said that 6,810 persons/households had benefited from…
The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of monthly stipend of N5,000 under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to poor and vulnerable persons in Sokoto state. The National Project Accountant, Mr Jafar Ibrahim-Yabo, who represented the National Programme Coordinator…
Two siblings based in Lagos have been rescued following their abduction allegedly by a nanny simply identified by Precious. Precious was said to have absconded with the minors – a four-year-old boy and two-year-old girl – on Monday and brought…
