Thoughts on protests and expressions of dissatisfaction with the status quo When messages about the #EndBadGovernance protest, scheduled for August 1–10, 2024 started flying across social media a few months ago, I didn’t take it seriously. However, as the days…
*Hoodlums beat Okada rider to death over payment (Punch)*Sustainable environment: Lagos promotes gas usage (Independent)
Hoodlums beat Okada rider to death over payment (Punch) Some suspected hoodlums said to be raiding construction sites at Kobongbogboe area of Osogbo, Osun State, have allegedly beaten a commercial motorcyclist to death. The motorcyclist, whose name could not be…
PRP Presidential candidate, Kola Abiola, pledges 25% women, PLWD inclusion in governance
Mr Kola Abiola, People’s Redemption Party (PRP) presidential flag-bearer has pledged to ensure 25 per cent inclusion of women and people living with disabilities (PLWD) in governance if elected president. He disclosed this at a rally to flag-off campaign for…
Ex-IBB spokesman Duro Onabule dies at 83
A veteran journalist and erstwhile Chief Press Secretary to former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), Chief Duro Onabule, is dead. He died at the age of 83. Daily Sun reliably gathered that he breathed his last on Tuesday evening.…
Nollywood and United Kingdom to co-produce Nigerian Movie
Hijack 93: The Mad Men & The Aircraft is a Nigeria-United Kingdom co-production that tells the true-life story of the 1993 plane hijack. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this plane has been taken over by MAD Men; Movement for the Actualization of…
Would 2023 elections return Nigeria to multi-sum politics? — Magnus Onyibe
It is such a welcome relief that the crowded political space by a deluge of contenders for the office of president of Nigeria is panning out nicely as the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had concluded its presidential primaries…
Ernest Shonekan head of ING dies in Lagos
Chief Ernest Shonekan, head of the Interim National Government in 1993, has died. The former chairman of UAC and its first Nigerian CEO died in Lagos at the age of 85. Shonekan, who was born in Abeokuta, headed the Interim…
Southern Governors’ friendly rebellion and the perils of indifference by the presidency – Magnus Onyibe
Insecurity in Nigeria and the inevitability of falling back on ethnic fault lines have become a recurring phenomenon in Nigeria. That is what on Monday, the 11th day of the month of May compelled the governors of the 17 southern…
Gunmen on the prowl, driver on deadly mission, poke nosing neighbour and others with eye on crime
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Gunmen invade MKO Abiola’s house in Lagos (Punch) Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the house of the…