By Abdulwarees Solanke It is generally believed that democracy is the best form of government as it is the expression of popular will. Taken altogether, it will seem that where the public good is the overriding or overwhelming consideration for democratic choice, it would not lead to rancour, but popular acceptance. The winner will absorb, aggregate […]
No fewer than 1. 6 million children are facing hunger in Katsina State, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Mr Rahama Farah, the UNICEF’s Chief, Kano Field Office, announced this when he paid an advocacy visit to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina, State on Wednesday, in Katsina. “This is based on […]
An Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State has dissolved the three-year-old marriage between Rukoyah Ibrahim and Ibrahim AbdulKareem at the wife’s request. The presiding Judge, AbdulQadir Umar, after ending the union, ordered the wife to observe three months ‘Iddah’ period before engaging in any other marriage. The Iddah period is the waiting time within which […]
The average property price in the United Kingdom fell 1.0 per cent in May compared with the same period last year, the first annual decline since 2012, mortgage lender, Halifax said on Wednesday. Month-on-month, UK house prices remained flat in May, with average UK property now costing £286,532 ($357,000). Property prices have fallen by about […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke As a former staff of the defunct National Concord, the influential newspaper published by the Late MKO Abiola between 1980 and 2000, I know quite a number of media professionals close to the new Nigerian president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, especially since the mid-1990s. From National Concord, he picked two of my […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says his administration is committed to guaranteeing a better future for children in the state. To this end, Sanwo-Olu said “plans are in place to build the biggest children’s hospital in Africa”. The governor made the pledge during special Jumat to mark his second term inauguration at Lagos Central […]
The Oyo State Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition of the Action Alliance (AA) against Gov. Seyi Makinde of PDP. The Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Friday, also awarded N600,000 against the petitioner, AA governorship candidate, Babatunde Ajala. Ajala had prayed the tribunal to order a re-run of the state governorship election, in which […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja, approved new appointments into his cabinet, days after his inauguration. The President announced the appointment during the meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) at the Presidential villa in Abuja. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representative, is the new Chief of Staff to the President. The […]
Spain’s sexual and reproductive health law, which includes the right for women to take time off work when they have their period, came into effect on Thursday. The parliament approved the Gender Equality Ministry’s bill, put forward by the left-wing government in February. Since then, amendments were passed as part of the new law. Parliament has […]
The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has received the prestigious National Honours Award of Order of the Niger (OON). Former President Muhammadu Buhari had listed Bello among recipients of honours, before expiration of his administration on May 29. The NewsZenith reports that Bello received the award in […]