Fela’s Grammy Award: Canonisation of a ‘dissident’ superstar
By GEB An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video of music legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, trending on social media and depicting the late icon receiving his Grammy Award, is a simple reminder of…
Demolition: Concerns as Lagos residents reject Assembly’s master plan relocation
Residents of Makoko, Oko-Agbon and Sogunro in the Yaba area of Lagos State have rejected plans to relocate them to the Epe axis of the state following the demolition of…
Nigeria’s security crisis and case for state policing
By Seun Perez Adekunle Nigeria’s worsening security situation has pushed the country into one of the most consequential governance debates of the Fourth Republic: whether the time has come to…
Lagos school urges review of case file involving teacher in controversial video
The management of Great Kezino Nursery and Primary School in Ikorodu, Lagos, has called on the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State to conduct a…
Demolitions: Assembly wants victims relocated to Epe
Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, adopted the recommendations of its standing Committee on Rules and Business concerning the demolitions in Makoko, Oko-Agbon and Sogunro communities, making them the official…
EFCC’s axe dangles over 100 lawyers as 17 get LPDC sanctions
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri No fewer than 100 lawyers are currently under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This revelation coincided with the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee…
Gombe based man to die for killing ex-wife
A High Court sitting in Gombe on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Hassan Mohammed of Falangaya village in Dukku Local Government Area, to death by hanging for killing his former…
Lagos bulldoze shanties along Victoria Island
The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources on Wednesday destroyed shanties and makeshift structures along Akin Ogunlewe Street in the Victoria Island area of the state. On Wednesday…
Egbin Power gets 80 housing units for employees
Egbin Power Plc says it has unveiled 80 new residential housing units for its employees within its plant premises in Egbin. The power generation company said the development was part…
Reviewing Nigeria’s action plan on gender and climate change
By Greg Odogwu Last week in Abuja, a gathering of government officials, policymakers, activists, development experts and community leaders convened to discuss an issue that rarely receives the urgency it…