A former secretary-general of the United Nations; Boutros Boutros-Ghali is dead. The New York Times reports that the office of the current secretary general, Banki Moon, confirmed his death without specification on where and when he died. The man, who died at the age of 93, was the first African and the first Arab to…
Tackling The Exchange Rate Palaver
By Adetutu Bashorun It is interesting to observe that the CBN is grappling with thorny problems arising from its ambitious experiment leading to the inauguration of the Bureau de Change. We recall how CBN operated like a herdsman, gathered the street forex peddlers under one umbrella and approved guidelines to operate as a currency expert…
Niger Delta: Rising Tension In The Creeks
For one week, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state stood still. It was not mourning, but celebrating one of its brightest and best. So it played host to people from all walks of life. They were there to pay last respects to Odugade Odulana, Olubadan of Ibadan, who is now with the ancestors. Click here…
Male birth control made easy?
Worried about having a vasectomy? Perhaps getting a device that may help, as a male birth control is the answer. The device, a valve-like structure, is the brainwork of Clemens Bimek, a German inventor. The device, known as Bimek SLV, which could be flipped on and off like a light switch, allow men to take…
The Rwanda Debacle and Oliseh’s Future
Are Nigerians already getting tired of Sunday Oliseh? I ask this question in light of the grumbling I hear over the failure of the Nigerian home based national team to qualify from the group stage of the CHAN championship in Rwanda. As coach of the team, Oliseh failed to lead his wards to match or…
Twitter Shuts Out ISIS
In accordance with its pledge to discourage the use of its blog to promote terrorism, Twitter, the popular social networking site has announced that it has so far suspended over 125,000 counts believed to have carried contents relating to terror. Many of the suspended accounts are said to have been linked to ISIS, the dreaded…
Earthquake Kill Three In Taiwan
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has killed three in Taiwan early Saturday morning. The earthquake, which occurred about 4.00, am this morning happened in the southern part of the country. The seismic report said it happened about 10 kilometres underground. It was located southeast of Yujing. So far, over 200 people have been rescued.
Clinton’s Iowa Victory Threatened
As Democrats begin a review of the caucus votes in Iowa, the narrow victory recorded by Hillary Clinton over Benie Sanders appears threatened. The error is said to have emanated from the counting by officials. But Clinton camp says it is not expecting the review to affect the candidate’s victory over Sanders.
Mohammed Courts NPAN
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture was a guest of Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN in Lagos where he solicited for the cooperation of the media owners in the on going war against corruption. The meeting is coming just as dust is yet to settle on the compensation received by members of…