Author: Adejuyigbe Adegoke

The people’s Representative in the face of the impending hike in telecommunications tariffs is Oforji Oboku, as he adopted a motion of urgent public importance at the plenary on Tuesday, which led the House of Representatives to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani and the Nigerian Communications Commissions, NCC, to suspend the hike in telecommunications tariffs until services are improved. While presenting the motion, Oboku speaking after a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators in Abuja on Wednesday, 8th of January, 2025, Tijani disclosed that telecommunication tariffs would soon increase. The lawmaker stressed that…

The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), has signed the amended Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The landmark agreement was executed during the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) 2025, in a high-level meeting with H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE’s Minister of Economy, solidifying mutual aviation ties between both nations. Accompanying the Honourable Minister as part of the Nigerian delegation were, Capt. Chris Ona Najomo, Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),…

In the long run, may Nigeria win! This is the expectation since the emergence of this administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and it may not be far from reality as reports has the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited considering to slash premium motor spirit price, following the reduction in the same by MRS filling station via a pact with Dangote Refinery on Monday. Healthy competition is good for business, the people will benefit from it in the long run. Looks like the NNPCL has now moved from the era of monopoly, and now being made to operate an…

If the assertions of the Nigerian Labour Congress president is true, that most state governors live permanently in Abuja, then, that’s alarming! Because that would clearly shows the interest of the people isn’t in their heart, but selfish aggrandizement while building a substandard system that they (governors), can’t live in, but expects the people they’re governing to remain there. Mr. Joe Ajaero, lamented on Monday, the absence of states governors at their duty posts, while expressing the lack of powers by any governor to ban labour unions in their state, while establishing that union practice falls under the executive legislative…

Following the new order of global events since emergence of US President, Donald Trump’s tax levies on nations, and his Sunday announcement to impose a 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum products, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, has warned on Monday that the European Union would retaliate by replicating any tariffs imposed on it by the United States, warning Washington against a trade war. “There is no hesitation when it comes to defending our interests,” Barrot said in an interview with TF1 after US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Washington will move this week to impose…

There is so much anger in the land, and of course, as against suggesting a way forward to collectively build a better nation for all and sundry, it’s always easier to take action(s) that could make the situation worse. For everything that’s not working as expected, the government is usually to blame. The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), is in the news this time, has it vowed to “down tools,” establishing that citizens are “feeding from hand to mouth” as the impact of the recent hike in telecom tariff. President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, made this…

Africans, Nigerians and the entire world would never forget a day as today in history, when a supposed black woman spills a rude shocker before their eyes. The United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has vowed to make it more difficult for immigrants to get British citizenship. The internet space trends her name following some very strong words uttered by the United Kingdom’s conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch. Some Nigerians has taken to X condemn her policy. Some made comments like: “Na black dey do black,” and the list goes on. While making one of her first policy announcements since she…

US President, Donald Trump has received a pager gift presented him by Israeli’s Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu. The golden and regular pager gifts was presented him during a White House meeting with Netanyahu. The pagers reference Israel’s deadly pager attack on Iran in 2024, which killed 39 Hezbollah members. Trump and Netanyahu discussed U.S.-Israeli’s government spending through his DOGE program. The unusual gift was a reference to Israel’s deadly pager attack on Iran in September 2024, The Jerusalem Post reported. The US President, on the other hand, presented Mr. Netanyahu with a photo of the two of them from the…

Unfolding reports suggests that ChatGPT might be currently faced with a global outage, affecting thousands of users with Down-detector reporting increased errors since yesterday. OpenAI acknowledges the issue and is investigating. Alleged memes and user complaints are said to flood X, showcasing widespread frustration over the disruption. This marks another downtime incident for ChatGPT, reminiscent of a similar outage in December, 2024. ChatGPT is currently down for users worldwide. According to website performance tracking tool – Downdetector, thousands of users are impacted by this global outage. “Increased errors for ChatGPT, Sora, and API,” read a statement from the company. The…

One reality both old and young in whatever locality we may be residing is; this is the internet age, and the phone with internet connectivity access can make or mar anyone. It’s no-longer the stone age, when anything and everything can be done and swept under the carpet. Nigeria, a nation that can effect justice spot-on if it want, and can frustrate the same if it chooses. It’s no longer news, the humiliating event that stormed the internet space some days back, precisely on 21 January, 2025 at 11:00 am. The man-man ridiculing situation happened at Sojuolu Street, Ifo, Ogun…

Remember the sad incident that occurred on January 25 at 11:30 am on Ugwu-Onyeama axis of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway? The unforgettable event keeps traumatizing families of the involved. The death toll on the record as at today has now risen to 23, according to the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Enugu State Command, Franklin Agbakoba. Agbakoba confirmed this on Tuesday in Enugu, deducing that two additional female victims had recently died while receiving medical treatment in the hospital. Caused by a fuel-laden tanker that suffered brake failure, overturned, and exploded, while leaving 11 road users dead spot-on before emergency…

The United States has provided a $5.5 million state-of-the-art U.N. Level 2 hospital to support the Ugandan military. The 22-bed facility, equipped with specialized suites for dental and surgical care, is designed for rapid deployment in response to regional peacekeeping, humanitarian emergencies and medical crises.  The donation marks the second U.N. Level 2 hospital delivered from the U.S. to Uganda. The first donated hospital played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly contributing to the Ugandan response and saving thousands of lives, including civilians. As part of the transfer, soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defence Force participated in intensive…