Exactly a year ago, the #EndSARS protests, which kicked off in different parts of the country on October 8, was forcefully ended when the government cracked down on the protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos – the symbolic epicentre of the movement. Unfortunately, lives were lost and both private and public property were […]
For the ancient kingdom of Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the preservation of the culture of the town has always been a top priority among every son and daughter of the community. In this report, ADEWALE MOMOH writes on how the popular Igogo festival was celebrated to project the town’s […]
Marijuana, popularly known as ‘weed’, ‘gbana’, Indian hemp or Cannabis Sativa, is frequently abused by undergraduates in tertiary institutions, and like most abused substances, it affects them, impacting negatively on their academic performances. A 300Level student, Ehiogu Michael, studying Economics, said: “Smoking for me has a bad side effect, but it’s very difficult for me […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently declared that at least one million school children among more than 37 million school children in Nigeria were now afraid to return to school following the resumption of schools, no thanks to the killings, banditry, and kidnapping in different parts of the country. UNICEF’s Representative in Nigeria, Peter […]
Last week, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo lifted the morale of the police with the commissioning of the barracks donated by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). MURITALA AYINLA writes that the gesture has the tendency to improve livelihood of the officers and help in the development of the Niger-Delta region and Nigeria in general […]
Residents of Denro-Ishasi Road in Akute area of Ogun State are among those that dread rainfalls – and the reason is not farfetched. In the past several weeks, the Akute- Denro-Ishasi road, which is one of the routes leading to the very popular Berger in Lagos State, has experienced flooding. The flooding has affected […]
In the last three decades, a substantial increase has been observed in the proportion of adolescents who engage in sexual activities while still in secondary school. It has been argued that dating among secondary school students can affect a child’s attention span in school and even lead to their grades plummeting. It has been […]
In the past few days, mixed reactions have trailed the move by the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, to rusticate ‘indecently dressed’ students caught within the university’s environment. ADEWALE MOMOH, in this report, takes a look at stakeholders’ reactions to the development. In Nigeria universities, after prospective graduates had fulfilled the necessary requirements […]
Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that restricts and steals their childhood. It also means children working for salaries and this work can interfere with their ability to attend schools and can also affect them mentally, physically and socially. Most children are forced to work for payment because […]
As at Sunday, September 26, over 204, 000 Nigerians had been infected with COVID-19 and 2, 677 deaths recorded according to figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC had earlier warned Nigerians to be vigilant as the Delta variant of the virus hits the country, but sadly despite this warning many have […]