Title: Unfinished Greatness: Envisioning a New Nigeria Author: Dr. Kayode Fayemi Year of Publication: 2022 Publisher: Prestige Imprint Reviewer: Olamitayo Ebunola Irantiola Nigeria already has greatness within her which should be built upon from one generation to another thus the journey remains UNFINISHED. The book enumerated reasons some of the popular suggestions in envisioning a new Nigeria may fail. Prominent amongst these advocacies is collapsing the nation to build a new one. The book suggested that the idea should be aborted because it is still the same unchanged occupant sheltered in the nation. The book illuminated the benefits of 1914…
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What could have been a major fire incident at the popular Eleganza plaza, opposite Victoria Gardens City in Lekki area of Lagos State was on Saturday averted as a result of early intervention by residents, a police woman and area boys. The Eleganza plaza houses Grandville Trauma centre, I Fitness centre , Eleganza Strip Mall , Grandville Trauma Centre, Gate Gold Sports Shop, Yonko”s Care Spa and Eleganza shops mall among other offices. The Guardian learnt the fire started at about 4:00p.m when an explosion was heard near a generator house inside the plaza.An eyewitness said there was panic when they saw a thick cloud…
A NIGERIAN man who fled Ukraine due to the ongoing war has called out staff of a restaurant in Mannheim, Germany, over alleged racial discrimination. According to @official_blessed03, he and his Ukrainian wife had gone to the restaurant but were told to leave after waiting for over an hour without their order. In one of the videos he posted on Instagram, a worker at the restaurant was heard telling the couple to go back to “where they came from”. The staff further called the police on the couple after his wife expressed anger over the way he left them to attend…
Operatives of Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) has arrested a 62-years old man, George Ewere and his wife for alleged cyber fraud involving N52 million in Lagos. The suspects and members of the syndicate were said to have targeted and compromised the email accounts of businesses that frequently make wire payments and waited for the right time to substitute the original account that should receive the money. Confirming the arrest through a Statement on Monday, the Spokesperson of PSFU, Eyitayo Johnson, said that the suspects were arrested for conspiracy, cyber fraud/Business Email Compromise, Criminal Conversion and Stealing, adding that the…
Following the passing of the first Female Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof Grace Allele William, many Nigerians have expressed their condolences. One of such is popular flutist and businessman, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli (Tee Mac) who is a relative of the late Professor of Mathematics and of the 89-year-old and accomplished academician. In mourning Prof Grace Allele William, Tee Mac described her as “a great woman, honest, humble and a dedicated educator!”. Prof. Grace Alele-Williams was a woman who scored firsts in the field of academic and champion of good causes thereby creating enabling environment for…
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested Musibau Esinrogunjo, the Special Assistant on Rural Mobilisation to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, for assaulting a traffic warden on duty along Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. A viral video on social media had show the aide allegedly caught with a cartridge and substance suspected to be hard drug. In a statement on Sunday in Ilorin, the command’s Spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, however said Esinrogunjo was not arrested for involvement in arms and drug dealings, but for traffic offence. The statement explained that the aide slapped the traffic warden after being caught committing…
A whistleblower—ex-Director for Emerging Markets Yasser Elabd—alleges that Microsoft takes over $200 million annually in bribes in Africa and the MENA region. Elabd, who worked for Microsoft for 20 years before his employment was terminated in 2018, believes that employees, partners, and government officials with connections to the big tech company are funnelling money from Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Zimbabwe. What’s more, it’s not the first time such an allegation has been made. Quick, remind me of the first time In 2018, another whistleblower signalled the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to a dodgy deal between Microsoft,…
Jeff Fortenberry, US congressman from Nebraska, has resigned from office after being found guilty by a California jury of lying about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national. It is illegal in the US for foreign nationals to make contributions to campaigns. Fortenberry was convicted in October of lying to FBI agents on two occasions about his knowledge of an illegal $30,000 contribution to his 2016 re-election campaign from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent. Chagoury is a Paris-based industrialist and was reportedly once a top advisor to Sani Abacha, former Nigerian military ruler. During the trial,…
The Oniru of Iruland, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, has tasked Nigerians and organisations on collective efforts to ensure a cleaner and safer environment. Lawal said this during a clean-up project at the Oniru Private Beach in Lagos. In a statement yesterday, the Oniru noted that beach clean-up would not only reduce plastic pollution and protect coasts, but also raise awareness about the larger issues of plastic production and usage. He, therefore, urged residents to always ensure that existing plastics were reused or recycled rather than sent to the landfill, or worse, the environment. Lawal said he conducted the beach clean-up to…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Lagos Special Offences Court has convicted a 50-year-old man, Abiodun Adeola Sadiq, for allegedly defrauding a businessman of 40,000 euros to be used to procure Malta citizenship. The court convicted him after he was found guilty of the charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sadiq was charged of defrauding one Babatunde Emmanuel, a businessman, of the said 40,000 euros under the guise that the funds would be used for the Malta Government Citizenship Investment Programme as well as procurement of Malta international passport. He had presented himself to the victim as an…
