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Henceforth, military officers and personnel are to enjoy special treatment and privileges akin to Very Important Persons (VIP) during check-in and boarding at any airport in Nigeria. Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, who made the disclosure on Wednesday through the spokesman of the ministry, James Odaudu, has also directed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other agencies in the sector to immediately incorporate policies and activities that show appreciation of both serving and retired military personnel in Nigeria, as obtained in developed climes. Sirika, who gave the directive when members of Defence Headquarters Committee for Sensitisation Strategy on Public Appreciation of the Armed Forces of Nigeria visited him in his office, also directed that special messages appreciating the sacrifices and achievements of the military should be included in flight announcements at intervals. He said that the military deserved to be appreciated for thei...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar As a political scientist I have taken time to study Nigeria election 12 years back, so I can do a comparative analysis of the forthcoming election in 10 days time. In 2007, the PDP won in 2011, the PDP also won while in 2015, the APC defeated the PDP after retaining power for 16 years and winning the election 5 consecutive times,1999-2011. During the campaigns of 2015, the PDP and other watchers of Nigeria Political parties accused the opposition candidate of dictatorship tendencies while the APC accused the PDP of bad governance. The question begging for an answer now is, "have they both parties proven to be different today?" Let me delve into succinct analysis of the strength of both the APC and the PDP in 2019. STRENGTHS OF APC Without doubt, APC's highest strengths are: 1. INCUMBENCY: The power of incumbent is one of the key factors in African politics. Drawing lessons from Nigeria, Ghana,Gambia, Liberia ...

Newport keeper Joe Day briefly enjoys victory before dashing away to be with his pregnant wife Newport goalkeeper Joe Day quickly put their famous win over Middlesbrough behind him as he sprinted off at the final whistle to be with his wife as she gave birth to twin girls. The 28-year-old helped the League Two side deliver a huge upset - setting up an FA Cup fifth-round clash with Manchester City - before running into the Rodney Parade dressing room to dash off to be with his new family. Day rushed away to join his wife - with manager Michael Flynn's praise for his "professionalism" ringing in his ears - who appeared to have given birth to girls Sophia Grace and Emilia Lillie during the first half and half-time of last night's tie. A picture shared on Twitter put the birth times at 8.13 and 8.35 - with the game kicking off at 7.45. Joe with wife Lizzie, who is said to be doing well and looking forward to fifth round clash with Man City The club posted ...

Onnoghen These are interesting times when the suspended Chief Justice of the Federation is also in search of justice. Justice Walter Onnoghen is facing trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja, for alleged infringement of the law. He is accused of not fully disclosing all his assets after he had taken office as CJN. Among the assets undisclosed is said to be the sum of three million dollars lying innocently in a domiciliary account. Onnoghen is a powerful man who is capable of defending himself. Some of his supporters, claiming they are defending the Constitution, have gone on the streets to demonstrate. But the man himself knows the answer to his dilemma lies in the court of law. In the past in Nigeria, power and money use to live on separate streets. Now they dwell in the same house. The youths of Nigeria have come to realise that the road to sudden wealth is through political power. They have seen how humble people, once they get elected into the Senate, Hou...

By Mohammed Adamu I CONCLUDE  this series with an excerpt from a previous piece titled ‘The Judiciary Waiting For Buhari’ written about four years ago (May 19, 2015) and a Postscript from another ‘On Justice Onnoghen’ (Feb. 09, 2017). File: Lawyers This mostly chronicles the revelations of one of the Chief Justices of Nigeria, the late Justice Dahiru Musdapher whose eleven month reform-frenzied tenure was about the most eventful, most revealing of the sordid entrails of this otherwise esoteric institution. …none (had) captured (the rot in the Nigerian Judiciary) any better than the eminent jurist, Justice Kayode Esho, in a memo on the Musdapher Reform Programme where he said: “There has been no time in the history of the judiciary of this nation that the institution has sunk this low”. And Justice Musdapher it was who had the rare courage to break the yoke of judicial esoterism by publicly confessing to serious challenges bothering particularly on the ethical and mora...

Raphael Samuel in one of the posts on his Facebook page, Nihilanand, where he posts anti-natalist material suggesting that parents are 'hypocrites' A man is planning to sue his parents in India for giving birth to him 'without his consent'. Raphael Samuel said he had a 'great relationship' with his parents but has compared having children to 'kidnapping and slavery'. The 27-year-old from Mumbai is an 'anti-natalist' who believes it is wrong to put an unwilling child through the 'rigmarole' of life for the pleasure of its parents. The anti-natalist movement is gaining traction in India as younger people resist social pressure to have children.  Speaking to The Print Samuel said: 'I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure. 'My life has been amazing, but I don't see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especi...

Some participants at SMW Lagos 2019 PHOTOS: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI Nigeria and other African countries must tap immesenly the opportunities the Fourth Industrial Revolution presents to remain competitive and develop. This was the submission of experts, yesterday at the third day of the on-going Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos 2019, where they condemned the increasing consumption of foreign technologies and other wares at the expense of indigenous productions. The 4th Industrial Revolution, also known as Globalisation 4.0 is the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as Blockchain; Internet of Things; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Driverless car and Augmented Realty, among others, would dictate the pace of development among nations. It builds on the digital revolution, representing new ways in which technology becomes embedded within societies and even the human body. According to experts at a panel session, with the theme: ...