Before the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom witnessed the reign of several monarchsHowever, Queen Elizabeth II seems to be the most popular of them all and also the longest-serving ruler of the United KingdomBefore her, the United Kingdom had been ruled by eleven monarchs with two ...

Overseeing the construction of the Kainji air base, was the US. Army Corp of Engineers. Costing $38 million, it is the largest airbase in Sub Saharan Africa, and home to the NAFs largest combat air wing, with an annex for the A-29 flight. simulator and world class training.

By simon kolawoleSometime last month, a young Bolt driver asked me: “Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi… who should we vote for?” I’ve been asked similar questions many times by those who respect my views. I usually give them an analytical answer — devoid of emotions — by highlighting the ...

 What's the most weird incident ever recorded ?Mine goes to Harrison Okene. He was a Nigerian sailor/chef, when a tugboat he was on sank. Divers went searching THREE days after the boat sank, only then they found a survivor. He was in a small air pocket 100 feet under the surface. Never could I ...

 Prince Phillip's body will now be removed from where it has been kept since his death in 2021, and taken to where the Queen's body will be laid to rest.In 2021 Philip's body was lowered 15 feet into the 200-year-old Royal Vault beneath St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle where it has remained to ...

By  Niran Adedokun  “I will, more than ever before, subject myself to severe self-discipline. Only men who are masters of themselves easily become masters of others. Therefore, my thoughts, my tongue, and my actions shall be brought under strict control always.”Chief Obafemi Awolowo, first Premier ...

By Tunde Odesola  Sad and unstoppable, liquid tongues of flame lap the bottom of Nigeria’s political pot as the nation counts down to the February 25, 2023 presidential election when mammon, tribalism and religion, rather than reason and patriotism, shall install Nigeria’s next president.In six ...

BY AWA KALU, SAN All over the world, so many things are happening on account of recent elections. In the US for instance, a Search Warrant was executed on the premises of ex-president Donald Trump, following allegations that he had unlawfully taken sensitive classified government documents to his ...

By Abimbola Adelakun  At the annual Nigerian Bar Association conference, several presidential candidates presented their respective agendas to the public. The Tuesday event was one of the few moments in this electioneering season when we will hear anything close to “issue-based” campaigns. By next ...

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, formally announced his resignation some weeks ago. There’s a flip side to the issues that led to this situation and it’s what I interrogate. Note that here I’m thinking as lawyers do though I’m not a lawyer. But I’ve seen enough of the ...

 By Abimbola Adelakun The viral video of the members of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) gyrating to a song about a presidential candidate’s health condition is a prelude to the satirisation that will still come as the 2023 elections draw closer. The song is about how a ...

Introduction: Arguments are a common occurrence in groups, and can be both positive and negative. When arguments are constructive, they help to improve the group's communication and decision-making process. However, when arguments become destructive, they can lead to disharmony and conflict. It ...

By Niran Adedokun Supporters of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party are on the same extreme trajectory they travelled in marketing their candidates and de-marketing the opposition in 2015. Every time these two groups argue, they are as vehement, virulent, and unforgiving of ...

FOLLOWING the judgement of the Supreme Court allowing female students and pupils to wear the hijab (the Islamic veil) in public schools, the Lagos State Government should quickly do the needful to lay the controversy to rest. The Supreme Court had, on June 17, 2022, in a split decision, ...

Peter Obi may be an old politician, but he is a new phenomenon. Almost 20 years ago, he ran for the Anambra governorship; now, he runs like a sanctimonious newcomer leading an angry horde chasing scapegoats. Those swooning over him remember Obi of the Platform series more than the Obi who lived ...

I HAVE had lots of discussions with prominent political actors in recent weeks on the 2023 elections and the rave of the moment, Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, who has taken Nigeria’s politics by storm. What is happening is extraordinary and unprecedented Obi has become ...

Enlarging NATO would ensure that no rival superpower is allowed to emerge. From US policy paper, in 1993 the US approached Ukraine to ask Ukraine to apply for NATO membership. It is important to stress from the onset that Ukraine was no go. The US gave numerous assertions to the effect that NATO ...