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Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday disclosed that the world's first vaccine against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) would be registered in his country in a few days. Putin, who stated this on his Facebook page, explained that Russian scientists have passed necessary test stages and proved the safety and effectiveness of...
As the Chevening UK Scholarship 2021 nears the November 3, 12noon deadline, some scholars of the programme have put together tips on how applicants can increase their chances of winning the award, which opened for application September 3, 2021. Ugochukwu Stephen Ugwudi, who is currently taking MSc in Entrepreneurship and...
By Sanmi Obasa From the statement of the inspector general of police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, SARS will come back very soon in another name. Meaning there will be a change in nomenclature, but police extortion and brutality remain intact; because it serves many purposes for the system or the state/government,...
He's popularly described as the head of the kitchen cabinet of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. He's not just Buhari's nephew. He recently spoke glowingly with passion how he grew up with the President, saying: "My father was their mother’s firstborn. Buhari is the last born.” That's the kind of...
By Dapo Akande I remember feeling so cool with myself when my headmaster told me during my primary school days that I had a photographic memory. For several weeks after that, I felt like I was on cloud nine. I'd never heard of that term before but boy, did it...
By Dapo Akande Free provision of food and water. Atypical orderly queues. Free medical care. Free legal representation. Spontaneous crowdfunding to purchase a prosthetic leg for a female amputee protester who refused to be deterred. Fund raising target was N1.5m in one month. N4.1m raised in three hours. Lesson; accompany...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have expressed sadness over the death of a member of the Governor's Advisory Council (GAC) of Lagos State APC, Lanre Razaq, who passed away on Saturday morning at the age of...
The just concluded US presidential election on many accounts births new records that earned it the 'unprescedented' label and also reserved it a frontline spot in the history of the one time world-power nation. President-elect Joe Biden tallied votes not less than 74 million, numbers described as the highest recorded...
By Oladapo Akande I remember the mid 1990s Pirelli advert where the world famous Italian tyre brand introduced it's iconic slogan for the first time. The advert featured my school boy hero and one of the greatest Olympians of all time, the incomparable Carl Lewis. Not only did he sport...
By Dapo Akande I read a few weeks ago, during the run up to the General Election, that the newly re-elected British Prime Minister was getting some flack from the opposition for displaying racist tendencies. They referred to a comment he made when he was still a journalist. In an...