No one is in doubt on the belief that Social Media has transformed the society from the traditional way of ya communication and brought about revolutionized approach to media use. It has opened up fresh hopes from which the people raise their (dis)agreements, share their feelings and perceptions, and, in some cases, unmask falsehoods. Social media platforms such as the Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and the likes, have allowed people to create, share and exchange information, ideas and more importantly pictures and videos over various networks and platforms at their disposal. However, the gap is yet to be filled because a significant number of youths that interact on social media platforms, know little or nothing about the legal framework that guide the upright use and the consequences of its misuse.
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In grappling with numerous healthcare challenges the measures that can save lives cannot be overstated. One of the most dangerous health conditions is cervical cancer, which experts say is preventable and even curable with early detection and treatment.
The recent issuance of a raft of presidential directives in succession: banning of rice-growing in wetlands; banning the burning and trade in charcoal, and the most recent ban on importation of and trade in mivumba (second-and clothes), are in my humble view, not well-timed and needed certain solid steps before issuance. For they unfortunately—hopefully unintendedly—target almost the same low social-class of people in our society.
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) alerts Nigerians that promoters of Ponzi Schemes and scammers, who promise stunning profits for investors, are aggravating poverty in the country. They do this by luring, trapping Nigerians and swindling them of huge amounts of money.
The current Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman is no doubt an excellent educationist who has towed that line many years ago. A veteran in the law profession and who has bagged the rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigerian (SAN). A former chancellor and a pioneer Director of law schools in many parts of the country. This man is an idea of governance that the current government is fortunate to have.
One hundred days in the life of any new administration is certainly very important. A serious minded and focused administration must have a sense of direction towards policy guidelines, programmes and activities must be clearly unfolded to the public.
In the high-octane realm of drama that is Nigeria’s political climate, where people desire quick fixes to ancient problems decades in the making, the first 100 days of a new government often endure harsh scrutiny, and so bitter men have sat bitterly and written bitter things about President Bola Tinubu’s first 100 days in office.
In Yoruba language, life translates to Aye and in everyday use, the word aye is often mentioned in the context of disappointment or exasperation and in other situations that denote confoundment, amazement, and surprises. Aye le, Aye AKamara, Aye toto; Ayefele. So, in plain English, you hear, This Life. Or this odd life. This terrible life.
Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’état that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
The unsettling allegation of bribery at the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal has cast a dark cloud over the integrity of the judiciary and its practitioners in the state and the nation generally.