NIGERIA'S student body in the Ukraine has written to the federal government asking it to consider evacuating them from the country in the light of the recently outbreak of hostilities with Russia.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that the first ever Eyo Festival in Lagos was held on the 20th of February, 1854, to commemorate the passing of Oba Akintoye. Yet in 168 years we have not been able to make it a money spinner like other global festivals

WORLD Bank officials have sanctioned Nigerian consultancy company AIM Consultants and its managing director Amin Moussalli for corrupt practices following an investigation into the firm's role in an erosion and water management project.

MEMBERS of Nigeria's National Assembly have begun debating a controversial bill that grant life pensions to its presiding officers like the senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives among others.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has thrown her weight behind calls for an affirmative action bill that sets aside a fixed percentage of the seats in the National Assembly for women.

NIGERIA'S embassy in the Ukraine has told its citizens that should any of them wish to relocate from the country in the face of what now seems like a Black Sea War with Russia they are free to do so.

FORMER chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance Hon Farouk Lawan has had his seven year jail sentence for bribery reduced to five  by the Federal Court of Appeal in Abuja.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] End the use of the phrase Your Excellency for all public officials. What does this mean anyway? Does it mean the person is excellent?

[2] End the use of all these needless titles like Apostle, Otunba, Chief, Alhaji, Dame, Elder, Engineer, Barrister, Sir, etc. Promote the use of simple Mr and Ms

[3] End the display of portraits of government officials in public offices

GOVERNOR Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has declared that the use of the hijab head covering in government-owned schools is a constitutional right of every person in Nigeria and his administration will respect that.

SEVERAL members of the House of Representatives have demanded that an arrest warrant be issued against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele over his refusal to answer summons by lawmakers.