*Nigeria Not included in this six months pilot program... By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat's Polling, Research and Data Desk) with Agency report. With just about 57 days to go, the administration of President Donald Trump of the United States on Monday unveiled a new temporary protocol that might potentially necessitate tourist and business travelers…
Chief Wellington Okrika, aka Mr. 13% Derivation, has been in the struggle for the emancipation of the people of the Niger Delta from deprivation and denial of their God-given resources for decades. He was there when the first derivation principle was negotiated and approved by military administration and when in 1999, the then President, Chief…
Song Of a Goat Pepper-Soup – for JP Clark *By Wole Soyinka Tempestuous, querulous, petulant, unpredictable….yet I’ve also heard him called ẹja àrọ̀, that fish which always thrashes back to its turbid depths – and so on and on. All these may hold in parts but of course, there is that contributory side of JP…
One time governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has been arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , before an FCT High Court sitting at Maitama, for alleged name dropping and peddling of false information against one Chinyere Amuchienwa. The police in its statement alleged that the former Imo State governor, Ohakim gave…
Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged non payment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other anti-labour practices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that unions included the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE)…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) Argentine football great, Diego Maradona, and French football legend, Michel Platini, once played against each other in a football match organized to promote global fight against drugs and corruption in 1986. The move by the two football icons was hailed around the world at…
'We’re seeing more and more young people targeted who might think they’re too smart to be scammed. They are targeted through social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram,' A WhatsApp scam that convinces users to hand over their personal details is just one of many that have seen Australians lose almost $90 million this year.…
Major General David Medaiyese Jemibewon (rtd), one of Nigeria's oldest military Generals, statestamen and patricians who has had a rich history in public service with gangbusters records of achievements joined the octogenarian club Tuesday. At 80, Jemibewon, (hailed by admirers as the People's General) has created a path that made his years of existence to…
By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze The herders-farmers conflict Nigeria remains a thorny issue. The death, destruction and displacement arising from the conflict have been incremental, and have extended beyond the Middle-Belt region into various Nigerian communities. Besides, killing by herdsmen has assumed a sectarian nature, a fact confirmed in a 15 June…