Monthly Archives: January 2023

EDUCATION: The Nigerian Diaspora & Its Wars On Homeland – By Professor Toyin Falola

  “African scholars in the diaspora talk down on their colleagues. I said in public that most of them teach in schools that are far below any Nigerian public University. How can someone from a US Tier 2 school be talking down on Professors at the University of Ibadan?” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 9, 2023 I am so sad ...

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POLITICAL ARENA: A Political Review Of Nigeria’s 3 Major Presidential Contestants – By Prof. Yemi Oke

  The three presidential candidates have been selected based on field spread and velocity of their campaign activities in all the six-geopolitical zones of Nigeria on those indicators as listed and briefly discussed below: PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 9, 2023 COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF ATIKU, OBI & BOLA TINUBU ON TWENTY POINTS (20) SOCIO-POLITICAL AND LEADERSHIP INDICATORS By PROF. YEMI ...

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Celebrity News: Chimamanda Adichie Celebrates Her Title; Thanks Anambra for the Honour

  “I am the first woman in my hometown to be made a chief, and it makes me happy to know that more women will follow. Culture does not make people, people make culture. Cultures thrive when they best serve and reflect the people. Ours must become a culture that celebrates achievement, whether it comes from a man or a ...

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Fake Life and Social Media High Life: The Illusion of Reality – By Adebisi Benjamin Temidayo

  “Sincerely, I am still trying to imagine the mentality of many of our people in Nigeria with decent accommodations, at least a secondhand car and rooms apartment in the country struggling to get out of the country to take a lesser space and degrading job in foreign countries” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 8, 2023 I was in the ...

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Breaking: Edo Train Station Attacked by Suspected Herdsmen, Scores Wounded!

  “The suspected herdsmen, armed with AK 47 rifles, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air before herding an unspecified number of intending travelers into the bush” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 8, 2023 The Edo State Police Command, Saturday, announced that scores of travelers waiting to board a train from Igueben train station in Igueben Local ...

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Obasanjo’s Letter: Lest Nigerian Youths Be Deceived By Obasanjo’s Sanctimony And Revisionism – By Dele Alake

  “Even in the US, whose variant of presidential system of government we practise, former Presidents maintain a decorous distance from government after office, opting wisely not to be a distraction to their successors. Not so the meddlesome Obasanjo” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 5, 2023 On the whole, the latest epistolary misadventure by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a gratuitous ...

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Video Report: Bar. Bolanle Raheem: Police Spokesman Suspects Spiritual Curses On Killer ASP

  The Lagos State Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin in this video interview with Splash FM, Abeokuta in Ogun state said it’s most unlikely for police officers of the rank of the superintendent to be reckless with their rifles and arms. He suspects that when such happens, Nigerians are wont to wonder if “No be juju be dat”!   PEGASUS ...

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Foreign Report:  Igbo in Finland Disown Simon Ekpa Acts And Pronouncements

  “While we respect and recognize the right of individuals to express their thoughts, the Igbo Community in Finland strongly denounces Mr. Simon Ekpa’s seditious statements and actions, which have taken on a dangerously violent dimension of killing and devastation whenever he issues such directives” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 4, 2023 Igbos in Finland have distanced themselves from Mr. ...

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Economy: NERC: DisCos Rakes-in N1.3 Trillion in 23 Months From Electricity Bills

  “According to the report, customer debt was listed as N590.6 billion out of a total bill amount of N1.958 trillion while the Nigerian Electricity Market (NEM) experienced a market shortage of N1.7 trillion.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 4, 2023 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has revealed that from November 2020 through September 2022, at least N1.367 trillion was ...

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POLITICS: “I have Shamed Those Claiming That I’m Sick” – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

“Since the campaign started I have marshaled more original ideas than anyone else. I have demonstrated knowledge, experience, and a great capacity to be on top of issues in the country. And this job is about ideas and issues regarding the leadership of our country”. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 4, 2023 Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ...

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