Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said everybody should be blamed for the activities of the dreaded members of the Boko Haram sect. Abubakar, who was reacting to the killings of schoolchildren by members of the sect in Yobe State, stated that instead of looking for solutions, many Nigerians were trading […]
Super Eagles coach, Keshi Angola are aiming to engage the services of Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi after the summer’s World Cup in Brazil, our correspondent has learned. Keshi, who helped Nigeria win the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa last year, has reportedly attracted interest from across the continent, with South Africa said […]
Nubia One thing that is dominant on the mind of folk singer, Segun Akinlolu, popularly called Beautiful Nubia, is how to conclude works on his forthcoming album, Keere. Nubia, who said the launch of the album would be towards the end of this month, added that it was a 60-minute package. He said it […]
Tunde Fagbenle | credits: File copy The title above comes from a private joke between myself and a good older friend of mine in our club in Ikoyi, Lagos, Olu Ajibade. And it also derives as a joke from the title of my first book – Nigeria: This Is My Country, Damn It! Olu, unfortunately […]
Boko Haram No fewer than 35 persons were killed after twin bombs exploded in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Saturday. Boko Haram’s wave of terror attacks on people and public institutions has gone up in recent times. The sect on Tuesday attacked Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, killing no fewer than 43 pupils. […]
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]
RE: DEAR MRS OKONJO-IWEALA A REJOINDER TO SONALA OLUMHENSE The problem I have with Mr Sonala Olumhense’s articles on the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the general absence of verified facts and the basing of opinions on gross inaccuracies. For instance, Mr Olumhense writes that $2.5 billion of Abacha money […]
The Ekeindes Award-winning actress and one of TIME 100 most influential persons, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, is a reporter’s delight. After several months of chase, she and her husband, Matthew, agreed to an interview last Saturday. Held in their Lagos home, they talk about their 18-year-old union What was the initial attraction? Matthew: She was […]
A BOMB attack on a polio vaccination team in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 11 people, officials say. A roadside bomb went off as the police-guarded convoy drove through a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border. The attack is the latest in a series targeting polio teams in the country. No […]
Says Present Structure Breeds Corruption, Violence AS Nigeria marks 100 years of its corporate existence, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Anyaoku has, again, called for true federalism, describing it as “the only way to progress and development.” According to him, the present structure breeds high cost of governance, tribalism and religious bigotry. In a telephone conversation […]
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