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Outrage after French journalist asks Chimamanda Adichie if there’re bookshops in Nigeria

“Are there bookshops in Nigeria?” The question posed by a French journalist last week incensed acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. At an event held in a ritzy Paris government building under crystal chandeliers, Adichie launched a blistering assault on perceived French arrogance.y READ ALSO:US Secret Service warns about new method of ATM robbery “I […]

Falcons get Swedish coach

The Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday signed an agreement with former Sweden coach Thomas Dennerby to manage the Super Falcons.

The eight-time African champions have been without a coach since they won the 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Stephanie Otobo apologies to Apostle Johnson Suleman

Sunday, January 28, 2018 Stephanie Otobo, the Canada-based singer has apologized to Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries saying that she was manipulated by some politicians. Otobo begged for forgiveness while apologizing to the body of Christ. Recalled that the she claimed Apostle Johnson Suleman had an affair with her in Canada. Speaking in […]

Is Nigeria a “Shithole” Country? – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | January 28, 2018- A Mozambiquean professor at Howard University once summed it up in his own words, “Nigerians have very low morals”. Despite our low morals and its attendant sleaze and moral squalor, we long to be portrayed in the most favorable light. To remain wedded to unethical and amoral […]

Memo to the Governor

POST ELECTION MEMO TO GOV. IFEANYI OKOWA: MAY 2019 NOT BE ROUGH FOR YOU AS THE LAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION WAS. Fejiro Oliver Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywher Benjamin F. Wade Your Excellency, permit me to make this letter which should have been private to you public. I do not […]

Ghanaian pastor’s wife shares nude video on church Whatsapp group

A Ghanaian pastor’s wife has reportedly shared a short nude video of herself by mistake on one of her church’s whatsapp groups, causing quite a stir in the community. The pastor’s wife who’s only been referred to as Maame Osofo, controversially shared a short nude video of herself bathing on a church Whatsapp group. According […]

Ortom blasts Defence Minister, says “You’re dancing on blood, graves of innocent pregnant women” (Indeed – God is watching and will avenge their wickedness)

“You’re dancing on the blood and graves of innocent pregnant women, children killed by herdsmen …says Buhari surrounded by selfish and incompetent people …Says herdsmen and cattle now enjoy immunity in Nigeria   By Peter Duru, Makurdi, Nigeria Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has lashed at the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, over […]

In the Slums of Monrovia – By Arnold A. Alalibo

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | January 27, 2018 –  The distance between Clara Town, the slum where George Opong Weah (ex-international footballer and Liberia’s president-elect) grew up in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, is less than an hour’s drive to the presidential mansion. And yet, they are a world apart. How did Mr. Weah proceed […]

Buhari is a “bad product” – CAN

By Evelyn Okakwu The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has responded to claims by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, that the association failed to cite clear cases of abuse of constitution allegedly committed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The association urged Nigerians to pity Mr. Shehu, whom it said was constrained to defend ‘a bad product,’ […]

Ondo: Niger Delta militants protest

By Josiah Oluwole A large number of youth claiming to be former armed militants in the Niger Delta area of Ondo State on Friday protested in Akure, the state capital, over their non-inclusion in the extended amnesty program. The youth, numbering about 500, also threatened to return to the creeks to bear arms against the […]