Soyinka at 80: The Man Lived
By Soyombo Opeyemi Language, the source of Wole Soyinka’s fame, is the reason also for his alienation by the average reader. The Nobel laureate is a man of complex locution. Besides his political...
View ArticleHow fake job consultants, racketeers defraud jobless Nigerians
Like many of his colleagues, his fear for the future increased in intensity as the passing out parade of his batch, the official closing ceremony for members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC,...
View ArticleJonathan is not a dictator, Obanikoro replies Tinubu •…says FG is winning war...
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has flayed Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu for calling President Goodluck Jonathan a dictator. This is just as the minister has said that the...
View ArticleWho Are The “Evil People Worrying” Nigerians? By Paul Omoruyi
Some weeks ago, I had a very interesting discussion with a Nigerian lady who just immigrated to the United States. Sitting in their plushy living room decked with resplendent African Arts, her husband...
View ArticleAs Jonathan Meets The Chibok Parents By Sonala Olumhense
He will not tell the families he has been forced on them by Malala Youssef, the Pakistani schoolgirl who gained global acclaim after being shot by the Taliban for openly advocating education for...
View ArticleGunmen miss target, kill his wife, mother
BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN — Unknown gunmen, who reportedly missed their target yesterday descended on the man’s wife and mother, killing them in the process. The gun-totting persons who struck at Olorunsogo...
View ArticleAdamawa Bribery Allegation: Security Agencies May Go after APC Leaders
Daji Sani in Yola Jaiyeola Andrews Security agencies may go after some national leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) over their allegations that bribes were offered to the members of the Adamawa...
View ArticleAtiku warns PDP,FG against deceiving Nigerians
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the PDP-led federal government against the dangerous tactics of polarizing the country along fault lines as a means of diverting the attention of...
View ArticleCONFAB: North moves to ‘kill’ report
By HENRY UMORU ABUJA— Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that northern delegates are moving to kill the yet-to-be adopted final report of the Justice Idris Kutigi-led National Conference. The new...
View ArticleNo vacancy in Aso Rock — Interior Minister
BY PETER DURU MAKURDI—The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has declared ahead of the forthcoming general elections that there would be no vacancy in Aso Rock come 2015. Moro urged all those...
View ArticleEXPOSED: Osun Police Command Lambasts PDP’s Desperate and Vicious Lies
The attention of the Osun State Police Command has been drawn to the rumour making the round that an Executive Secretary of a Local Government in Osun State was arrested by the State Police Command for...
View ArticleUnder threat: Convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death
BAGHDAD (AP) — The message played over loudspeakers gave the Christians of Iraq’s second-largest city until midday Saturday to make a choice: convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death. By the time the...
View ArticleFORMER PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI DEAD??? SHOCKING RUMOR ROCKS THE INTERNET
ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THERE WAS A MALICIOUS RUMOR THAT WAS DOING ROUNDS IN SOCIAL MEDIA. SOMEONE HAD SAID THAT FORMER PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI HAD DIED IN HIS OTHAYA HOME AND TAKEN THE LEE FUNERAL HOME. THE...
View ArticleBoko Haram has not taken over Damboa – FG
The Federal Government has said Ismalist sect Boko Haram has not taken over Damboa town in Borno state. FG will not concede any portion of Nigeria to terrorists and is taking measures to address all...
View ArticleBoko Haram invades Borno village, kills 60
MAIDUGURI— No fewer than 60 people from Gaidamgari village, in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State were killed weekend, while many others sustained gunshot wounds when some gunmen suspected to be...
View ArticleFG bans registration, deportation of citizens within Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate stoppage of deportation and registration of Nigerians within the 36 states of the federation. Towards this end, he called for a meeting the...
View Article2015: Jonathan cannot win in any northern state — Kwankwaso
BY Soni Daniel Abuja—Apparently preparing the ground for formal declaration of his presidential ambition, Kano State Governor, Rabio Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, launched series of verbal attacks on...
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#BringBackOurGirls: Ezekwesili arrested by security agents, released
By LAIDE AkINBOADE ABUJA— Former Minister of Education and the Coordinator of BringBackOurGirls campaign group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, was yesterday arrested and detained by security operatives at Nnamdi...
View ArticleFBI pushed Muslims to plot terrorist attacks
The FBI encouraged and sometimes even paid Muslims to commit terrorist acts during numerous sting operations after the 9/11 attacks, a human rights group said in a report published Monday. “Far from...
View ArticleBoko Haram has changed tactics, FG urged Nigerians to be extra vigilant
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be vigilant and inform security operatives of suspicious activities. It said the warning became necessary as the Boko Haram sect has changed tactics....
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