by Dolapo Adelana Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has slammed the Federal Government for detaining people without trial. Kanu, who spoke on Monday after he was arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako said over 2000 detainees are languishing in Kuje prison. Pointing at the family members of the detainees he said,...
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Findings from a National Survey carried out in 2014 on Violence Against Children in Nigeria confirmed one in four females reported experiencing sexual violence in childhood with approximately 70% reporting more than one incident of sexual violence. In the same study, it was found that 24.8% of females’ ages 18 to 24 years experienced sexual...
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by Dolapo Adelana Director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI), James Comey says the agency is investigating any links between the campaign organisation of US president, Donald Trump and the Russian government. There have been allegations that Kremlin interfered with the November presidential election. Comey, said this on Monday at the Capitol Hill during...
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Autism is ‘a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterised by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts’, and one of the scariest diagnosis for a parent to hear. Author and speaker, Yinka Ogunnubi celebrates his son’s 10th birthday with this moving thread. Do see...
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by Dolapo Adelana Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Monday appeared in court on the cases of treasonable felony filed against him. Kanu appeared before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja dressed like a Jewish rabbi. It was gathered that journalists were allegedly barred from covering Monday’s...
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In the last two months handling the sexuality blog we’ve come to realise that a big part of the problem with prejudice towards LGBTQ persons is ignorance. And this ignorance, while unpleasant cannot be entirely be the fault of the ignorant. Sexuality and how we understand has simply moved much faster than most people can...
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A few hours before FBI Director James Comey is set to testify to Congress about alleged Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election, President Trump on Monday morning again vehemently denied that he or his campaign had any involvement with Kremlin operatives in the run-up to the election. Trump referenced recent statements made by former...
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by Dolapo Adelana The Ondo State House of Assembly has appointed Mr. Malachi Coker as its acting speaker following the resignation of the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele on Monday in Akure, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Akindele resigned following a meeting brokered by the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu at the weekend. The legislators also appointed...
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By Itunuoluwa Adebo Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s final day of his visit to North Korea was marked by North Korea claiming to have tested a new type of rocket engine, underlining the country’s defiance of recent calls for calm on the Korean Peninsula. The test came hours before Tillerson met Chinese President Xi Jinping,...
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by Dolapo Adelana Unknown gunmen killed two mobile policemen in the early hours of Monday in Sokoto. According to the Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Mohammed Abdulkadir, who addressed newsmen in Sokoto on the incident, the policemen were attacked and killed while on duty at the NNPC Mega station, Gusua road, Sokoto. He...
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by Dolapo Adelana The Speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Jumoke Akindele on Monday resigned, Nigerian Tribune reports. Akindele, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state stepped down along with five other principal officers of the house. Her decision followed a meeting brokered by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu...
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by Adesina Tosin The Punch of the 13th of March 2017 has as its headline “Controversy as Buhari extends perm sec’s tenure twice.” The story has it that President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Dr Jamila Shuara, by another year. This makes it the second such extension for...
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by Dolapo Adelana Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, trial judge in the treasonable felony case against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has allegedly barred journalists from covering proceedings with their phones or cameras. According to Daily Post, an operative of the Department of State Service...
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by Dolapo Adelana The Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district Dino Melaye has said he would not express any shock if online news medium Sahara Reporters one day disclosed he is not a Nigerian. Melaye, stated this on Monday via his Twitter account. The news medium had early Monday alleged that Melaye did not graduate...
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Mogulettes Africa is an online and female lifestyle community / publication that celebrates African women moguls, support young women startups and mentors the girl child. It was established on the 10th of March 2016 in an effort to contribute to the global movement that uplifts the entrepreneurship ministry of womanhood. Although, Mogulettes Africa is quite...
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Britain has said it will on Monday trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty to facilitate its exit from the European Union on March 29. Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said, “The UK’s permanent representative to the EU informed the office of (European Union President) Donald Tusk that it’s the UK’s intention to trigger Article 50...
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The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to improve on their feeding. They said this while speaking with newsmen at the Teacher’s Village camp in Maiduguri. The IDPs particularly accused the State Emergency Management Agency [SEMA] of diverting food meant for them. Hajja Falmata Bukar, one of the displaced persons said...
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Let’s take a quick cue from Sahara Reporters and pretend like this Flash news they’ve just shared on Twitter about Senator Dino Melaye’s university graduation is genuine. So, what we understand from this flash report is that Senator Dino Melaye was a student at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria but never graduated as he claimed. ...
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by Tolu’lope Omoyeni “It is easy to take for granted the transformation that has happened with advertising in the country in the past two years. It is easy to take the role Troyka and Insight have played in that revolution for granted these days. But then, there was a time when none of this was...
Read MoreAdvertising,
All Seasons Media,
Dr Ken Onyeali Ikpe,
Hotsauce,
IMC,
Insight Communications,
Insight Redefini,
Integrated marketing communication,
Leo Burnett,
Media,
Media Perspectives,
The Creative Council,
The Quadrant Company,
Troyka Group
by Peregrino Brimah Let’s face it, Nigeria is an apartheid state. Apartheid, from the word “apartness” was the name given by the South African National Party in 1948 when it formalised a system of racial segregation by opportunities and endowments. In Nigeria today, while race is not the separator, every aspect of apartheid has been...
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The unfolding drama of President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama 2 weeks ago reaches a climax today. The FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee. Comey is expected to say that there was no wiretapping, debunking allegations that Trump has repeatedly refused to withdraw. We also...
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The organisers of Handle It Africa Conference have announced the list of panelists at the inaugural edition of the event scheduled to hold on March 31, 2017 at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed ‘Social Media: Language of Expression’, the conference will feature over 15 panelists with valid experience and proven competence in the use...
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by Wilfred Okiche For those whose tastes run towards the scandalous spectrum, with regards to the news that they consume, the crisis presently rocking the two year old marriage of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and hubby, Oladunni Churchill has been a slice of heaven. Playing out across countries, plus live on Instagram posts and Youtube...
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When President Muhammadu Buhari finally won the presidential election in 2015 on his fourth attempt, Nigerians were excited that he will finally put his anti-corruption crusade into action by bringing the political will to fight corruption and also aligning government agencies with that purpose. The initial days of his administration came with an excellent start...
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The video of a South African pastor inciting his congregation against Nigerians has surfaced online. In the video, the pastor said the only thing Nigerians brought to South Africa was penis enlargement adverts. He said, “I’m the gate keeper here in Witbank… Stop all these Nigerians who come to our town and go around pasting...
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff has started the process to stop an appeal by Ahmed Makarfi to the Supreme Court seeking to challenge the judgment which affirmed him as the authentic leader of the party. Sheriff has made an application for the withdrawal of an appeal filed in the...
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by Chude Jideonwo Nigerians talk a good game about third party candidacies, especially Nigerians on social media. They speak often about this utopia where Nigerians have had more than two options for president of Nigeria, and we could have chosen any of these options instead of what they consider less-than-ideal alternatives in our last...
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Here are all the top entertainment stories from the weekend and others that unraveled while you slept through Sunday night – and are still buzzing this morning. Big Brother Naija housemate, ThinTallTony joins the list of evicted contestants After an intense eviction show last night, 35-year-old housemate ThinTallTony was evicted from the Big Brother Naija...
Read MoreBBNaija,
Big Brother Naija,
birdman,
Chocolate city,
EP,
eviction,
Interview,
meek mill,
Nicki Minaj,
Oladunni Churchill,
Rick Ross,
thintalltony,
tonto dikeh,
Victoria Kimani,
Ycee
by Emoruwa Adewunmi Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, a former speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives and current governor of Sokoto state, mainstreamed the term “body language” into our national discourse. Presenting a paper during the international anti-corruption day 2014 roundtable organised by the Nigeria Bar Association, Tambuwal said, “The President’s (Dr Goodluck Jonathan) body language seems...
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by Joel Ighalo The sixties will forever remain remarkable to Nigeria whenever the topic of her history is broached. The year, 1960 Anno Domini, will also remain remarkable to many an African country. It was referred to, in Cyprian Ekwensi’s Divided We Stand, as Africa’s Year of Independence. In the year, 1960, there was...
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