The Arkansas Republican who is well known for his strong opinion that all Muslims should be deported and that rebellious children should be executed has one more strong opinion; the state of Arkansas should sterilize negligent parents. Charlie Fuqua, a former state Rep., has his eyes on the state House this year. In his new...
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by Ayomitan Stevens There are so many facts now re-emerging in the public domain to strengthen the positions of both supporters and opponents, but such facts are being used not simply to refute or bolster an opinion but to slander a person. Everyone has something to say about Chinua Achebe’s new book; everyone from the...
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by Ikenna Valentine Oje Now to you, that might sound a bit extreme.. But we all read the agreement before we signed and took up the job. It was 6.00 in the evening. The program on T.V was captivating and it was the most interesting series ever to grace the screen. I half lay and...
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by Isi Esene Which is stronger, the urge to eat or sleep? While trying to eat plates of spaghetti for lunch, this pair of twins, MJ and AJ, doggedly fight the urge to close their eyes, but eventually find out that nature almost always wins. Both boys’ heads bob up and down as they try...
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by Ibraheem A. Waziri Some including Achebe are still contesting that the kill was not an Igbo carefully planned affair but rather a coup plotted against all Nigerian leaders of then. It’s just that ignorance reign in Nigeria or our public intellectuals do not have passion for details and deep philosophical enquiry into the nature...
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by Akan Ido Mikel Obi, Chelsea FC player and Super Eagles midfielder has assured Nigerians of victory in their match against the Liberian national team tomorrow at the U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State. He said the Eagles are ready to beat their opponents silly. Nigeria play hosts to Liberia on Saturday in...
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Tina Okpara, the teenage girl who was serially raped by Super Eagles star, Godwin Okpara, has released a book, detailing how the sexual assault went on for two years. In the book titled, “My Life Has A Price”, the victim narrates how she was adopted at age 13 by the Okparas and taken to France....
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A statement signed by the head of NEMA’s public relations department, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, stated that “reliefs and rehabilitation officials of NEMA confirmed that 28,764 internally displaced people were registered in 11 camps of the 14 affected local government councils in the state.” The statement also revealed that “at least 11 pregnant women were successfully...
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With the growth rate of 7.5 per cent per annum and all other things being equal, Nigeria’s economy may overtake those of United Kingdom and France on or before 2050, a UK-based Nigerian lecturer, Dr. Gbenga Oduntan has said. Dr. Oduntan, who lectures at Kent University, UK, spoke yesterday in Abuja at a special lecture...
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by Isi Esene The Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from any involvement in the abduction of Muibat, wife of the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Najeem Salam. The statement was made public public yesterday by Diran Odeyemi, the state PDP director of Publicity, Media and Strategy, who said it...
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A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched. Miss Ibisobia Elkanah, elder sister of Tekena Friday Elkanah, revealed yesterday that policemen visited the scene where the students were burnt...
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by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan released some startling data on Thursday in Abuja, when he said that 50 to 70 per cent of many states in the country had been submerged by floods. The flooding situation in the country, which has affected all the geo-political zones, is one of the worst the nation...
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by Akan Ido The alarming rate of domestic violence and other forms of injustice has attracted the attention of top Nigerian celebrities who have resolved to come together to walk against violence. The walk which is an initiative of the Soundcity On-air-personality, Olayinka Adamu, will bring together 2face Idibia, Ice Prince, Psquare, M.I, 9ice, Timaya,...
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by Bobby Udoh The essential first step to the building of a developed Nigeria is that you and I accept responsibility for Nigeria. So far this year, we have witnessed so many events that have stirred deep sentiments amongst the majority of Nigerians. From the fuel hike protest, to the various Boko Haram killings, to...
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by Collins Uma There is an invisible thread that runs through these two killings: frustration with the status quo. I was going to write on something entirely different from this but, as I sat down to write, news filtered in about a massacre that had happened at Mubi, Adamawa State in Nigeria’s North-East. I chose...
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But, you see, unlike Omojuwa and his passionate young friends, they actually end up doing nothing. It’s all sound and fury, signifying nonsense, masking their own impotence. They are glad to point at his flaws and laugh at his errors, and then sit back, rubbing their bellies. On Sunday, he did it again: channeling...
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by Stanley Azuakola This year’s been one of the toughest for Nigeria’s aviation sector. A plane crash, airlines going down, and what we are left with is a ‘near- monopoly where two airlines are dominating the domestic services.’ As a result of these, the Federal Government is reportedly facilitating the registration of four additional airlines....
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by Macdonald Nwajagu Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a complete reflection of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR) in the way they handle party affairs. The average Nigerian is distraught after 13 years of misrule by the Peoples Democratic Party at the centre of governance. After the initial jubilation of emancipation from military & dictatorial rule a...
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In a major interview post-‘Mo Hits, DB/Good Music/Mercury/IDJ artiste, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly called D’banj, sought to lay to rest various allegations and rumours being peddled about him, in an exclusive interview he granted a Lagos State based radio station, Cool FM. The artiste, who lists Why Me as his break out song, also spoke on...
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by Reuben Daba When things used to be sweet between the Hausa Muslims and Berom Christians in Barkin Ladi Local Council of Plateau State, a certain Berom man gave out his land to be used by the Muslims during their prayers and festivities. Those days of peace are only found in memories now, as Barkin...
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The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its historic role in uniting the continent in an award meant as a morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis. The EU has been a key in transforming Europe “from a continent of wars to a continent of...
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by Isi Esene Sekinat Akewusola, a mother of twins on Thursday committed suicide by jumping into the Osun River. The woman was said to have given alms to some beggars in the area before taking the fatal plunge. Some of the beggars reportedly said they saw the woman jump from the bridge located at Oke-Gada,...
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by Ayo Olukotun Concern and apprehension continue to be raised regarding the quality and character of policymaking in the context especially of such misadventures as the proposed, mercifully aborted, change in our currency denomination, the abrupt renaming of the University of Lagos and the still elusive arithmetic of alleged petrol subsidy removal. Recently too, consternation...
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by Hauwa Gambo The Democratic base might have fallen in love anew with Vice President Joe Biden in yesterday’s vice presidential debate in the US elections, but the press… not so much. Channeling his inner Al Gore circa 2000, Joe Biden seems to have delivered an over the top performance. See tweets form some of...
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By Reuben Daba From an initial ten man shortlist, the Advisory Board for the NLNG-sponsored, The Nigeria Prize for Literature has approved a final shortlist of three books. The three books are Onaedo: The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Ngozi Achebe, Only a Canvas by Olusola Olugbesan and On Black Sister’s Street by Chika Unigwe. Chairman of...
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by Oluwatobi Soyombo To think that Instagram is not even accessible via web (which a handful of Nigerians have access to) – with all its limitations – is to predict it’s failure more in Nigeria. A respected man in the social technology scope published an article two days ago. In the piece, he gave several reasons why...
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ONE of the parents of the slain UNIPORT students, Mr. Steven Biringa, has insisted that his son, Chiadika, was labelled a thief by his assailants so that they could find a reason to kill him. Biringa told our correspondent in Port Harcour, Rivers State on Thursday that his son had a good upbringing. He said...
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Russia manager Fabio Capello on Thursday said that he intended to reverse the squad’s knack for losing big matches by taking the game to Portugal during their top-of-the-table 2014 World Cup qualifier in Moscow. Friday’s showdown at the nearly sold-out Luzhniki Stadium has been billed as a “decider” by a Russian media that is ominously...
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Mark to Okupe: Know your limits Late last night, Mark and Tambuwal responded to what they called Okupe’s disrespectful remarks against the National Assembly and its leaders. A statement by Mark’s spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan said, “It is instructive to first state that Senator Mark and Mr. President are on the same page in the onerous...
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The Presidency on Thursday slammed the leadership of the National Assembly, describing the budget-related criticisms levelled against President Goodluck Jonathan as an attempt to rubbish the 2013 budget proposals. President Jonathan had presented the proposals to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. At the budget presentation, Senate President, David Mark, had told...
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