So, what should you then do as soon as you decided your next step after this graduation? If I were you, I would get on my knees and enter into a purposeful life partnership with my Maker. 7th Convocation Speech, Covenant University, Otta. In the last six months of this year, I have had the... Read More
by Chi Ibe Well, there are some terribly cynical Nollywood observers who’ll say she’s always been blonde. Any how – Looking good, Rukky! Photo: LIB
by Chi Ibe The use of the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, for female Muslim football playerswas previously banned due to safety concerns and because it was not recognized in the laws of the game but recently FIFA lifted embargo. After studying reports from FIFA’s medical officer, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) unanimously overturned the... Read More
by Patricia Omoqui The first step to kicking the gossip habit is to observe how often you listen to gossip Gossip hurts. It can ruin reputations, destroy friendships, damage marriages and wound those we say that we love. If you’ve been the brunt of gossip, you know how awful it feels to find out that... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo After news broke that Senator Gyang Datong (Plateau North, PDP) had died while attending a funeral in his state, the family has sought to clarify the exact nature of the death. He died while visiting the mass burial site of 22 residents of Kakuruk Village in Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo After news broke that Senator Gyang Datong (Plateau North, PDP) had died while attending a funeral in his state, the family has sought to clarify the exact nature of the death. He died while visiting the mass burial site of 22 residents of Kakuruk Village in Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo A serving senator of the Federal Republic has been murdered this afternoon. Senator Gyang Datong (Plateau North, PDP) has been shot dead by gunmen while attending a funeral in the state on Sunday, Daily Times reports. Abraham Yiljap, the state’s commissioner of Information, confirmed the assassination in a statement. Gyang Fulani, a member of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo We’re all waiting with excitement for this film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s on-the-way-to-seminal book. It had better be good! Photo: Arise Magazine
by Basil Fadipe All we do is shed crocodile tears, lamenting why we always seem to end up with spotted predators perched on our rocks and waiting to pounce. When I saw our president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on television doing his media chat last week, I had mixed emotions. Subsequently, when I read the negative... Read More
by Isi Esene The Lagos State government has released the daily vehicular traffic diversion plan for commuters using the Third Mainland Bridge during the periodof repairs planned for the bridge. The schedule, signed by the state commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, gave details of alternative routes and diversion points on the bridge to be observed... Read More
by Sonala Olumhense Nasir El-Rufai, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, is the author of a new work of fiction: that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has tarnished the legacy of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. On the contrary, Mallam Nasir: Dr. Jonathan has not tarnished Obasanjo’s legacy, for the simple reason that he is Obasanjo’s... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Forget people selling their kidneys in China, this takes demand and supply to a whole new level. Lori N, an Albuquerque woman reportedly attempted to sell her soul on eBay after years of enduring agony from an accident. Lori was in a car accident in 2007, the Huffington Post reports. She entered... Read More
by Kat Griffin How do you handle an incompetent boss? One of the readers of my blog, Corporette, asked the following: Corporette is my top go-to blog for advice on anything career-related. I haven’t found much on dealing with an incompetent boss, though. Could you consider doing a post on how to handle a thoroughly... Read More
by Chi Ibe An exodus has occurred in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with about 2, 000 members in Lagos, led by Abdulkareem Rafiu, a former security aide to Gov. Babatunde Fashola, moving to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abdulkareem Rafiu said the PDP is the party that will bring back the dream Lagos. He told PDP members... Read More
Reuben Abati recently referred to the entire populace as a mob. Is there no end to his madness? Dear Nse, Tiedo Nse. That according to my language instructor is “Good day” in Ibibio, your dialect. You see, I am keen on mastering Ibibio. Hopefully, I’ll be fluent in no time and then we can gossip without... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesimi On a typical day in Lagos, commuters have to brace themselves for episodes of insane driving, fits on anger, outbursts of curses and of course, the incessant blaring of car horns. A new study has revealed that people exposed to traffic noise stand a high risk of having hypertension or stroke. It is a worrying... Read More
by Ifeanyi Dike Jr Let me tell you about Ray – he has bad breath and a face you just want to punch. Also, he is a liar, the idiot kind There is no such thing as a bad friend. There are either friends or enemies – period! Sometimes however, we encounter snakes and scorpions... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Here’s a weather report for the apocalypse: “On WTVR CBS 6 in Richmond, VA, weatherman Aaron Justus provides the last weather forecast you’ll ever need.” Volcano, super storm, Godzilla and 80 degrees sunshine to be expected.
A reader sent this in. Yes, many people say the situation in the country has gone from bad to worse – but has it come to this?
by Isi Esene There are many recommended ways of solving infidelity issues in marriages, but Ruka Amoha, a housewife from the Dopemu area of Lagos, seems to have chosen the most bizarre of them all. Ruka, who accused her neighbour, Yemi Adelani, of sleeping with her husband, bit a chunk off her nose to vent... Read More
by Chi Ibe Stephen Birch, a South African property developer has released a statement that Madeleine McCann’s body was buried near the site of her disappearance and that he has found her grave. Birch said ground radar scans he made with specialist equipment have been passed to Scotland Yard, who are conducting an investigative review... Read More
by Isi Esene Apparently, the only place anyone is allowed to burn is in hell. The Catholic Church has expressed its opposition to a Lagos House of Assembly bill to legalise voluntary cremation of unclaimed dead bodies in the state-owned mortuaries. The bill has already scaled the second reading on the floor of the House... Read More
My purpose in life is to make sure when I die, someone will say “Isioma touched my life”. My purpose in life is to be remembered. When I was asked to do this it never occurred to me to say no. I had no idea what I would write about, but as with most struggling... Read More
by Isi Esene Banish the picture of a group of hard-looking men when it comes to car theft – that’s just chauvinist. Here’s proof: Just on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, a female suspected robber, identified as Ikechukwu Abigael, was apprehended by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) while... Read More
by Isi Esene Well, Jesus turned water into wine. But no one was happy on Wednesday when cash belonging to the St. Mary’s Parish, Hwolshe, Jos South Local Government, suddenly turned to a bundle of papers as it was about to be deposited in the bank. The church collection, amounting to N300, 000 was handed... Read More
The value placed on human life in Nigeria, is obviously somewhere below zero It’s been just over a month since the Dana Air crash and hard as it is to believe, there is still no official figure of how many Nigerians died on that day. We all know that there were 153 people on board... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang “…as the swallows by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come,” – Proverbs 26:2 (KJV) How does a believer come under curse? You are not supposed to live under any curse because God has already redeemed and delivered you. He has set you free but you can willingly walk back into... Read More
by Chi Ibe At least 10 people have been killed in Jos following a clash between Nigerian security forces and armed Fulani herdsmen on Saturday. A spokesman for the military Special Task Force, Salisu Mustapha, told Reuters his men engaged the Fulani herdsman, a migrant community, after they attacked local indigenous communities. But a spokesman for... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang On Sunday, Andy Murray will strut onto the court to take on Roger Federer in the final of this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam. Far beyond the forehands, backstrokes and grunts, he will be fighting other battles: The great expectation of the British public, fuelled by the hype the English press have created. It... Read More
by Isi Esene It was like a scene out of an action movie when a Jordanian lawmaker on a Live TV show, tossed a shoe and pulled a gun on a political activist while discussing the country’s foreign policies towards Syria. The video clip showed the TV host trying frantically to separate both gladiators but... Read More