by Chi Ibe It can be revealed that the Premier League might introduce Goal-line technology midway through the 2012-13 season after it was approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Zurich, the BBC reports. Two systems – Hawk-Eye and GoalRef – have passed Fifa’s criteria for use. The technology set to be launched... Read More
by Isi Esene It appears all is not well with the FG’s Special Intervention Funds on Solid Minerals as the Senate Committee on Public Accounts declared over N44billion missing. It also alleged massive discrepancies and violations in its disbursement and utilisation. The committee revealed that the money was wrongly utilised to fund projects unrelated to... Read More
by Isi Esene Keen on his unique approach to fighting terrorism, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, took his message of dialogue to other flashpoints in the North. His host yesterday was the Emir of Daura, Katsina State, where he literally begged the Emir and other influential leaders to assist the government in reaching... Read More
by Isi Esene A 48-year-old man, Olapade Omotoso, must be cursing his luck as his illicit affair with Feyisayo Ologunki has landed him in jail. Ologunki, 50, a housewife, reportedly died while sleeping with Omotoso at a Guest House in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Prosecuting police Corporal, Ebenezer Ewuola told the court that the accused allegedly... Read More
by Aderonke Adebanjo We’ve all heard this saying before, right? Guys, are like babies (babies are super cute and such a tremendous blessing), they just need a woman to nurture and care for them – rub their head, back, and/or feet (Eww, so maybe not the feet). Lol. Etcetera, etcetera. But I actually wanna... Read More
We are born with no manual, we live with no apologies, and we somehow get by forgetting that one day we would expire. I used to be a writer, I said ‘used to’ because I haven’t written anything in such a long time and when this opportunity came I went through quite a number of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Daily Trust is reporting that a company owned by daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is one of those to receive secret allocation of choice oil blocks from the federal government recently. The report: Findings reveal that All Grace Energy, in which Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello has majority stake, got the oil block... Read More
A decade ago most people outside Nigeria would have said, “Aliko who?” Not anymore. In 2008 he became the first Nigerian to make it onto Forbes’ rich list. In 2011 the magazine disclosed: “The Nigerian businessman’s fortune surged 557 percent in the past year, making him the world’s biggest gainer in percentage terms and Africa’s... Read More
by Nilofer Merchant There are two ways of holding an idea. One is with a closed fist, and one is with an open palm. When you hold an idea in a closed fist, you control it. It is yours. And no one else can access it. Ideas held tightly — as if in a fist... Read More
by Elnathan John Sometimes the leaders of a country can unilaterally destroy a country or lead it into war without the active participation of its citizens. That is very selfish. In Liberia or Sierra Leone for example, all those selfish war lords didn’t seek the participation of the citizens when they were killing people over... Read More
by Isi Esene Oil and water don’t mix, and so the PDP has denied reports suggesting a working alliance with the Ondo State Labour Party (LP) governor, Olusegun Mimiko, with a view to defeating the ACN which has for long been a political thorn on the governor’s flesh. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Binta Masi Garba, urged its supporters to... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang Last month, Arsenal Football Club announced they will be visiting Nigeria in August, and will play against the Super Eagles while on the tour. The news steadily generated hype and excitement in equal measure, as ardent supporters of the London club in these parts eagerly planned towards the date. But the club,... Read More
By Muhammad Sageer I found out one astonishing thing about most of our influential politicians in Nigeria, they are all bunch of looters united for a single cause. All they care about is money. Their interest is on how to dip their hands and loot from our treasury till there is no more left so... Read More
by Isi Esene Apparently trying to undertake damage control, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello-Adoke, has had a change of … well something -over reports of him claiming the federal government will not prosecute oil marketers indicted by the House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on the probe of... Read More
by Kunle Rotimi When the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission announced a few days ago that all part-time programmes being run in Nigerian universities had been suspended, those affected by the decisions expressed great disappointment at the university system. They claimed that the decision caught them unawares and also affected their career plans!... Read More
by Martin Udogie NOT far, I’m afraid. And no Nigerian coach can either, under the present football environment. Soccer has gone scientific. In 2003, Real Madrid sold Claude Makelele to Chelsea for $27 million. It seemed an outrageous overpayment for a 30 year-old inconspicuous midfielder. “We will not miss Makelele,” said Madrid’s President Florentino Perez.... Read More
by Omololu Soyombo Recent events indicate that the Federal Government is gradually losing the initiative in the fight against terrorism. Three of such events are worth discussing here. First is the reprisal in Kaduna following the attacks on churches on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Second is the invitation by the House of Representatives on Tuesday,... Read More
by Segun Adeniyi The more the investigations into what passed for fuel subsidy payments, especially in 2011, the more the revelations about how some Nigerians simply took the nation for a ride by sharing among themselves hundreds of billions of Naira of pubic money. Unfortunately, Nigerians do not seem to be paying much attention to... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesimi Business mogul, Aliko Dangote, has announced that he will sell his majority stake in Dangote Flour Mills to Tiger Brands, South Africa’s leading food company. Dangote Flour Mills and Tiger brands began talks about the acquisition in May, where Tiger Brands made a bid for 80% stake currently held by Dangote... Read More
by Albinus Chiedu Economists have over the years blamed the persistent high unemployment rate in Nigeria on the violation of the principle of economic development that holds in high esteem the impact of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises on national economic development. As at 1974 and 1978, people without basic education accounted for over 76... Read More
What: DJ Jimmy Jatt ‘Jump Off’. Where: Get Arena Lekki Lagos. When: 01-07-12. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa.
by Doyin Jaiyesimi Since the ill-fated Dana plane crash, airline operators have not been having the best of days. Air Nigeria in particular has found itself moving from one trouble to the other in quick succession. General Electric Commercial Services, a renowned United States aircraft leasing company, has announced that it intends to repossess four... Read More
This is nothing. If you see the other two friends they can make you think of being a lesbian. Act One- Scene 1 A 4 Bedroom Duplex in Parkview, Ikoyi. Its morning and three ladies are in different stages of getting ready for the Sunday morning- KEMI: (Knock Knock) Nkechi!!! Are you still sleeping?... Read More
by Kenechi Uzochukwu All my preparations and quivering anticipation was to have ended in bliss, the kind only my father could give me… I was my father’s lover and he was mine. Everything was perfect. I didn’t cry. It was painful what he did, but I didn’t cry. He said it was ok. I didn’t... Read More
by Ogaga Ifowodo If you ever wonder what goes on in the heads of our rulers, then you must be “grateful” for the answer you got on Sunday, 12 June 2012, from the president himself, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. I say grateful hesitantly because if you are like me, then you must have been saddened beyond... Read More
For some of us, who fortunately or unfortunately do not get to be TJ, we can only have ourselves to blame for allowing our leaders enslave us and brainwash us to the point where heinous crimes are discussed in beer palours… The tweet from my friend @ricdizzle last night cracked me up so much I... Read More
by Isi Esene The National Universities Commission (NUC) has suspended the operational licenses of seven private universities for violating its guidelines in physical facilities and academic programmes. The universities affected are Achievers, Caritas, Joseph Ayo Babalola, Lead City, Madonna, Obong and Tansian. One would actually be forgiven for not knowing about some of these institutions... Read More
There were two things constant in my life as a child, books and music. One of the effects of this early introduction was a child-like obsession with Madonna. For me, she was the ultimate woman; beautiful, stylish, and a voice from God. That obsession... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo We don’t know what to make of this. Ali Pate, who is the Minister of State for Health, yesterday gave a report to the Federal Executive COuncil on how his ministry will save the lives of at least one million NIgerians. To do this, the minister is meeting with the commissioners of... Read More
by Isi Esene The suit filed by some UNILAG students and Alumni at the Federal High Court in Ikeja is enjoying favourable ruling one more time from Justice Stephen Adah who ordered that the UNILAG name should subsist pending the conclusion of hearing and final determination of the suit challenging the renaming of the school... Read More