by Stanley Azuakola It’s been two weeks since the Dana Airline crash which claimed the lives of over 150 Nigerians. Reports have it that a preliminary report of the crash investigation by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has already been submitted to the Federal Government. According to a source who spoke with The Guardian, the...
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by Onyeka Nwelue Today, I return to Portugal, a country that has very strong colonial ties with Nigeria. This is very visible in everything we do, yet, Nigerians are not dramatically bureaucratic as Portuguese. Back in the university, I had so many dreams. One of them, was to own a record label. I would sign...
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by Stanley Azuakola We cannot know for sure how much is squirreled away in the coffers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). One thing we do know is that the party’s National Auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha has submitted what seems to be a lavish budget of N13.1 million to host auditors from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who will look into...
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by Oluwatobi Soyombo Last week, I got a DM on twitter that looks similar to the one below: …do you know any great developer in Lagos? I thought about who I could recommend but I was just blank despite tons of developers around me. After few minutes of deep thinking, I remembered someone whose bio...
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by Tolu Orekoya Two years after Abigail Ige was beaten by police officers in Ado Ekiti, the High Court has ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay a N1 million compensation to the victim of the beating. Ige was severely beaten and hospitalised before she was rescued by her school and then reported the incident to the police. The...
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by Stanley Azuakola As you must have heard by now, nominations for The Future Awards Season 7 is on. The theme of this season’s awards is ‘Tear down these walls’. As part of activities to carry everyone along in the process, The Future Awards is teaming up with Taruwa to hold an Entertainment and Creative...
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As a journalist you have to find a balance between caring too much and becoming numb. My biggest fear is to become cynical. ‘Dog food!’ he shouted over the mostly empty terrace of the restaurant I do not remember the name of, just that it was something Italian. Pushing the porcelain plate with saffron coloured...
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by Stanley Azuakola If you’re gorgeous and love the environment then the date to mark is Saturday June 23, 2012. A host of star performers will be thrilling guests that day at this year’s edition of Gorgeous and Green Gala holding at the Oriental Hotel Lagos. This annual event is a fundraiser for the Planting...
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by Stanley Azuakola The Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, addressed a news conference in Lagos on Sunday over the bribery scandal involving Hon. Farouk Lawan and Mr. Femi Otedola. He really didn’t have nice things to say about either of Lawan or Otedola, and nothing sweet for President Jonathan as well. About President Jonathan, Bakare had...
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by Seyi Lawal On Saturday, Liu Yang, 33, became China’s first woman to travel to space. While in orbit she will conduct aerospace medical experiments and other space tests. Liu’s mission made China the third country after the Soviet Union and United States to send a woman into space using its own technology. The...
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Five foods that are healthier than you think If you are fed up of being told what to eat and drink, well, this could be your lucky day. We’ve taken five foods that are generally labeled as being bad for you and unearthed some healthy aspects to them. Granted, they are not foods that you...
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Whatever the jokes may be about President Jonathan bringing Facebook to Nigeria, one thing is certain – the story of Facebook’s significance in Nigeria will be incomplete without him. Social media doesn’t count (much)? Social media doesn’t count in the larger scheme of things; it is just a bunch of privileged youth feeling super-important in...
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by Tolu Orekoya At least 15 people were injured and 50 cars destroyed on Sunday as Igbinedion University became the latest battle ground, with ex-militants and cult members clashing on the campus. For over 12 hours, students and staff members were cowed in fear on their campus located in Okada, Benin City, Edo State as the machete-wielding factions went on a...
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by Stanley Azuakola Gradually, Nigeria is getting to the point where terrorism is viewed in the same way as corruption. Like something which although undesirable, is so strong and pervasive that we just have to endure and adapt to. As has become the norm, Sunday was another day of bloodshed in the North, this time...
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by Chi Ibe Farouk Lawan, embattled member of the House of Representatives is yet to see an end to his travails. Before he could get a bit of fresh air after his release from police custody days ago, the “honourable” member of the house was hit with a fresh battle from his constituents over his...
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by Chi Ibe Bank of America, M&T Bank and Wells Fargo received directive from the US government to close the accounts of the Nigerian embassy in Washington and its consulate in New York on suspicion of money laundering after traffic on the various accounts raised a red flag. Report from the Leadership claim the decision...
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by Stanley Azuakola “Our hospitals and clinics are dirty and smelling. This is not healthy for the lives of our people.” Recently reinstated speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, who presided over the screening of commissioner nominees, said the above during the screening of Dr. Michael Awoli. Interestingly, when members...
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by Patricia Omoqui Many of us have huge visions for life, big dreams we aim to achieve. Few of us actually take action on a daily basis to bring them into reality. If you feel overwhelmed, perhaps it is time to choose one small part of your vision to be your “next chapter.” Of all...
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“I was just living on a daily basis” says Afrobeat maestro Femi Kuti of his younger days, in this special interview. The son of late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who turned 50 yesterday, sat down for a chat with the Hip TV crew about life, turning 50, his youth and much more. Speaking about his...
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by Adeniyi Abdul Clearly not a fan of the behaviour of members of the Nigerian media, Minister of Information Labaran Maku has come out to stress the need for the regulation of the practice of journalism in the country. Maku, while speaking on Friday in Abuja at the opening of a workshop on the Freedom...
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by Hauwa Gambo As we reported this morning, three churches were victim of shootings and bombs in Kaduna – leading to the loss of 13 lives. In what might be a frightening new trend, reprisal attacks by Christians have claimed a further 13 lives. “The Chief Medical Director of St. Luke’s hospital in Wusasa, Dr....
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Whether you think it’s a narrow attack on easily identifiable social media voices or a dispassionate assessment of a growing social problem, what NOEL IHEBUZOR writes here (produced un-edited) is quite fascinating. Enjoy it: Reactions to recent events in Nigeria, notably the very tragic loss of lives in the crash of a Dana aircraft and...
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by Adedoyin Jaiyesimi Turn to your neighbour and ask her – how tone-deaf were we in the 90s that we made this song a hit? Still we did. And e can’t forget the days when three young men came out from nowhere to break the hold foreign music had on our young hearts. I remember...
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by Adeniyi Abdul Okay, we’re totally loving this new song and video by Ms Jaie. She’s a singer-songwriter on the roster of Storm Records with an absolutely stunning voice, and yes, face too. She’s no stranger to the music industry having worked in both the UK and the US as both a singer and...
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by Stanley Azuakola The Peoples Democratic Party is by far the wealthiest party in Nigeria. The spending power of the party only lies in the realm of dreams for many others. If you thought that would make the PDP rest on its oars, then you thought wrong. The party’s National Financial Secretary, Mr Bolaji Anani,...
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by Lekan Olanrewaju The last time former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari shared his thoughts on Nigeria it involved something of a prophecy of doom that led to a back and forth about his true feelings about the country with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slamming him as “bloodthirsty“, the Action Congress of Nigeria...
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by Lekan Olanrewaju You could be forgiven for forgetting that other states exist in Nigeria besides Edo, what with the constant bickering the Peoples Democratic Party and the Action Congress of Nigeria have engaged in over rulership of the state after the next election. This time it’s former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who...
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It’s tough to keep up with shocking news in Nigeria. I don’t even understand how things spiral anymore. Something really sad and shocking happens one day; then while you’re still trying to get the details of it all, another bomb (no pun intended) hits you so hard, the earlier problem begins to look like a...
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by Hauwa Gambo We reported that two bombs hit almost simultaneously in 2 churches in Zaria, Kaduna State. Another has just gone off at Shalom Chuch, Trikania, an eye-witness told YNaija a few minutes ago. Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Authority has confirmed the explosions. Rescue and security officers have moved to the scene,” its...
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by Adeniyi Abdul While the world awaits the outcome of ongoing investigations into the brawl between rapper Drake and chronic lip-syncher Chris Brown, it would seem one pop queen is oblivious to the whole saga. Well, that of course depends on who you want to believe. US Weekly reports that Rihanna “loves” the fact that...
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