by Chinonso Ogbogu Keep doing what’s best for your dreams, and with time your transaction would be completed and you would get your blessings! It was 6:28a.m when I began my day. By 7:54a.m., I hit the road en route to my office. With all my goals clearly laid out the night before, I had... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It’s been six years since a Sosoliso plane crashed at the Port Harcourt International Airport, cutting short the lives of the over 100 passengers on board, most of them school children. Still, the memory is hard to take, especially when one considers the cause of the crash. The government has not made... Read More
I always wanted to use a Soyinka play as the title of my Thursday junk, thanks to the bees in Abuja, I finally have the chance. The Beatification of an Area Boy was inspired by the struggles of the poor people of Maroko, and how they were brutally displaced from their homes, their land shared... Read More
by Elnathan John Nigerians are corrupt. Even a suckling knows this. From time to time however, the odd situation arises where one Nigerian accuses another of corruption, you know, like armpit calling mouth smelly. To be too clean in Nigeria is as bad as being too dirty. You must maintain a corruption balance. Moderate corruption.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Well, at least they tried. On three different occasions this year, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has suffered a total blackout. When the latest blackout occurred barely a week after the unfortunate Dana plane crash, some international flights about to land in the airport, were diverted to nearby airports. Now, the government... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya When the troubled parents of the 18-month-old child decided to rob a victim, they were not planning on ending up in a police chase, rolling the vehicle and flinging their child out of the car through a backseat window—but that is exactly what happened. The entire terrifying sequence of the chase, which... Read More
Want super-looking, bright and healthy skin? Well, the good news is it’s not only what you put on your face or skin that’s the key to a great complexion – what you eat can have a great bearing on skin health too. We’ve selected seven face-friendly foods to work into your daily menu that can... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Their story was one of the most touching from the Dana crash. Three kids, sent on an errand by their parents, and in the short time it took to go and return, tragedy had dropped from the skies, killing their parents Jeremiah and Josephine Okwuchukwu. Homeless and helpless, the kids—Joel Okwuchukwu (11),... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola At the peak of the fuel subsidy protest in January 2012, the Federal House of Representatives convened for an emergency session –the first time they would meet on a Sunday. Part of the resolutions from that session was the setting up of a committee which would probe the fuel subsidy regime in... Read More
What:Uche Nnaji Birthday Dinner Cocktail. Where: Lekki Lagos. When: 11 June, 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa.
by Seyi Lawal Meet Eric Simons, 20, once a struggling entrepreneur who spent two months secretly living inside AOL’s headquarters and eating leftovers while trying to build his start-up, a system that allows teachers to build lessons online nowc15, 000 teachers have signed up to his business and he’s in the process of hiring more... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It is an open secret that the Governor of the Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido, would give anything to be Emir of his beloved Kano someday. Only last week, he was made the Dan Majen Kano, a title reserved for princes. See picture of the coronation: Staff of the Central Bank were however... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Céline Dion is one of the few great divas of her generation. She has to be one of the few who has maintained her voice so she can deliver perfection each time she sings. She absolutely kills Adele’s Rolling in the Deep … in a good way, and it sounds so effortless from the 44-year-old singer.... Read More
by Ola-Abraham Emmanuel Too bad that the life of the rich is more valued than that of the poor, even by the poor. Following the plane crash that happened more than a week ago, I have read a lot of stories on the print, electronic, social media, etc. I must say this: the bulk of them... Read More
After multiple surgeries, Ronald Poppo, the victim of ‘Miami cannibal’ Rudy Eugene is back on his feet. Doctors from Jackson Memorial Hospital showed pictures of 65-year-old Ronald Poppo assisted by two hospital workers helping him walk around. The pictures show the victim back on his feet, and the extent of his injuries are still visibly shocking... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Jos is on fire again. How many times have we heard that in recent years? This time, the source of discontent is the ban on commercial motorcycles (okadas). Government is determined to enforce the ban, which took effect from Tuesday June 12, due to the fact that robbers and terrorists usually operate using okadas.... Read More
by Dr. Okey Ikechukwu Mallam Nasir el-Rufa’i’s analysis of Anambra State’s 2012 budget lacked the objectivity and attention to available evidence needed for believable conclusions. He certainly got some data on physical and human geography and capped it with random and recondite statistics. This is all right where the targeting audience is foreign, especially if... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Air Nigeria is set to get back in the air after being grounded by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), pending an audit. The airline’s domestic and regional routes were grounded after a round of strikes by its pilots an engineers over their compensation. The media relations manager for the airline, Samuel... Read More
Note: Extract from an untitled novel This city where death stalked the streets without bothering to disguise itself; where not even dying cured the dead of desperation. Graveyards full of the vengeful dead. In that instant he was alone in the world, moving this way and that, an actor on a fully lit stage, foliage... Read More
This piece was originally published on June 12, 2012 on the BBC website. I did not know anyone of them personally but who would not shed tears at the news that a party of 10 girls from Lagos, who were radiant bridesmaids at a society wedding in Abuja the previous day, all died in the... Read More
by Chi Ibe This time, One Mic Naija returns to its Mainland home, Browns’ Café. On Sunday June 24 rappers, singers and more performers join the live artiste lineup with the excellent One Mic Naija band. The artistes on the bill for this edition are: – Rapper and Wax Lyrical co-host, DARK POET. Real name,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola A building collapsed in Abuja on Wednesday morning, trapping an unconfirmed number of people. Reports say the incident occurred at Apo Mechanic Village in the nation’s capital. Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, confirmed the incident to journalists, but could not give the exact number of people trapped in the... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The PDP national chairman, Bamanga Tukur and national secretary, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, have been at loggerheads. That is the press version. The official PDP version however, is that the party had some “administrative lapses,” which have now been resolved. The party’s national secretary, Olisa Metuh, who addressed journalists at the party secretariat, said... Read More
by Chi Ibe Now in its second year, 1,000 points of light is set to hold June 16, 2012 at the Olive Tree Auditorium, Ikoyi, Lagos. The summit is designed to host at least one thousand young men and women who will become 1,000 points of light to their nation and generation. The summit will... Read More
by Osyman Dias The UK is not a developed nation because the people are more intelligent or superior to us; they are developed because even their worst leaders have been better than our best. On Sunday June 3, there was a suicide bomb attack on a church in Yelwa, Bauchi State Nigeria, and a Dana... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday, gave letters of credence to new ambassadors. Out of the 93 people deployed, 86 were posted out while 7 will remain in Nigeria as ambassadors-in-situ. Out of the 86 posted out, 62 are ambassadors, and 24 are deputy heads of Mission. As YNaija reported earlier, Nigeria’s former... Read More
Watching infants piece life together, seeing their emotions and motor skills take shape, is a source of mystery and endless fascination–at least to parents. But, how much do we really know about what’s going on behind those wide, innocent eyes?
by Stanley Azuakola One thing we know for sure is that Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh, knows how to fight back when she feels she’s being bullied or oppressed. Former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Capital Market, Herman Hembe can testify to that. So it’s hardly surprising... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola A recent development in Delta State has sorely displeased the members of its House of Assembly. It involves the resurfacing in Delta State of Mr. Dickson Adeyemi, a chief superintendent of police (CSP), after he was arrested (and moved out of the state) for his alleged involvement in kidnapping and other related criminal... Read More
He had a chance to stay a hero and he chose the path of zero. Hon. Farouk Lawan has compromised the veracity of the fuel subsidy probe… I respected Hon. Farouk Lawan a lot. He always looked composed and in control. When I had the chance to meet him just after Occupy Nigeria, he was... Read More