The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has come to an end after two weeks of intense competitions smeared in controversies, scandals, revelations and loses. Soon the memories will become distant in our mind. But one thing will remain even after the games end: the infrastructures used. The stadiums at Rio were in the...
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by Roqeebah Olaoniye Less than a month after the first news of a cancer patient in need of support broke the Nigerian internet, it has been reported that the lady at the center of it all, Mayowa Shukurat Ahmed, has passed on; hashtag swiftly changing from #SaveMayowa to #RIPMayowa. Nigerians are not to be dared...
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by Oby Ezekwesili I woke up yesterday to read a fictitious report credited to me by Sunday Tribune that I claimed President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve to be president. And on the basis of the fiction weaved together by a reporter, he let loose one of those now-very-common indecorous and rumor-inspired verbal assault from...
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A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was killed on Sunday night by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in Kaduna. The pastor, Luka Ubangari of Shawa village, near Godogodo, in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State was said to have been ambushed, shot and killed while returning from an evangelical visit to Golkofa village. Few...
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by Simon Utsu In response to the attack on the standout literature in Achebe’s legendary body of work viz Things fall apart, a Facebook friend said the book was part of the curriculum when she did her elementary schooling in south Korea and was also one of the texts they were made to study in...
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by Afam Ikeakanam In March 2014, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared there was an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Nigeria had no idea what was coming for her. The disease then rapidly spread like wildfire to the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. As with every tragic foreign...
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The Summer Olympics in Rio De Janiero may have ended but the memories that captured the Games will forever remain in our hearts. Who can forget the Usain Bolt‘s cheeky smile for the camera just before he crossed the finish line to win the 100m semi-final or Shaune Miller‘s controversial dive to beat Allyson Felix...
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by Jideofor Adibe It was quite expected that it would happen if he won the Presidency. When he came to power in December 1983 via a military coup, fighting corruption and indiscipline were the regime’s signature marks. Hundreds of high profile politicians, businessmen and civil servants were jailed for allegedly being corrupt. Queue culture was...
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by Tolu’lope Omoyeni It was the perfect way to end the show. Brazil had longed for an Olympic gold medal in football, the rest of the world was behind them. They needed it not just for the sports but for a country facing crisis, a soccer gold medal would be uplifting and yes, they got it....
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by Vera Ezimora I have not been to Nigeria in 16 years! Isn’t that insane? I left Nigeria on August 15th 2000, and I have not been back ever since, but that does not stop me from dreaming about Nigeria. That being said, there are some things that I have to do when I’m there....
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On Monday August 22, 2016, Eyitayo Jegede was voted as the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming elections in the state. But many may know little about Jegede except that he is a two-time Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo state. Here are seven other things you need to know about. 1. He...
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I’ve discovered that most young people aspiring for public office have zero clue how real politics works especially those who genuinely want to make positive difference. You see, becoming the President of Nigeria was one of my many dreams and fantasies. But these days I’m not enthused by the idea of public office in Nigeria...
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The man who named his dog ‘Buhari‘ was on Monday arraigned in court by the Ogun State Police Command. The Police said it would sue the accused, Joe Chinakwe because his action was “likely to cause breach of public peace.” The 30-year-old trader was arrested last week when one of his neighbours reported him to...
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At least 20 persons were feared dead when a TETFUND sponsored two storey building under construction collapsed at Kano University of Technology. The Vanguard reports that the incident occurred at about midday on Monday. The collapsed structure also trapped a number of labourers at the site. Eyewitness said that there are possibilities that the casualty figures may rise...
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A man in India who has an obsession with swallowing knives had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation. “He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening,” Dr. Jatinder Malhotra told CNN. “We were so nervous… a small...
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the sum of N15.5 million as seed funding and grants for final year students enrolled in the Ready.Set.Work (RSW) program. Ready.Set.Work is an entrepreneurship and employability training program for final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State, aimed at preparing them for economic productivity as value-creating...
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by Ugochukwu Joseph Amasike One of the tragedies of the current unitary system of governance we practice and the consequential mono-product economy it’s foisted on the Nigerian Federation, is the transformation of Nigeria’s federating units into dependents and mere distribution centres. Today, Nigeria has states that are incapable of meeting the most elementary requirements of...
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Eyitayo Jegede has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state. The immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo state, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN was declared winner of the primary after polling 760 votes to defeat the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP in the 2012...
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by Inibehe Effiong The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command has rearrested a 41-year-old trader who named his pet dog “Buhari”, Mr. Joe Chinakwe and will arraign him before the Sango Magistrate Court in Ogun State on Monday. It is likely that the powers that be in Abuja have instructed the police to deal with the...
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They say whatever has a beginning has an end and the 3 weeks long #Rio2016Olympics came to an amazing close at the historic Maracana stadium in the early hours of this morning. From the carnival-like victory parade, beautiful display of the Brazilian culture to the excellent teasing presentation by the 2020 host city of Tokyo...
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The Nigeria Police Force has stopped #BringBackOurGirls protesters from gaining entrance into the Presidential Villa. The protesters were en route Aso Rock to demand the rescue of the school girls kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram. One of the conveners of the #BringBackOurGirls group Oby Ezekwesili...
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by Fejiro Oliver If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing – David Douglass If there are ten men I hold in high esteem when it comes with the dribbling of the pen, it’s Dele Momodu. I grew up reading him and since I picked up the...
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The President has put together a bill called the Emergency Economic Stabilisation Bill 2016, a bill that seeks powers from the National Assembly to abridge the procurement process, that is, the way by which government spending is done. This bill will be presented to the NASS when they return from recess on September 12 and...
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A major plank of the Buhari administration was the pledge to end the insurgency in the North-east. It met on the ground a war against Boko Haram that had been badly handled and allowed to metastasize, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. While the moves to improve security and defeat the insurgents have...
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A 27-year-old man, Mohammed Rabiu was killed by three gunmen who alighted from a tricycle on Saturday in Kaduna. Rabiu, a fresh graduate from a Malaysian university was shot in his car at about 8:30pm few minutes after arriving Kaduna from Abuja. Jafar Ali a friend of the deceased said he and the late Rabiu drove from Abuja to see...
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by John Danfulani When the former Vice President Atiku Abukabar re-opened the restructuring discourse and successfully hoisted it in Nigerian political atmosphere, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) make its position known on the matter with speed of light. The Punch of 6th June 2016 under the caption “Presidency, APC Rejects Calls For Restructuring” summed...
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by Roqeebah Olaoniye Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, plays his role well, staying on message and doing what he’s told like a good VP. But what is he really thinking? Here is an attempt at reading his mind. Can the President travel more often? After months of back and forth, fuel subsidy was removed on...
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says former federal minister, Edwin Clark, has no moral authority to lead the dialogue with the Federal Government on behalf of the Niger Delta region. The group argued that when Chief’s Clark “son” was in power he kept mute and made his Abuja home an extension of...
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1k4cancer initiative, founded by popular media personality and writer, Wana Udobang, has raised over 3 million naira to assist cancer stricken women from low income homes. Udobang, a youth mentor and public speaker, is also producer of the documentary film Sensitive Skin which highlights the effects of the skin condition Psoriasis. She is also the...
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Where did the all the money Nigeria make during the oil boom go? Nigeria made $12.4bn during that time, but the money remains unaccounted for. A rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to reopen the unresolved...
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