by NAN A group of concerned women on Sunday urged mothers to promote descent dressing from home in the girl child to curb incessant sexual harassment and rape in the society. The women, who are the Old Girls Association of the Federal Government Girls College, Kazaure , Lagos chapter, spoke in separate interviews in Lagos.... Read More
by Chi Ibe The Labour Party candidate for governor in Anambra, Capital Oil boss Ifeanyi Ubah, is clearly disappointed in the election’s outcome (though yet unannounced)– and he is putting his mouth where his money is. Although written off as a tier-2 candidate by pundits, Ubah makes it clear in remarks today that... Read More
“Where did they get the results?”: Scores of women protest in Anambra, dare police to shoot (PHOTOS)
Hundreds of women Sunday marched on the streets of Awka, Anambra State capital, protesting alleged disenfranchisement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the governorship election. The women, most of who are from Idemili North Local Government Area, said they were denied the right to choose their leader due to late arrival of materials... Read More
by Chi Ibe A week ago, we reported the official cancellation of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Test of English for Foreign Learners (TOEFL) in Nigeria – due to “security concerns”. Well, it appears the guys in charge of both at the Educational Testing Service (ETC) were being (very) economical with the truth.... Read More
by Adeola Ademoyo And as a true leader he accepts and takes the responsibility. First, he has not passed the buck. He says literally “throw all the dirt on me… I will take them… it was caused under my watch, I promised, I need to fulfill the promise…” “I think it’s legitimate for them to... Read More
by Tunde Falola Notwithstanding ASUU’s recalcitrance at every turn of the tortuous negotiations, the Jonathan administration had been moderate and considerate, making far-reaching concessions. After a marathon meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan penultimate week over a five-month- old strike that had kept Nigerian students in public universities out of school, the Academic Staff Union of... Read More
by Femi Fani-Kayode What cripples most people is a lack of confidence, conviction, fortitude and faith and worse of all the fear of failure. This is what separates potentially great men and women who end up just being losers and dreamers and those that are the real heroes who end up being covered in the irresistable robes of eternal glory and greatness. ”Do people shape society or does... Read More
by Akan Ido Father ‘U’ Turn, a popular dancehall musician in the 90s died today in Lagos after a long battle with liver disease. The singer, songwriter, radio presenter and recording artiste reportedly died in a medical facility located around the Okokomaiko area of Lagos leaving behind a wife, Ajimoh and five children. Father ‘U’... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Yvonne Nelson is not disappointing her fans with her wardrobe choices. The Ghanaian beauty, wore a blue gown which clung to her body perfectly with the right amount of snips and cut at the back accompanying the dress with a cape and a gold belt and matching gold shoes at the clung to her body... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Its no news that Tiwa Savage’s bachelorette party held yesterday at Reeds in Ikoyi and female celebrities from Emma Nyra, Sasha P, Toolz, Toke Makinwa, Eku Edewor, to Funke Fowler, Fade Ogunro, Tomi Odunsi, Elohor Aisien, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi were there to celebrate with the music star. Not forgetting the male strippers who came... Read More
by Isi Esene The Presidency is clearly not amused by claims allegedly made by the World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francois Marie-Nelly on the number of destitutes in the country. In a statement released this afternoon and signed by Dr. Nwanze Okidegbe, the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, the presidency disputed this assertion describing the... Read More
by Akan Ido Yes, it’s about to go down! Peter ‘Psquare’ Okoye who will be getting married to his son’s mother and logtime lover, Lola Omotayo recently posted this photo on his Instagram page lounging with international football star, Emmanuel Adebayo. Peter Okoye will any moment from now be making his relationship with Omotayo formal... Read More
by Orji Uzor Kalu This is the aspect that bothers me. Sycophancy, praise-singing and hagiography appear to have been institutionalized in our present-day Nigeria. Is it not preposterous to see able-bodied people, including the old, singing and dancing in praise of somebody who has only succeeded in impoverishing his people in the name of leadership?... Read More
by Chiedozie Nmerole “Surely, there is little or nothing we can do about these past events but there is a lot we could, unabatedly, do in the present and future.” Memories of a true story I once heard on the radio are somewhere in my head . I can vaguely recall what day of the... Read More
by Timothy McGrath Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and the big boss of Vatican City. There are plenty of reasons that might get your hackles up. But — so far, at least — Pope Francis seems pretty hip. Either that’s the truth, or he has the world’s greatest public relations firm on... Read More
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by Akan Ido The nineteen member strong Rotimi Amaechi-faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum were in Sokoto yesterday for their second retreat. Six of the members were absent while thirteen of the governors were either present or represented by their state deputy governors. Rivers governor, Amaechi led others at the meeting including the host governor, Aliyu... Read More
The final collation of results of the Anambra elections which held yesterday has been suspended. This is due to the postponement of voting exercise in 65 polling units in Obosi, Idemili North local government of the state. This suspension was reportedly made public by a senior member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the agency... Read More
by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi If we keep eulogising wrongdoings, we will create a cloudy moral environment that will make it extremely difficult for next generation leaders to be wise about noble behaviour and innocent of evil. Greed will trump chivalry. We are living through a period of dramatic changes characterised by extreme erosion of moral... Read More
by J. Lee Grady Gideon Thuranira, editor of Christian Professional magazine, calls these men “churchpreneurs.” They plant churches not because they have a burden to reach lost souls but because they see dollar signs when they fill an auditorium with chairs. 1. It is mixed with occultism. Before Christianity came to Nigeria, people visited witch doctors and sacrificed... Read More
by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Can politics be politics and religion be religion in Nigeria? It is extremely infuriating how religion influences the manner a secular State is being governed in the most non-discretized way. The United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process of checking on human rights situations in the world and the effort put... Read More
by Simon Kolawole Expect the usual Nigerian response: it is because Lamido is opposed to Jonathan; it is because he is in G7; it is because he is a Fulani man; it is because he is from the North. It always works. Are we really ready to fight corruption? Really ready? You would be forgiven... Read More
by Femi Aribisala And then there is the problem of the actual killing of Goliath. Did David kill Goliath with a catapult or did he kill him with a sword? The bible is double-minded, recording two contradictory oral traditions side-by-side. As a result, David killed Goliath twice. Read: Femi Aribisala- David did not kill Goliath... Read More
There are so many arguments about what marriage should be, and most are based on the world we live in today. These arguments have been going on since the beginning of time, but with completely different (and surprising!) issues playing a role. Here’s a look at the transitions and development in views about marriage throughout... Read More
by Akan Ido On Air Personality, Toke Makinwa was spotted at singer and MAVIN first lady, Tiwa Savage’s bachelorette party wearing nothing more than a rolled tissue clipped together at the edges to hold it down. Savage is getting ready to marry her ex-manager fiance, Tunji ‘TeeBillz’ Balogun while Toke Makinwa is looking at tying... Read More
by Muyiwa Adetiba I am thinking more professionally at the stories, or more precisely, at the interviews I missed in my career. A joke went viral in the early days of the GSM which read: ‘What is it that starts at the neck, slides through the breasts, caresses the belly button, and moves across the thighs?... Read More
by Desmond Ovbiagele On a humorous level, my friend narrated the consternation of a certain ‘madam’ whose chosen salary ‘top-up’ was food, and who took offence on a fateful day when her long-suffering employee rejected the dish offered to him as not meeting his taste! A few days ago, I received a phone call from a... Read More
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by Ekerete Udoh It is light of the above that I hereby offer my prognostication and assert that if the north thinks it would wrestle power easily from President Jonathan just because the region believes it is time we had “OUR power back” they are in for a rude awakening. The motivation to dwell on... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Tiwa Savage is a fairy princess but without the magic wand. What does she need a wand for anyway? Her bachelorette party which is currently holding tonight looks almost perfect for the soon to be Mrs. Tee Billz. Dressed in a white lingerie and little wings attached, a tiara with the inscription... Read More
by Jennifer Iyare “I was dying! No one knew this except me.” My walls were hollow, covered with fresh blood. A thumping sound came from my chambers, very faint though, nothing to be compared to the loud beats it made years ago. Back then, the beat would skip and then continue even louder, that was... Read More