by Stanley Azuakola In times of illness, a little goodwill goes a long way. That must have been the reasoning of some state governors who were in Germany recently and thought they could visit Nigeria’s first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, currently hospitalised in that country. However, her husband and Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan seemed to...
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Since last week, the Arab world has been rocked by protests over a 14 minute trailer for a film called ‘Innocence of Muslims’ on YouTube, depicting the Prophet Mohammed in the worst possible light. Angry Muslims protesting outside the US embassy in Benghazi, Libya got violent and attacked the building, killing the US ambassador in...
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by Demola Rewaju When analysts say that all the AD governors were deceived by Chief Obasanjo in 2003, they forget that it was Bola Tinubu who forced the hand of Pa Adesanya’s Afenifere into supporting the general’s second term ambition. One of the most politically fascinating stories in the Bible (the holy book of Christians)...
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by Isi Esene The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday released Nigeria’s second quarter economic report which indicated a growth of 6.28 per cent reportedly buoyed by the non-oil sector of the economy. This figure represents an improvement on the first quarter economic figures which put the country’s GDP growth at 6.17 per cent....
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by Isi Esene Gunmen in Kano yesterday attacked and killed an intelligence officer attached to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) in the Hotoro area of the city. Also killed in the attack was his wife, three-year old daughter, and physically challenged younger brother. The gunmen were said to have arrived at his...
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by Jonathan Berman “There are children starving in Africa. Eat your peas.” Surely I am not the only person whose first impressions of Africa were shaped along these lines. Whether it was your mother excoriating you about wasting food or an advertisement for Oxfam showing malnourished babies, the earliest impression of Africa many of us have...
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by Stanley Azuakola When pension problems are discussed in Nigeria, the predominant account is of the poor, suffering pensioner standing under the sun or in the rain, waiting to be paid. It’s not everyday one hears that a former deputy governor is also being owed her due. But that is exactly the case in Lagos,...
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by Isi Esene Reports have it that wealthy Nigerians have spent about N1.05trillion on the purchase of private jets in the past five years. Aviation sources say the trend is encouraged by the benefits derived from purchasing private jets by high-net-worth individuals who seek privacy, security, and the removal of unnecessary delays which hinder the...
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by Adefenwa Adeniyi Adeshina “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”.~Plato The highest form of naivety and ignorance is refusal to participate in politics, and by so doin allowing those that get into political offices to ruin Nigeria and if it continues,...
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This isn’t one of those “let’s-hate-on-all-the-men” articles; this is a piece that seeks to shed light on the experiences of the present day, average, Nigerian woman. The Banker. The Writer. The Housewife. There is a chord that binds us all together, a chord that we share, first as women, then as anything else the society...
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by Chris Barnes We all know that toothpaste helps keep your smile clean and cavity-free. But did you also know that you can use it around the house? Here are my favorite new uses for toothpaste. NOTE: Just remember, these all work best with the traditional toothpaste, not the gel varieties. Never try any of...
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by Jude Egbas Alright, I am done with being a Government critic—that line of work is not altogether lucrative any more. It has never been lucrative, anyway. I have sold out completely (apologies to all those I may have disappointed with this rare act of ‘turn-coatism’.That sounded Obahiagbonish, right?). My hands are up right now...
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by Omoigbo We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves – Goethe I woke to the ‘momentous’ news earlier this week that the Lagos state government, through the ‘good’ office of its Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, intends to introduce Mandarin teaching –and speaking- into its public school curriculum. When I read further that she...
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President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that he is presently preoccupied with serious governance and warned politicians not to distract him with politics of 2015, saying the next general elections in year 2015 was still three years away. The president, who spoke, yesterday, in Lagos through his Senior Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr....
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by Stanley Azuakola The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, had an announcement for all those already filling the airwaves with talks of 2015: Stop distracting me because I’m busy being president. Jonathan said that he is presently preoccupied with serious governance and would not want talks of an election which is still three years away,...
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Action Congress of Nigeria on Sunday demanded clarification from the Presidency over the whereabouts and health status of Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan. While Patience is said to be hospitalised in a German hospital, the Presidency said “she was only away to take a ‘moment’s rest’ given that she has not taken a rest...
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by Stanley Azuakola The last time President Jonathan handed out national honours in 2011, the biggest hitch during the event was the shortage of medals to decorate the recipients. The medals were not enough, even though the presidency compiled the list itself and knew how many Nigerians were expected to be honoured that day. This...
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by Isi Esene Scarcity of petroleum products is slowly creeping into Lagos and other south-west states due to the vandalization of the Arepo distribution pipeline which supplies products to depots in these states. The scarcity will affect Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and Ondo States because petroleum products from the Atlas Cove jetty is normally conveyed...
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More details were revealed Friday about the man who shot at Anchorage police officers a day earlier, causing dozens of officers to descend, closing a major thoroughfare and forcing SWAT teams to evacuate a motel. Heavily tattooed Jason Barnum, 37, was arraigned on one count of attempted murder in the first degree and two counts...
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Kate Middleton continues her reign as style queen as she tours through Southeast Asia with Prince William, part of Queen Elizabeth’s ongoing Diamond Jubilee celebration. The newly minted Duchess of Cambridge brought to mind another stunning royal during a stop at the Assyakirin Mosque in Malaysia on Sept. 14, 2012. Dressed in a light grey...
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Google said on Friday that it would not comply with a White House request to reconsider the anti-Islam video that has set off violent protests in the Arab world in light of its rules banning hate speech on YouTube, which it owns. Google said it had already determined that the video did not violate its...
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After months of speculation and a rotating roster of bold-faced names, “American Idol” has finally made its decision. Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban will be joining Mariah Carey at the judges table for season 12, and veteran host Randy Jackson will fill out the fourth slot, Fox announced Sunday. Minaj, 29, and Urban, 44, will...
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Despite a chilling confession, a West Virginia jury acquitted David Mitchell of raping and murdering an 83 -year-old woman two decades ago, leaving him free to continue his reign of sexual perversion from the Appalachians to Central Park. The shocking 1990 acquittal came after jurors heard Mitchell’s graphic account of his brutal assault on an...
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When First Lady Michelle Obama stepped onto the stage of the Democratic National Convention wearing a pink silk jacquard Tracy Reese confection, nobody was more surprised than the designer. “When she walked out, we found out,” Reese told the Daily News last week. “We were still at work preparing for my show, and we all...
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A 45-year-old woman was fighting for her life after her husband stabbed her in the neck inside their Brooklyn home early Saturday, cops said. The woman was knifed twice near her throat during an argument with her husband, Rafael Serda, 48, inside their East New York home around 1:30 a.m., police said. The wounded woman...
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Facebook status update: already married — twice. A Washington man pleaded guilty to bigamy after his wife learned he was married to a second woman by looking at Facebook’s “people you may know” notification. The second woman’s profile picture showed her with the first bride’s husband standing near a wedding cake. Alan O’Neill, a 42-year-old...
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by Isi Esene The first pictures of the Egyptian born US man who is suspected to be behind the amateur movie considered to be in bad taste by followers of Islam have been released. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, is reported to be at the center of the probe into the amateurish movie “Innocence of Muslims,”...
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Venus and Serena Williams started out supporting a documentary that told their life story but now that they have realized that the movie paints a negative picture of their father,Richard Williams, they have withdrawn their support. Until recently, the Williams sisters had the intention of appearing on the red carpet at the movie’s premier at...
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Chris Brown’s Fortune Album It appears that a group of morality vigilantes in the UK haven’t forgiven Chris Brown for the domestic dispute he had with his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Several copies of Chris Brown’s Fortune album have been labeled with a sticker saying “WARNING – Do not buy this album! This man beats women” in HMV stores...
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Last month on Kim Kardashian’s reality show, Kanye West told Kim he’d buy her a new wardrobe if she promised to trash her old clothes. “[You’re] getting on best dressed lists now,” he told her as he sifted through her new wardrobe. Ironically, West’s fate for his girlfriend’s fashion sense is heading in the opposite...
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