by Michelle Rhee Poverty presents huge challenges in our schools. But expectations of academic success for a child should never hinge on the circumstances of his or her birth. A recent ad campaign we launched at StudentsFirst to raise awareness around the weak academic performance of U.S. students compared to their global peers drew all...
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by Wilfred Okiche Iwe is a fitting tribute to the late MC, one brother honoring another. ‘Iwe’ is a popular chant among the Igbos of the South Eastern region of the country. It connotes feelings of rebellion, anger, grief, and sadness and it is to this chant that crossover highlife rave-of-the moment, Flavour N’abania turns...
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by Raheem Oluwafunminiyi In the last couple of weeks, the Presidency via its media inner circle has been having it tough with critics, most especially the hard-nut-to-crack opposition parties, the ‘army of sponsored and self-appointed anarchists’ and also ‘the twittering, pinging, Facebook crowd of the new age’. This tough battle between the President’s men and...
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by Isi Esene The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), led by Olusegun Runsewe, yesterday declared its intention to sue the management of Cosmilla Hotel where Cynthia Osokogu was allegedly murdered by Echezona Nwabufor Okwuomo and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka. The corporation accused the management of the hotel of not complying with laid down processes and...
Read MoreAmuwo Odofin,
assault,
Cosmilla Hotel,
Cynthia Osokogu,
Damian Okoro,
Echezona Nwabufor Okwuomo,
Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka,
Murder,
NTDC,
Olusegun Runsewe,
pictures,
police,
rape
by Dawn Sweeney and Tom Nelson Having access to ample nutritious food is critical to a child’s healthy development, especially as it relates to their physical health, cognition, academic performance, and emotional and social well-being. For the millions of school-aged children heading back to school, having proper nutrition can mean the difference between returning to...
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Ghawar is the reflection of the fact that Nigeria’s economy cannot not be based on oil in 30 years’ time. Ghawar is the largest oil field in the world. It has produced over 60 billion barrels of oil so far. This field alone accounts for about 50 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s daily output of...
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by Adam Hanft Mrs. Obama’s speech deftly wove together the leadership role of the first lady as created by Mrs. Roosevelt, and the culture of introspection, emotion, and confessional drama that was the daily conversation on Oprah’s couch. There were two figures who stood, invisibly but powerfully, behind Michelle Obama as she gave her speech...
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by Sil Lai Abrams Do you love someone so much that your willing to do anything for them, even if it kills you? Anyone who’s read some of my past columns knows that I’m an outspoken critic of the ‘Real Bad Girls Basketball Wives of Atlanta who Love Hip Hop’reality show genre. While I personally can’t...
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by Isi Esene The national publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Lai Mohammed has described the non-performance of the N2.3 billion contract awarded to presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe’s company, Value Trust Limited, by the Benue State Government as an “official endorsement of corruption”. While speaking with newsmen today in Abeokuta, the...
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by Isi Esene Yinka Johnson, the banker who was accused of killing Hammed Balogun, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) last month in Ajah has been re-arraigned on a revised charge of reckless driving as against manslaughter which was earlier considered by prosecutors. At the resumed hearing yesterday, the Police prosecutor,...
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It appears that Christianity is no longer all-embracing, with ‘hugs’ now reserved for card-carrying members of the church club and their well-connected friends. I grew up in a proper Christian home; one in which family prayers were hour-long events that couldn’t be missed (if only for the fear of the promised wrath of God upon...
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by Hauwa Gambo Sadly, even though Governor Kayode Fayemi and Governor-in-Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu are in Charlotte for the United States Democratic National Convention 2012, we will still be unable to vote in their presidential elections. No matter, we were glued to CNN for William Jefferson Clinton’s spectacular speech yesterday – and we present our...
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by Hauwa Gambo As expected, with his almost-60 minutes speech nominating Barrack Obama for a second term Democratic National Congress run for president yesterday, Bill Clinton hit, as CNN’s Wolf Blitzer would say, not just home run but Grand Slam! But what many really paid attention to was the passionate hug between the two men...
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by Stanley Azuakola Right from his first few months in office, one thing the body language of President Goodluck Jonathan made very clear was that he would want to be remembered for his efforts in the power sector. Recent reports also indicate that the president’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party is desperate to see progress...
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by Stanley Azuakola It was the entertainment story everyone was talking about last week — that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had banned singer Wande Coal’s ‘Go Low’ video on Terrestrial TV last week. Everyone had a side and online groups had heated debates on the matter. Well, it turned out that the NBC did not actually ban...
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by Isi Esene Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday, debunked rumours indicating that she’s receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in a London hospital. An online news medium ran a story claiming the minister was admitted in a medical facility using her children’s return to school abroad as the excuse for her absence. It...
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It’s official, Mitt Romney has given the worst speech that the GOP convention has seen in the last 16 years. According to Gallup, Romney’s recent speech at the convention was the worst-received speech of the eight speeches given by nominees since the company began taking the poll in 1996. According to Gallup, only 38 percent...
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by Chi Ibe This evening, the Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operating license of Dana Airlines and as a result, Dana Airline can resume commercial flight operations in Nigeria. The operating license of Dana Airlines was temporarily suspended by the Federal Government following the crash of one of the airline’s aircraft on...
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It’s been six nights since my sleep was disturbed. Five days and I’m still struggling with reality. My heart is sour. I’m sorely grieved. I struggle for the words because the tears won’t let me be. I’ve never been at this point before. Things like this shouldn’t happen till thirty years time or later. But...
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by Akan Ido Armed militants suspected to be Boko Haram members today set the office of a telecoms operator on fire in Maiduguri, Borno State. They are reported to have killed four people and also set nine telecommunications masts ablaze. The North East region of the country has been a theatre of violence for some...
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by Stanley Azuakola Bez is one of Nigeria’s most talented singers. He performed recently at Nigeria’s biggest youth award event, The Future Awards. Today, we bring you a video of another performance by the amazing Bez, this time on Ndani. Ndani sessions are live recordings in which artistes sing without any studio assistance. Watch Bez,...
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by Isi Esene Osalusi Sunday, 24-year-old man, was yesterday arrested while on a robbery operation in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Osalusi, who was disguised as a family masquerade, Sinrinminyin, was apprehended with four other members of his gang by men of the Ekiti State Police Command who were called by a police woman to the scene...
Read MoreAyodeji Obamoyegun,
Deji Owolabi,
Ekiti State,
Masquerade,
Odunayo Kolawole,
Olu Victor Babayemi,
Oluwatosin Adefemi,
Osalusi Sunday,
Peter Akinwale,
police,
Robbery
by Doyin Jaiyesimi Nigerian Idol winner, Yeka Onka, is back with the release of a her new single ‘Ewa ba mi jo’. The song gives you a feeling of dancing in different parts of the world. From Kenya to Jamaica and to the pubs in London, she delivers party pleasers and sure club bangers. Produced...
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by Onoshe Nwabuikwu What has NTA done lately for …ex-footballers? First, I should say this question wasn’t originally asked by me. And it was in the form of a declarative tweet by Obi Asika sometime around June. Asika is an entertainment and sports entrepreneur who runs Storm 360. Of himself, he says he is “focused...
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by Akan Ido Thousands of bare-breasted young Swazi women paraded in front of King Mswati III recently to celebrate chastity and unity, dismissing criticism of the lavish ceremony in one of Africa’s poorest countries. King Mswati III, already has at least a dozen wives and a personal fortune estimated at $200m. In the past, he...
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by Stanley Azuakola The Nigeria Police Force has made another breakthrough in its ongoing investigations into the death of Cynthia Osokogu with the arrest of another suspect, who was in possession of the late Cynthia’s Blackberry Bold 5 (99100 Model) phone, by the Lagos State Police Command. Read: Cynthia Osokogu’s alleged killers recorded rape video...
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by Stanley Azuakola Zambian authorities believe that a Nigerian, George Anyiam-Osigwe, has exported our brand of subsidy fraud to that country. At a time when Nigerians are still coming to terms with the extent of fraud which characterised the subsidy regime in the country, Anyiam-Osigwe has been accused in faraway Zambia of duping the government...
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The sharp increase in the price of bread, one of Lagos’ staple foods, has met with public anger among residents. Popularly called ‘Agege bread’, the price increase ranging from 15 to about 35 percent depending on the size of the loaf, seems to be edging the food beyond the reach of the masses. With the...
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by Stanley Azuakola If the Federal Government and CBN insist on going ahead with the planned introduction of 5,000 naira notes, the backlash might be considerable. Already, there has been mostly negative reactions from TV and online commentators on the new policy. Yesterday in Abuja, members of the Dino Melaye led Anti-Corruption Network defied the...
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MEMBERS of the Taraba State House of Assembly have begun a move to impeach the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, over alleged gross misconduct. The allegations against Danladi were yesterday deliberated upon on the floor of the House. The notice, which was signed by 19 out of the 23 members, accused the deputy governor...
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