The world over, agriculture is on the decline, our education is fading and so on. It is easy to point fingers and blame “the media” for all of this. Last week I was having a discussion with some friends about the death of the toasting and dating social conventions. We spoke about how it... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya After wrangling over the fuel subsidy payments, telling the country that a healthy portion of subsidy funds for 2012 had gone to making back payments for 2011, and the House investigation on the payments, the finance ministry is going ahead to continue the payments that were held up, even as they ring the alarm about the funds allocated... Read More
Frankly, we are only proving true the axiom that Nigerians have short memories. How else can one explain our reckless and irresponsible actions as a nation since 1999, The unfolding scandal of the past week and a half is yet another in a long series of corruption scandals involving key government actors, particularly at... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The presidential meeting between Goodluck Jonathan and Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff bore tentative fruit as Rousseff agreed to visit Nigeria before the year runs out. In the meeting held on Wednesday June 20, Rousseff noted that as the 6th largest economy in the world (they recently overtook the United Kingdom to claim that title), Brazil has... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Popular Nigerian televangelist, megachurch pastor and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) TB Joshua has made a name for himself with seemingly accurate predictions of disasters and deaths, but are his predictions real, or due to clever video editing by his film production crew? The blog TB Joshua Watch, has... Read More
A few weeks ago, Farouk Lawan was the darling of many Nigerians, an example of what legislative powers should be. There are two military characters Hollywood brought to life. Colonel Frank Slade, the blind idiosyncratic war hero in Scent of a Woman, played by Al Pacino; and Colonel Nathan Jessep, the decorated war veteran, who... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The suicide bomber lay bleeding on the hospital gurney, missing his fingers and some of his lower extremities, and his face covered with his own blood. He was being treated at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was taken after the deadly package in his backpack detonated, but died from his extensive injuries... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Embattled Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan sought to kill two birds with one stone yesterday, as he reassured foreign-based Nigerians and took a shot at his home-based critics. Speaking to a cross-section of Nigerians based in Brazil the president asked for the unity of Nigerians across the globe to build the country, and ensure its... Read More
Improve your health with minimal effort Make the shift into exercise and healthy living by checking out our top 10 health tips for lazy people. Getting fit and healthy can sometimes feel like a major effort, but there are many health-boosting changes you can make that won’t feel like such a chore. Build exercise into... Read More
by Chi Ibe Health conscious Habibur Rehman, police chief in Pakistan’s most populous province Punjab, has ordered about 175,000 pot-bellied officers to diet and make sure their waistlines donot exceed 38 inches (96 cm). According the chief’s spokeswoman Nabila Ghazanfar, at least 50 percent of Punjab police are overweight. “I’m on a diet... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The short answer: the scam artists want only the most gullible people to reply their e-mails, because they are the easiest to scam. The words “419”, “Nigerian princes” and “scam e-mails” have become synonymous with Nigeria’s presence on the internet. The scam e-mails have become a popular internet meme, that most people... Read More
by Aminu Sarki So, without doubt there is Boko Haram which aims to establish, according to them, a just social system of governance as they understand it, which path to its establishment is strewn with violence and there is a “Boko Haram” which uses the violence of the authentic sect as a cover for its own violence aimed at psychological... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola In March this year, Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan was in Seoul, South Korea laying the ground work for Nigeria to become another country with nuclear reactors. While in that country, he granted an interview to the Yonhap news agency, in which he said that by June this year, his government would have overcome Boko Haram.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has come out forcefully to condemn those who are criticising President Jonathan for travelling abroad when Nigeria is literally on fire. 24-hour curfews have been imposed on two states –Yobe and Kaduna, tensions between Christians and Muslims are approaching a crescendo, yet the president went ahead with... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesinmi Nigerian R & B singers Chidinma and Praiz are set to feature on the weekly BET Spotlight season finale this week. The show will focus on their music career and forthcoming projects. Chidinma and Praiz were seen as the perfect choice for the ‘Rated Next’ series, as they represent the future of Nigerian music. They both kick-started their music career... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Nigerians are in a heightened state of alertness after several groups have come forward to say that there may be a move to shift the thrust of terrorist attacks to the south of the country. On Wednesday a gardener found the explosive device at Umudo Village Hall, close to Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Obollo,... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Leave it to the BBC to take something as fun as the ‘Azonto’ and give us the history in tw0-and-a-half short minutes. The BBC journalist goes to the heart of Jamestown, in Accra city to find out what made ‘Azonto’ the dance it is today. My only question is, where is the BBC... Read More
by Seyi Lawal What: MTV launches new season of the hit show MTV Meets with MTN. Where: Lagos. When: Sunday June 17, 2012. Photos by Kelechi Silas
by Stanley Azuakola Lagos State doctors, who dragged the state government to the National Industrial Court over their sack by the government, face a dicey situation. The issue at stake: The doctors went to the court, asking it to affirm that they had the right to strike; a right that the government could not discipline... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Factory78tv caught up with Afrobeats artiste/hit maker Dj Zeez at a Smade entertainment event held at Yager bar in central London. The “fokasibe and Bobbie FC” crooner is in the UK touring with SMG’s Sauce kid. In this brief interview Dj Zeez talks about his current Vanilla records,album plans/directions and more importantly... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar has refused to give details of the casualty figure from last Sunday’s reprisal attacks in Kaduna which followed the suicide bombing in three churches. However, he put the number of deaths due to the suicide bombings at 18, with 32 injured. It is... Read More
Of course, every leadership is a product of its citizenry. They do not fall from the skies. It is from amongst us that we ‘elect’ them. Chinedu Anarado The mood pervading the country is quite gloomy. Everyone whose origin can be traced to the geographical entity called Nigeria can be said to be in a somber mood. Indeed, it... Read More
by Chi Ibe Goldie is working round the clock these days. The Big Brother star has released a new music video for her single,’Say my name’. Watch her new video here:
by Tolu Orekoya The explosion of violence in northern cities like Damaturu, Kaduna has caught the attention of the Vatican. In his weekly address, Pope Benedict XVI asked those responsible for the multiple bombings of churches in the north of the country to “stop immediately.” Read on: A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for suicide... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Factory78tv recently caught up with successful and UK based famous gospel artiste and media personality, Muyiwa Olanrewaju lead singer of Muyiwa and River songz. He talked with Adesope about his musical journey, childhood experiences, the collective known as “Muyiwa and River Songz” and finally his upcoming concert at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya After a meeting to discuss the recent bombings in the north of the country, The south-eastern zone branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that that the terrorist sect, Boko Haram has plans to leave its home territory and create instability in the south-east of the country. According to a report... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya For all those Unilag/MAULAG students hoping for a reprieve from the dreaded name change, Senator Enang may have some good news for you. That new logo just might have to be benched for a while because, though the president may say that it is final, but it isn’t absolutely final accourding to the Senate committe Chairman on... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Now that the war on pants has truly been lost (at least in the celebrity sphere) the next declaration has been made: a war on all clothing. Katy Perry donned a sheer body suit at the Much Music Awards, held in Toronto Canada, and left little to the imagination as all her private bits... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Rapper and music mogul Jay-Z has been sued over his much lauded ‘Decoded’ book releasd in 2010. In a lawsuit filed by Patrick White on June 13, the writer claims that the book contained similarities to work he had on his laptop computer that was stolen in 2009. The basis of the suit may be called into question as... Read More
The Central Working Committee for The Future Awards has announced three special-vehicle sector Town Hall Meetings in the month of June – in the build up to August 26, Nigeria’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards 2012. The Town Hall meetings will be hosted by popular culture event Taruwa; Conversations for Change, which is... Read More