Tag: barack obama
TICKER: 5 things to watch out for in today’s Obama-Romney debate
The greatest show on earth meets for one last time tonight in the Sunshine State. President Barack Obama and Mitt ...
TICKER: “I’m not voting for Mitt Romney” – Clint Eastwood’s daughter (WATCH)
Despite the fact her dad gave the most memorable speech at the Republican National Convention … Clint Eastwood’s daughter says ...
US presidential debate: 10 best lines from Romney, Obama
by Isi Esene As the November US presidential election draws closer, the two main candidates, President Barack Obama and Mitt ...
7 signs of a dysfunctional company
by Steve Tobak I’ve worked with micromanaging control-freak jerks who were remarkably effective leaders. They united people and accomplished great ...
SNAPSHOT: Did Mitt Romney dye his face brown to get Latino votes?
by Isi Esene There are rumours indicating that the US Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, dyed his face brown during a ...
#GoldTicketGate: “Who are they to question me?” Tinubu lashes back at the PDP
by Isi Esene The former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu maintained that he was invited by the ...
Opinion: We won’t apologise for hope
by Thrity Umrigar Obama’s historic 2008 campaign, and specifically, its confident, affirming chant of “Yes We Can,” not only transformed and ...
Hip-Hop Power: President Obama goes clubbing with Jay-Z and Beyonce in New York
by Isi Esene With $40,000 to spare you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join President Barack Obama in New York ...
Opinion: Someone needs to call Tinubu out on this lie
by Stanley Azuakola Tinubu told a lie. His party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is expectedly standing firmly by ...
“Delusory frenzy, desperate manoeuvring, reprehensible” – PDP lambasts Tinubu over U.S Democratic convention “fraud”
by Stanley Azuakola The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is used to ...
We can’t believe this man will be 70 this November (PHOTO)
by Isi Esene With our gaze constantly fixed on the November #America2012 elections, we can’t help but notice how fit ...
#DieYouPieceOfSh*t: Sixteen-year-old’s tweet at President Obama lands her in trouble
by Stanley Azuakola Remember this tweet: “Someone need to assassinate Obama… like ASAP. #DieYouPieceOFSh*t.” It was tweeted by a 16-year-old ...
“Obama did not personally invite ACN leaders, they came on their own” – US Democratic Party sources
by Isi Esene Contrary to reports last week that the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama personally ...
“This speech is so good…I can’t keep up” – Top 12 swooning tweets on Obama’s DNC speech
by Stanley Azuakola US president Barack Obama made a twitter record this morning when his Democratic National Convention speech spurred ...
Top 10 lines from President Obama’s #DNC2012 speech
by Stanley Azuakola So you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was about you. My fellow ...
“It was about you – you were the change” – Full text of President Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Conference
Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and ...
Olusegun Adeniyi ‘kills’ it today! “The President and his social media friends”
“Your Excellency, I scan the Nigerian media everyday and I also do same for American and British media and I ...
She shines: Michelle Obama’s DNC 2012 speech #ForTheRecords
FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH MADE BY THE FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA, ON TUESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2012 AT THE DEMOCRATIC ...
#NaijaTeamObama? Tinubu, Fayemi to attend US Democratic Party convention
by Stanley Azuakola The US presidential election season is heating up. The Republican party held its convention last week in ...
Nigeria is world’s next economic giant – President Obama
by Isi Esene President Barack Obama yesterday said the progress of Africa is inextricably linked with that of Nigeria, a ...
Julian Assange calls on Obama to “end the witch-hunt” on whistleblowers
by Isi Esene Julian Assange made his first public appearance on Sunday after taking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy about ...
War of the abs: Paul Ryan challenges Barack Obama
by Isi Esene Just when you thought the US presidential campaign couldn’t get any hotter… it does. The question on ...
WATCH: How to be a cool president -Obama-style
by Isi Esene So, no matter what problems we’re facing at home, the world is paying attention to the America’s ...
Terrorist offers 10 camels for Obama, 20 chickens for Hillary Clinton
by Tolu Orekoya Who says terrorists don’t have a sense of humour? In response to the US State Department’s ...
PICTURE: Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich? No, it’s David Cameron vs Angela Merkel
by Tolu Orekoya G8 leaders took time off from trying to save the world from economic meltdown at Camp ...
Twitter Roundup Xtra: A Twitter War between Advisers
It did not even take the full 140-characters to start the great Twitter war on Monday afternoon. In fact, it ...
Twitter Roundup Xtra: Michelle Obama launches Twitter account. Is Patience Jonathan next?
by ‘Ifreke Inyang [@Ifreke] Three days back, we officially welcomed the First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama to Twitter. Although the ...
The Other Friends Podcast
- The Other Friends Podcast: Meet TJ BensonTJ Benson is a speculative fiction writer living in Abuja. His debut short story collection, 'We Won't Fade Into Darkness' was published by Paressia Books and he is publishing his sophomore novel, the Mad House under Masobe Books. He is a teacher of fiction and a runner up for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa […]