by Reuben Daba Aw… So cute. The little girl just can’t believe her eyes.
by Stanley Azuakola N5000 Note Gets New Faces FIRST lady, Dame Patience Jonathan made news last week with her reported rest or admission in a hospital in Germany or Dubai where she went to treat either stomach upset or appendicitis. However, A Pinch can authoritatively reveal that most of what Nigerians heard is false. The... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola This morning, as United States president Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the reactions on Twitter was instant. The president set a record, with approximately 52,757 tweets about him per minute. And what tweets! Some of the reactions put to question a claim... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Whether or not the president cares to divulge his assets to the Nigerian public has been debated about in the media since the now infamous “I don’t give a damn!” comment made almost two weeks ago. In light of Nigeria’s foreign affairs relations, it may have put the country in a somewhat dicey situation, and now,... Read More
by Robert Kuttner Co-founder and co-editor, ‘The American Prospect’ Ten of twelve states that most polls consider to be in play this year are states that Obama carried in 2008. Those would be Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and New Hampshire. The two toss-ups that McCain won are Missouri and... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter is following in the footsteps of the POTUS, Barack Obama, and coming out in favour of gay marriage. “I’ve always thought of it as something that is still holding the country back,” he tells CNN in the interview. “What people do in their own homes, it’s their business.” It... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo New reports indicate that the World Bank could pick its new president as early as April 16 after interviews with the three candidates. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, is scheduled to be interviewed by the 25-person board on April 9, according Bloomberg. The bank has officially confirmed... Read More
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