Taking a look at the dailies, the screaming headlines and captions were melancholic: ‘Explosions Rock Hafiz Ringim’s House’. ‘Nation’s Democracy under Threat-PDP’, 65-year old Rapes 3-year old. FG’s N74bn CCTV project in jeopardy. There are more. The issues range between acts of corruption, negligence of the Government and man’s inhumanity to man. In his Duties [...]
Just some months after President Jonathan had a fun-filled rendezvous with Nollywood and even promised them three billion naira, that robust friendship maybe hitting the rock as the entire Nollywood is angry with the appointment of the new chairman of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dabo Danjuma, by the federal government. Stakeholders and leading practitioners [...]
Last week, working people celebrated May Day, the international day of working class solidarity. Since 1981, May Day has become a national holiday in Nigeria. That fact in itself is an acknowledgement of the tremendous role played by the working people in the coming into being and the construction of Nigeria. Even when working class [...]
The word ‘love’ and ‘lust’ are used interchangeably these days. There are speculations that you lust after someone before falling in love with that person. AJUMA EDWINA OGIRI takes a critical look at how true this statement is There is much confusion today in understanding the meaning of love. Love and lust have been greatly [...]
For those who had known the fiery petrel, Jamilahh Tangaza’s recent elevation came as little surprise. What was going to be the shocker, for those who were not quite conversant with her larger than life role as chief media anchor for the much traduced FCT Minister Bala Mohammed in recent times, was that the ace [...]
Most guys don’t know the first thing about asking a lady out. ONYEKACHI EKE writes on this issue and gives a few pointers to those who truly want to be a gentleman and snag the woman of their dreams What can be more annoying than a man who doesn’t know when and how to ask [...]
Today we shall consider the amazing story of Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob in the Bible. His life story is climaxed with all manner of trials and eventual divine listings that are the least enviable. To begin with, take a look at these briefs about his early life in which he had a glimpsed [...]
Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was Africa’s best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction. The publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958 not only contested European narratives about Africans but also challenged traditional assumptions about the form and function of the novel. His creation of a hybrid that [...]
Best known as a celebrated novelist and philosophic essayist, Chinua Achebe has other less discussed lives. Here, ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ writes on Achebe’s life as a journalist, poet, publisher and politician He made his name and fortune as a novelist, but Professor Chinua Achebe, who died last Thursday at the age of 82, had tried his [...]
Calling the U.S. Israel’s “greatest friend,” President Barack Obama assured the Middle East ally of his administration’s commitment to Israel’s security while cautioning that the region’s “winds of change bring both promise and peril.” Obama declared common cause with Israel, noting that it was the first stop of the first trip of his second term. [...]
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