Year: 2013
Lagos Airport Robbery: I Got N.5m, Pastor Confesses
Pastor John Ibikunle of the Way of Joy Ministry, Lagos, who was arrested by the police in connection with the…
Nigerians Write Off ‘Fumbling’ F/Eagles
These are wasteful team! This was how some sports loving Nigerians described the Flying Eagles to the just concluded Algeria…
Injured Emenike Back In Training
According to the official website of Spartak Moscow, Nigeria international, Emmanuel Emenike, is gradually recovering from the thigh injury he…
‘Yobo Is Finished’
Proprietor of Cowbell Soccer Academy, Barrister Godwin Dudu-Orumen, has stated in clear terms that skipper of the Super Eagles, Joseph…
Nigeria Can Win U-20 World Cup
Nigeria’s Umar Aminu finished as top scorer of the just concluded African Youth Championship, AYC, in Algeria. He told MTNFootball.com…
Lagos Team Shine In Abuja
Reigning champions, First Deepwater Basketball Club and former champions, First Bank of Lagos won their respective groups to emerge champions…
Driving Offence: Tevez Bags 250hr Community Service
Argentina forward Carlos Tevez has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service for driving while disqualified and without insurance.…
In Celebration Of A Master Carver
By Kunle Ajibade There is an anecdote in this well-produced coffee table book with which I would like to begin…
League of Imams backs amnesty for Boko Haram
League of Imams in North-Central zone of the country on Tuesday expressed support for amnesty for the Boko Haram sect…
Study: Diabetes linked with low sleep hormone levels
A decrease in levels of the sleep hormone melatonin has been linked to an increased risk of adult onset diabetes,…
Messi injury highlights PSG-Barca draw
Blaise Matuidi’s goal deep in stoppage time earned Paris Saint Germain a deserved 2-2 draw in in their Champions League…
Police Quiz Ekiti ACN chairman over murder allegation
The Police in the Nigerian western state of Ekiti on Tuesday invited the Chairman of ACN in the state, Chief…
Shot Man Seeks N200m From Nigerian Navy
Jamiu Yisa An operation manager with Yusmed Oil and Gas Company, Atom Zaga, who was shot by unidentified naval personnel…
Nigeria: 6776 applicants scramble for 200 jobs
To underscore the acute unemployment in Nigeria, no fewer than 6,776 job-seekers have been short-listed for 200 job positions at…
Man, 62, Beaten To Death During Forceful Eviction
A 62-year old man, Sunday Uche Michael, has allegedly been beaten to death at Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. At…
Police Parade Seven Airport Robbers
The Lagos State Police Command today paraded seven suspected armed robbers said to have carried out the robbery attack on…
Shell To Shut Plundered Nigeria Oil Pipeline
Shell plans to temporarily shut a key oil pipeline in southern Nigeria later this month to repair damage caused by…
Dana Air Crashes Fares
Dana Air has crashed fares on its Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route to N15,300, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday, as…
NFF Holds Exams For FIFA Agents Thursday
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF will on Thursday in Abuja hold the first examination of the year for prospective FIFA Players’…
Achebe: A Non-Romantic View
By Ibrahim Bello-Kano There is no doubt that Chinua Achebe, who died last week in the United States after a…
Achebe Died When Biafra Dream Died
Captain Elechi Amadi, the great author, school mate to the late Chinua Achebe at Government College, Umuahia, spoke to OKAFOR…
How Achebe Rose To Stardom
Odia Ofeimun, poet, literary critic and socio-political commentator, in this interview with ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE, appraises the life and writings of…
The Media And Achebe’s Death
Hours after he passed on, the name Chinua Achebe became the buzz on traditional and social media around the world…
Chinua Achebe: A Writer And A Half And More
By Akin Adesokan He sits there in the front row, looking baffled by the effusion of encomiums falling all around…
Achebe And I
By Nduka Otiono No one who met the venerable Chinua Achebe–in flesh and blood or in his writings–would ever forget…
The Achebe I Knew -Ex-Classmate
Mabel Segun, a writer, apart from being born the same year as the late Professor Chinua Achebe, was in the…
Omotoso: The Essential Of Achebe
Avuncular is the easiest word that comes to mind for me in describing Chinua Achebe, who has joined his ancestors.…
Where Achebe Erred -Tanimu Abubakar
Professor Tanimu Abubakar, teacher of Comparative Literature at the Ahmadu Bello University, tells FEMI ADI where the late Professor Chinua…
Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws?
By Niyi Osundare Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive…
Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…