Year: 2013
INEC And Anambra Supplementary Election
By Michael Jegede Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, at the end of a meeting…
Iyayi: Tribute To A Colossus
By DenjaYaqub Exactly 25 days after the death of one of our most unswerving leaders, Baba Omojola, whose burial proceedings…
How I Survived Breast Cancer —Abimbola Fashola
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola, has narrated how she escaped the dreaded breast cancer. Speaking at a…
Nigerian Gangsters Jailed 36 Years In UK
Two Nigerian members of a deadly drug gang in the United Kingdom have been jailed by a court in west…
On Patrol With Hisbah, Kano’s Morality Police
Six men in green uniform stand in the back of a pick-up truck in northern Nigeria’s biggest city, on the…
Yakasai, Zorro Laud Defection Of PDP Governors To APC
Notable Nigerians have continued to laud the defection of aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors to the All Progressives Congress,…
50,000 Ethiopian workers in Saudi Arabia sent home
Ethiopia has flown home over 50,000 citizens in Saudi Arabia after a crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich state,…
Nasarawa APC Loses Members To PDP
You lose some, you gain some…Twenty-four hours after five PDP governors, 3 former governors, senators and House of Representatives abandoned…
A Peek Into A Warrior’s Diary
By Adebayo Lamikanra Almost 44 years after the end of the Nigerian Civil War, there are so few eye witness…
Silent Assembly
A church convention for the deaf holds in Benin City Two of the three auditoriums were packed with people numbering…
Nollywood At 20
As Nollywood celebrates two decades, questions are raised about when the movie industry really started Nollywood is not only the…
Residents’ Registration Is Not For Taxation Purpose
Ms Olayinka Fashola, Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of Lagos State Residents’ Registration Agency, LASRRA, recently spoke with journalists on the…
My Professorship And Stage Performance
Victor Uwaifo, a renowned musician with several evergreen hits like Joromi, Araba Dey, Guitar Boy; tells JETHRO IBILEKE how he…
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The Jonathan Police Force
With its unfettered crackdown on the opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigeria Police is making a passable imitation of…
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Anambra Poll: APC Set For Protest At INEC, Dares Police
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced it will stage a peaceful procession to INEC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday…