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Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws?

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13 years ago

By Niyi Osundare Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive…

Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction

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13 years ago

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…

Paying For Achebe’s Snub

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13 years ago

By Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo Like everyone else, I am saddened by the death of Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s greatest minds.…

Achebe Is Africa’s Shakespeare

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13 years ago

By Festus Ayayi I knew Chinua Achebe in the early 80s when he was President of Association of Nigerian Authors…

Curtain-Call For The Eagle

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13 years ago

By Tunde Olusunle Over the years, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo and I have had the good fortune of regularly hosting a good…

The Passing Of A Literary Troubadour

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13 years ago

By Wale Okediran Like many Nigerian students, who offered Literature in secondary school, I first met Achebe on the pages…

Chinua Achebe – The Icon, The Legacy

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13 years ago

By Akuna Ejim “Things fall apart and the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…” This refrain…

Ethnic Violence Kills 19, Displaces 4,500

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13 years ago

Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some…

Tinubu: Celebrating A Consummate Bridge Builder

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13 years ago

By Wahab Alawiye-King On Friday 29th March, the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and two time…

Is PDP Armada Sinking?

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13 years ago

By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi There is this Yoruba idiom that says ‘Akuko Ko; which literally translates to: ‘a cock has…

Nigerians More Receptive To Laser Surgery

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13 years ago

Nigerians are opting for laser surgery as an alternative to open surgery in the treatment of glaucoma. Dr. Magdalene Ajani,…

Guard Charged With Burgling Bank

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13 years ago

A night security guard employed by a bank in Lagos to protect the bank has allegedly burgled the same bank…

Suspected Tax Certificate Forgers Remanded

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13 years ago

The police at Ajah Division, Eti-Osa, Lagos southwest, Nigeria have arrested two suspects, Ide Christopher Idornigie, 39, and Ejim Moses,…

PDP Crisis: OBJ Shuns Journalists

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13 years ago

Former president and former Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who hosted…

Ekiti Dep Gov Not On Life Support Machine —Ojudu

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13 years ago

Senator Babafemi Ojudu has debunked the rumour making the rounds that the ailing Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Funmilayo…

Abuja Blast Caused By Gas Cylinder Explosion —Police

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13 years ago

The police said the blasts which rocked a very busy and popular area of Karu, one of the satellite towns…

‘My Oga At The Top’ Civil Defence Man Redeployed

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13 years ago

Mr. Shem Obafaye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Lagos Commandant, who popularised the ‘My Oga At the…

My Dad’s Friend Raped Me 5 Times

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13 years ago

A 10-year old girl (name withheld) who lives at Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has alleged that her…

Achebe: Death Of The Storyteller

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13 years ago

Chinua Achebe dies at 82, leaving behind a body of works that assures his place in world literature The news…

Fanfare As Lagos Holds Colourful Carnival

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13 years ago

It was fanfare on Monday as the Lagos State Government staged a colourful carnival to celebrate Easter. The event, held…

In Picture: When a baboon yawns

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13 years ago

A baboon yawning surely presents an awesome sight: the animal does it ‘in full’, without inhibitions. This baboon was caught…

Obasanjo reconciles PDP factions

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13 years ago

Members of the various PDP factions in the western Nigerian state of Ogun on Monday, held a closed-door reconciliatory meeting…

Patience Jonathan not ill, says media aide

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13 years ago

Special Assistant to the wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked rumours on her state of health. Ayo Osinlu,…

Osun State workers set for warning strike

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13 years ago

Public servants in the western Nigerian state of Osun will on Tuesday begin a four-day warning strike to press home…

Study: Eating fish linked with longer life

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13 years ago

A new study by scientists in the United States has confirmed the benefits of eating seafood with omega 3 fatty…

Top aide of Libya’s PM kidnapped

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13 years ago

Gunmen posing as security personnel kidnapped a top aide of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, just hours after the premier…

5 petrol thieves arrested in Lagos

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13 years ago

Five petrol thieves, who siphon fuel from the pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, have been arrested in Lagos.…

Nigeria’s flood victims reject $20 compensation

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13 years ago

Victims of the 2012 flood disaster in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi have rejected the offer of N3, 000, about…

FG to build 100 Almajiri schools

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13 years ago

Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo has said the Federal Government will establish 100 “Almajiri” Special Schools across the nation as…

Fayose dreams comeback as Ekiti state governor

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13 years ago

Ahead of next year’s governorship election in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, former governor Ayo Fayose of PDP has…

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