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Countdown to 2019: Profile of ‘Jubi’, the Accord Party candidate for Agege Constituency 1
By Isa Isawade Hon Jubreel Ayodeji Abdulkareem was born in Agege almost five decades ago to Alhaji and Alhaja AbdulKareem.…
2019 Elections, Candidates' Profiles
Countdown to 2019: Profile of the AD Lagos guber candidate, Owolabi Salis
High Chief Owolabi Salis, M.Sc., LLB, BL, FCA, CPA, New York Juris Doctor Bar was born in Lagos on March…
2019 Elections, Candidates' Profiles
Countdown to 2019: Profile of the PDP Lagos governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje
Olujimi Kolawole Agbaje, popularly known as Jimi Agbaje or JK, was born on March 2, 1957 in Lagos to late…
Countdown to 2019: Profile of the APC governorship candidate, Sanwo-Olu
By Isa Isawade Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu was born on June 25, 1965 in Lagos Island. He obtained a bachelor’s degree…
Profile of the new Lagos Commissioner of Police, Egbetokun
By Isa Isawade The former Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Kayode Egbetokun, who was appointed on Sunday to replace…
On Lagos’ rising profile
By Nwonah Olubukonla According to recent statistics, about 23 million people inhabit Lagos while about 86 others move into the…
Jonathan’s Rising Profile
By Ben Nanaghan For those who are averse to anything good about President Goodluck Jonathan, for those who openly sponsor…
South Sudan: The rebel who wants to topple Kiir
(Reuters) – On a trip to New York last year, South Sudan’s then Vice-President Riek Machar dismissed fears of a…
Nigerian-Briton in UK brutal murder has drug history
When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by…
CAR’s junta leader to rule by decrees
The Central African Republic’s new strongman, Michel Am-Nondokro Djotodia, announced Monday that he was suspending the constitution and dissolving parliament,…
Profile: The essential Chinua Achebe, father of African literature
by M.J. Smith, Ben Simon Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely regarded as the father of modern African literature, has died…
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Nations Cup: A Moses nearly denied Nigeria by Muslim zealots
Victor Moses has exploded on to the Africa Cup of Nations scene on his debut appearance, the pacey Chelsea winger…
Nigeria: Inside Yemisi Shyllon’s World
BY NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI Engineer Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon’s art garden at his Lagos home reveals his massive love for visual art…
Nigeria’s First Female Chief Justice: A profile
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja With the nomination of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria to the Senate…