Full Text: President Buhari’s 2021 New Year Message To Nigerians
NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We […]
2020 IN NIGERIA: A MUSEUM OF BROKEN HEARTS
Toyin Falola The University of Texas at Austin Nigeria is a polygamous home Where wives are from strange clans And their children grow to become orphans That were adopted by a polygamist father Who’d just gone out to have more concubines. The daughters sold for peanuts at a very tender age, Die […]
Dangote Broke My Heart In 1000 Pieces- Lady Alleges
A lady identified as Bea Lweis has revealed that she dated Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. She took to her Instagram page on New Year’s eve to recount how the billionaire “broke my heart in 1000 pieces” long after their romantic adventure. The 33 year old lady – with the Instagram handle(@Iambealewis said the business […]
Grandeur Exit of a Meteor
Dieudonne Kwetcha Ngnoumen (Donnie) former Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Nigeria Plc has been buried in his native Cameroun. He was 76 years old when he passed away on June 15, 2020, in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Douala, Cameroon on July 14, 1943, to Thomas and Tchangha Ngnoumen. From a young age, Donnie […]
OF AFRICA, ON NIGERIA: JONATHAN HAYNES ON NOLLYWOOD FILM CULTURE
BIOGRAPHY Jonathan Haynes taught English at Long Island University for many years. He also worked at various universities in the United States, Egypt, Ghana, and Germany. Likewise, for more than three years, he was an American Fulbright scholar in some federal universities in Nigeria, cutting across almost all the geo-political zones. His academic interests are […]
CAPPA Hails ICC Decision to Investigate War Crimes in Nigeria …. Demands Probe Extension to Lekki Killings
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the International Criminal Court (ICC) for concluding a decade-long preliminary investigation into crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed by Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces, to pave way for full investigation to commence. The ICC Office of the Prosecutor had made the announcement […]
Davido Tweets About Quitting Music After Clash With Burna Boy
Afro-pop singer, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has sparked a train of reactions on Twitter after posting that he will quit music. “I go leave this music for una,” Davido tweeted on Monday. The signer is yet to reveal why he is considering quitting music but sources said it may not be unconnected with the […]
COVID-19: We Will Evaluate Vaccines Before Giving It To Nigerians- NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it will evaluate vaccines before administering them to Nigerians. The NMA president Prof. Innocent Ujah made this known during an interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily “If the vaccines come to Nigeria, we need to quickly do our own evaluation of that vaccine,” he said, “I cannot say with […]
Popular Business Coach Ubong King Is Dead
Nigerian business coach and motivational speaker, Ubong King is dead.. King was said to have passed on from COVID -19 complications on Sunday. His death was confirmed by his wife in a Facebook post on Sunday “This is an open post to everyone just to respond to all who have tried to reach me that […]
A Nation In Search Of Vindication By Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah
Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death: Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who said: “For Jerusalem (Nigeria’s sake), I will not be silent until her vindication shines forth like the dawn…..No more shall people call you forsaken, or your land desolate, but you shall be called my delight and your land espoused.” […]
