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Literary Icon, Gabriel Okara, dies at 97

Ariyike — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:18:52 +0000

One of Nigeria’s foremost writers, poets and novelists, Dr Gabriel Okara, has passed away. Okara, who is from Boumadi, Bayelsa State, died at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa, in the evening of Sunday, March 25, 2019. The deceased, who died at the age of 98, was the life patron of the Association of Nigerian […]

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Hand of God? Bangladeshi’s Messi drawing comes to live! (Photos)

Ariyike — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:09:12 +0000

A young Bangladeshi architect has earned fame after his digital drawing of footballer Lionel Messi was matched in real life six years later. Suhas Nahian’s 2013 artwork shows Messi dribbling past a group of players in green and white, leaning his head forward as one of the defenders grabs his red-and-blue Barcelona jersey. Could this […]

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Why #ThisIsMyHustle Is Trending In Nigeria

Ariyike — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:21:34 +0000

A hashtag called #ThisIsMyHustle started trending in Nigeria in mid-March after Sadiq Abubakar, 30, a small business owner from Abuja, organized a Twitter chat for his entrepreneur friends. “I said, ‘Let’s do a hashtag and let the world know what we do,” he says. “Young Nigerians are very determined to succeed. What we hear about […]

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The Catholic Church does not support IVF, says Fr. Nnemeka

Ariyike — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:21:31 +0000

To my utter disbelief, the parish priest of St. Cyprian Catholic Church, Oko-Oba, Agege, Rev. Fr. Augustine Nnemeka, has said it is wrong for members of the Catholic Church to go for In Vitro Fertilisation in order to have children. Why? Because “the Church does not permit all these genetic engineering.” Jesus. May we be […]

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Censors Board Raises Young Ambassadors Against Hate Speech

Ariyike — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:12:37 +0000

Nigeria has been drifting apart. Hateful speeches and comments have become a social media thrill. Youths take to social media to join in the fun, scorning and reveling in bringing people down, even in their misfortunes. For this and more, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) recently engaged youths in Lagos, in a […]

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Model discovered on her way from Church becomes First Nigerian Model to Walk for Louis Vuitton

Ariyike — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:12:43 +0000

Nigerians have been making remarkable strides in the global fashion scene both as models and designers and 16-year-old female model Janet Jumbo is no exception as she has become the first Nigerian to walk for renowned high fashion brand Louis Vuitton. The budding model hails from Rivers state Nigeria and was born and brought up […]

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Adesua Etomi on the cover of Vogue Magazine

Ariyike — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:58:04 +0000

Adesua is on fire! The delectable actress joined other phenomenal women across the world to feature on the front cover of Vogue Magazine’s latest issue, and we are so proud! Taking to her Instagram page, the actress expressed how elated she feels to be given such an honour. She wrote: Nigeria to the world.🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 I’m […]

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12 Books That Will Get You Through Your 30s, No Matter Where They Take You

Ariyike — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:02:35 +0000

There is no universal 30s experience. For some people, the decade is all about starting a family and picking a forever home. For others, it’s an era of reinvention, that period in your life when you figure out who you want to be. No matter where in life turning 30 takes you, the decade provides […]

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These Igbos….oh Lord! | Sayo ‘Munachimso’ Aluko

Sayo — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:53:01 +0000

A shocking fact has been shocking me steady since I got to know about it few weeks ago. See, for some months now, I’ve been hearing a lot of China. It’s election and campaign season, and being a person who works around government, incumbents and aspirants, I’ve had to live and get accustomed to the […]

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Aare orilede America nigbakan ri George Bush ti ku

Kolly_Moore — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:09:41 +0000

Aare Orilede America nigbakan ri George Herbert Walker Bush ti ku. Gege bi atejade ati afihan ti ikan ninu awon molebi re se, o so wipe nkan bi ago mewa ale ana ni ologbe na je Olorun ni ipe. Omo re , eni ti oun na je Aare orilede America na ri se atejade kan […]

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