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Onyeka Nwelue cries for financial help after car accident but meets mass hostility

Damilola J. Oladeji — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:27:32 +0000

Being poor is not the prerequisite for help to be rendered. And there is nothing wrong with helping the rich. It’s been a while now that news broke. Onyeka Nwelue, popular author and Nigerian cultural entrepreneur, was involved in a car accident. The filmmaker, professor and author is best known for his novel The Abyssinian Boy, which was published when […]

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Are we really going to treat Osinbajo’s daughter’s marriage like yet another religious tussle?

Damilola J. Oladeji — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:17:23 +0000

Nigerians, una own always dey too much. Evidence abounds that Kiki Osinbajo is not getting married to Muslim. We may not like Osinbajo’s complicit role in Nigeria’s current mess. In fact, nobody is still seeing a messiah in Aso Rock. We all know that Osinbajo, for all of his valiant efforts, may just be another […]

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Test

Rachel — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:20:45 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a test! No cause for control, everything is under alarm.

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Little Beginnings, Lofty Ends: I now make N150,000 monthly selling akara – says this amazing Nigerian widow

Sayo — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:07:49 +0000

This story of this amazing woman teaches us one thing, and that is – despise little beginnings at your peril. Don’t wait until it’s huge before you commit your all! A widow in her early 50s and a mother of four, Fatima Abdullahi, has found succour in selling beans cake popularly known as “akara”. Rather […]

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1.2 mllion register for 2018 UTME |Will half be admitted?

Sayo — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:29:27 +0000

As figuratively encouraging these numbers of registrants sound, especially considering the rot and distractions of “wanting blow”, quick money, fast life, and the likes that badger the attention of the average Nigerian youth, what actually bothers is the question posed to our common consciousness right now – like, are our tertiary institutions equipped to accommodate […]

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Deji Tinubu buried in Lagos today | May his soul rest indeed

Sayo — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:12:51 +0000

The remains of Deji Tinubu, Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Commerce and Industry was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos. Tinubu slumped and died last Thursday while playing a novelty football match in Epe, during the retreat of the Lagos State Executive Council. Earlier, a funeral service […]

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Ambode aide, Deji Tinubu, slumps, dies.

Sayo — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:34:25 +0000

The sting of sudden death remains an inexplicable hollow about life. This loss is a huge one to Lagos state and Nigeria in general. The Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Commerce, Deji Tinubu, is dead. It was gathered that Deji, who was the former Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, died late on […]

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Obasanjo vs Buhari: when two elephants fight, it is the ground that suffers

Akin VoGg — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:10:25 +0000

– Obviously, a lot has happened since baba was ‘busy’ with his phD programme, and he should have asked to be properly briefed before writing and posting his letter. – …briefed by who? – By his aides nau. Or those who knew what the government has been up to. – My brother, no be this […]

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Nigeria’s Aisha Buhari tweets because she can: The Queen and A Chess Game of Political Gambles

Damilola J. Oladeji — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:51:16 +0000

Anyone who thinks this kingdom; the one constituted by our Political Area Father – Muhammadu Buhari himself – is divided against itself, must be daydreaming! Aisha Buhari is a queen and she will fight tooth and nail to protect her king. “Oh, but she shared videos of Senator Bruce and Misau criticising the cabal!” you […]

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Do NOT let Trump tell you your country is a shithole!!!

Bucky Hassan — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:51:08 +0000

I look at some people rushing to agree their country (and continent) is a ‘shithole’, and I simply shake my head. There is a lot both right and wrong with the West, but even a homeless person sleeping in their car after losing their home, with no healthcare, children in crumbling inner city schools, afraid […]

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