The coast is now clear for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to visit to the United States following the issuance of a visa to him. It was learnt that Atiku had received the visa…
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of FBN Holdings Plc (FBNH) and its primary operating company, First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) to Positive from Negative and affirmed the IDRs at ‘B-‘. Fitch has…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dangote Foundation, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, Access Bank and the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA) organised a community outreach in various parts of Lagos, charging residents in…
Luciamo Morse works for a Brazilian oil company and lives in Lagos. He has been living in the city he describes as a nice place to get by since 2013. See his Lagos story in the video.
Residents arrest suspected armed robber with toy gun in Lagos (Nation) A suspected armed robber who attempted to rob a business woman in front of her house at Ojota, Lagos, was arrested by residents of the street after the woman…
On Friday, September 22, 2017, I met and spoke with, for the first time, Ikeogu Oke, one of three poets shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature the same year. Others were Ogaga Ifowodo and Tanure Ojaide. Three of them…
A woman’s body is a real piece of art; face, boobs, waist, hips, legs. One female form is different from the other, just as our thumb prints are different. It’s no wonder the world is obsessed with women’s bodies because…
When it’s personal, remembrance has a poignant sting. But without a shared sense of urgency, public memory can fade. Tomorrow marks World Aids Day, traditionally a time to remember the tragic human cost of HIV and Aids. While a hard…
My heart goes out to the families of the slain gallant soldiers in Metele, Borno State, north east, Nigeria. I feel obligated to write this essay because my late father, David Ebiye Onyibe, was a soldier. As such, l have…
-Says Muslims and Christians can flourish together In 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther returned home to Yoruba land (now part of modern-day Nigeria). Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and sold to European slave traders who were bound…
