‘Celeb Living’, MTV Base’s new show will take fans behind the doors of their favourite Nigerian celebrities. A statement from the company said the show to be anchored by its VJs Folu Storms and Ehiz, will take viewers all over…
Another OAU lecturer in sex-for-mark scandal (Punch)
A lecturer at the accounting department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Richard Akindele, is in the eye of the storm over the release of a telephone conversation between him and one of his female students where the…
This is why Olawunmi Boyede loves Lagos
Olawunmi Boyede has many reasons to love Lagos. One such reason is that he was able to set a new world record in the reading aloud marathon by an individual in Lagos. Want to know the other reasons? Find out…
China-made brain pacemaker brings hope to Parkinson’s patients (ChinaDaily)
Nearly 10,000 Chinese patients have received deep brain stimulation surgery since the first China-made brain pacemaker was implanted in a patient’s brain in November 2009. “Deep brain stimulation surgery has become an important method to treat the patients suffering from…
Kene Mkparu: Turning Lagos to a big screen
When Kene Mkparu returned to Lagos in 2008 from his sojourn in London, it was to a city with little or no cinema culture and even fewer big screens. Now the story of cinema in Lagos cannot be written without…
Niniola, Skales, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Naeto C, others have a chat on MTV Base’s Musicology
In the past decade Nigerian music has enjoyed a meteoric rise and we have gone from creating music solely for local consumption to becoming the largest export of African music which currently is at an overwhelming demand across the world.…
Ayo Adebanjo: The man and his politics
When friends, family and political associates gather in Ijebu-Ogbo, Ogun State today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, they will be honouring a radical and progressive politician, a lawyer, elder statesman, a patriot, and a nationalist of…
Stretched Terrains art project leaves for DaK’Art in Senegal tomorrow
The Goethe-Institut Nigeria mobile residency set to take artists to Dak’Art in Dakar, Senegal will hit the road from Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow, April 10. Goethe-Institut Nigeria Director, Friederike Moschel, said at a press conference in Lagos Monday that the project…
We’ve degraded militancy, Badoo groups in Lagos – CP
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, Monday said the activities of the dreaded Badoo Cult Group hitherto prevalent in Ikorodu axis of the state as well as militancy especially along the riverine communities have been degraded. An Alausa statement…
Gates, Obi and the Nigerian Development Imperatives – Esin Suji
Two of the acknowledged hallmarks of effective leadership are the ability and courage to identify and harness available human and material resources or assets to fulfil its mission, role or mandate – and these assets include constructive criticisms designed to…