There has been nothing in recent memory like the build up to Nigeria’s first match at the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Football is Nigeria’s greatest unifier: when it is football, our compatriots drop all ethnic, religious…
June 12: 25 years of Darkness & Military retaliation: Nigerians open your eyes – Dupe Onitiri-Abiola ( Chief Mrs)
First, I will like to give all Glory to THE MOST HIGH GOD ALMIGHTY. In all things, at all times, HE is forever to be Praised. Twenty-five years of JUNE 12, is like staying in deep darkness with continuous severe…
Hope is a scarce commodity in Ema Edosio’s “Kasala” – Toni Kan
Director: Ema Edosio Film title: Kasala Year of release: 2018 Reviewer: Toni Kan Oscar winner, Antoine Fuqua, began his film career making music videos, so did Spike Jonze. Here in Nigeria, Ema Edosio has plied the same trajectory parlaying an…
Nigeria is among 92 Countries without policies on Paternity Leave – UNICEF (Independent)
Nigeria is among 92 countries with high infant populations, but do not have national policies in place which ensures new fathers get adequate paid time-off with their newborn babies, a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has shown. The…
Emem Isong’s brother, Anietie Isong, shortlisted for UK’s biggest literary prize fund
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards have been announced by The Society of Authors, with Nigerian writer Anietie Isong, amongst the 22 shortlisted names. The four prizes will be awarded at The Authors’ Awards…
Nigeria signs 3 agreements with Morocco
The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday in Rabat, Morocco, signed three agreements, which includes a regional gas pipeline that will see Nigeria providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco…
Contempt Orders: First Bank clears the air
First Bank has released a comprehensive and extensive statement four days after Honourable Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, granted a motion in SUIT NO: FHC/L/NRJ/1/2018 committing the Chairman and Managing Director of FirstBank of…
Funke Opeke: Woman in the room full of men
Funke Opeke’s vision to run a 7,000-kilometre undersea high capacity submarine cable from Portugal to Lagos, Nigeria seemed unachievable, downright ambitious and perhaps even ridiculous but no one and nothing could stop her from making it happen. So, today, MainOne…
Buhari vs OBJ – The Battle line is drawn – Magnus Onyibe
There is hardly any fairly educated person that’s not familiar with the wise crack: ‘He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.’ The fight that Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, (OBJ) was spoiling for via a nasty letter…
Food Crossroads features German, Nigeria cuisine
Goethe-Institut Nigeria will be holding a culinary exploration into Nigerian and German food tagged Food Crossroads on Saturday, May 12. A statement released by Head of Information and Library Services of the institute, Safurat Balogun, announcing the event said that…
