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…
Pope decries attack on Nigerian church as Christians protest killings (Punch)
Pope Francis on Sunday decried an attack on a church in Nigeria during which two priests and other worshippers were killed. Associated Press reports that the pontiff spoke on Nigeria during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square.…
3 artists selected for 2018 Lagos-Berlin residencies
Goethe-Institut Nigeria has announced the selection of three artists for the Lagos-Berlin residencies initiated in 2015 to strengthen the dialogue between Germany and Nigeria. The selected artists are Ojudun Taiwo Jacob (Nigeria) and Natalia Orendain del Castillo and Jumoke Adeyanju…
FIFA rankings: Nigeria moves 5 places up, now ranked 47th (Guardian)
Nigeria has moved five places up, now 47th in the world and sixth in Africa with 635 points in the April FIFA/Coca Cola rankings released on Thursday. In the previous rankings, Nigeria was on 52nd position with 609 points. Meanwhile,…
Bill Gates has joined the “Wailing Wailers” – Reuben Abati
“I do not enjoy speaking to you this bluntly when you have been gracious enough to invite me here…” – Bill Gates. Mr. Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, friend of Nigeria and one of the richest men in the world was…
Goethe-Institut Nigeria residency takes artists to Dak’Art
Goethe-Institut Nigeria has initiated a mobile residency programme titled “Stretched Terrains – The Mobile Museum on its Way to Dak’Art” with a group of young artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Germany. This is the second time since…
Bill Gates tells Nigerian leaders to ‘face facts’ so they can make progress (CNN)
Bill Gates traveled to Nigeria to publicly give its leaders some tough talk. It was a highly unusual move but the tech billionaire believes the country facing a critical moment. “While it may be easier to be polite, it’s more…