Blood Sisters Director, Biyi Bandele, is Dead
Biyi Bandele, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, director of Half of a Yellow Sun and co-director of Blood Sisters, a Nigerian series, is dead. This was made…
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Politics
PDP Postpones NEC Meeting As WIKE, ATIKU Crisis Deepens
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Caucus meeting, following the protracted rift between its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku…
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How N4.3 billion Utako District Hospital “Rots Away” More than 17 Years After
Kenny Folarin, Abuja Without mincing words, the current health system in Nigeria and the yearly low budgetary allocation to the system is nothing but miserable. This…
Corrupt Former Governors Released From Jail
Former governors Joshua Dariye of Plateau state and Jolly Nyame of Taraba state who were imprisoned on various counts of corruption and theft of public funds…
Politics
Amb. Soni Abang Assured of APC Victory in Cross River
The Director General of the Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Cross River State, Ambassador Soni Abang, has stated categorically that…
Kizz Daniel “Arrested” in Tanzania
Singer Kizz Daniel has been arrested in Tanzania for failure to show up at a concert he was billed to perform. Vado was scheduled to perform…
Opinion
Sri Lanka Crisis: “Lessons For Nigeria”
The recent crisis in Sri Lanka, a small country and developing economy with a population of 22 million people, has continued to take over a large…
Politics
Kenyan Presidential Election To Hold Tomorrow
Kenyan presidential election is slated for Tuesday. The election has been described as a two-horse race between Deputy President William Ruto and renowned opposition leader Raila…
Security
Nigerian Airforce Kill Terrorist Leader In Kastina
Scores of terrorists, including one of the notorious commanders, Alhaji Abdulkareem Lawal, aka Abdulkareem Boss, have been killed in airstrikes coordinated by the Air Component of…
Opinion
ASUU STRIKE: “The Problem With The Nigerian University System”.
I have been doing a lot of research on why we continually have problems with university education in Nigeria. Chief of our problem is funding. Just…