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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend commiserated with the family of Mr Waheed Bakare, Saturday Editor of the New Telegraph newspaper, who died recently after a brief illness. “On behalf of the people and government of Kwara State, the Governor mourns with the family of Alhaji Waheed Bakare, the New Telegraph family, the entire newspaper industry, and the ... Read More »
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UBA Rewards 100 more Customers with N100,000 each in Fresh Bumper Draw
Pan African Financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has rewarded another set of 100 loyal customers with a total of N10m in the UBA Bumper account draw. The 100 customers won N100,000 each in this month’s edition of the draw which began in January 2020. The virtual and transparent draw which was held at the UBA Head Office ... Read More »
REFLECTIONS OF MAJEKODUNMI: BEFORE AND AFTER THE RAIN BY AZUKA JEBOSE
Majek Fashek on arrival to Nigeria’s emerging pop culture of the 1980s instantly constructed his own freeway of love, affection, turbulence and troubled soul.. By the end of the seventies decade, Nigeria’s pop culture, recovering from the civil war, was saturated by musicians seeking fame, fortune and to a few extents, misfortune and nightmare, through a funk-influenced genre of that ... Read More »
My coronavirus Tales by Moji Damisa
It all started like a bad dream. The ailment which creeped in just like malaria, the usual Agbo remedies, then the cough and frightening total weakness…he would tell his story. Let me narrate mine, the night COVID19 went beyond research and Facebook posts and landed on my doorstep. When I noticed that a strongman was going down, struggling to stand ... Read More »
Akinwumi Adesina: The inside story, by Femi Adesina
By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), breezed into the Presidential Villa at Abuja on June 3, 2020. One of the hallmarks of seasoned, methodical people is patience, refusal to be rushed or stampeded. Since the alleged breach of ethics saga ... Read More »
To Prince Christopher Omoaghe @50: A Tribute *by Tunde Moshood Jnr
One of Nigeria’s hidden talents and showbiz impresario, Prince Christopher Omoaghe, has joined the league of quinquagenarian. The man about town, who’s one of the right hand men of the honourable Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN is the new golden boy in town. Omoaghe is one of the movers and shakers of the Nigerian entertainment industry. ... Read More »
Kogi Attack: IGP orders search for perpetrators
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a full-scale search for the perpetrators of the attack on Isanlu Police station and a commercial bank in Yagba East LGA of Kogi State. IGP Adamu in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP, Frank Mba, condemned the incident which led to the death of some policemen and a ... Read More »
Rape As The Next Epidemic By Femi Akintunde-Johnson
Why do men rape? And some women too? We are told of the recent rapacious pastime amongst the indolent folks have blurred the gender divide. The tragic double-headed madness being unleashed across the country this year by sex-starved sociopaths has gone beyond paperback bit-part novels or magazine features of distant deviants pillaging the Western world. In the past few months, ... Read More »
The people’s King Iruland stands still as Prince Gbolahan Lawal begins Traditional Rites
Former IG Musiliu Smith loses wife to Coronavirus
Lagos State Government, on behalf of the Smith family, wishes to announce the passage of our mother and grandmother, Alhaja Ariat Aderoju Smith (nee Jinadu) who died on Friday 5th June, 2020 at the age of 69. The remains of late Alhaja Ariat Smith will be buried on Saturday 6th June, 2020 in accordance with Muslim rites. Only immediate family ... Read More »