Society
Is marriage outdated in Iceland?
“What would a society look like without marriage?” The question popped into my brain after I stumbled across a list of countries with the most unwed mothers. With 40% of its babies born out of […]
Year: 2016
Security
Behind the terror takedown …… FOX
When a U.S. special operations team suddenly surrounded the car carrying the Islamic State’s second in command, he was given the split-second option of surrendering. Instead, he began firing. “He made a bad choice,” a […]
Sport
Afcon 2017: Gabon reveal back panther mascot ……. BBC
Gabon unveiled the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations mascot, a black panther named Samba, before their match with Sierra Leone in Franceville on Friday. Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba, Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Caf […]
Security
Nigeria targets 300 army officers, firms, in widening corruption probe …….. Reuters
Nigeria has accused 300 firms and individuals, including army officers, of embezzling 48 billion naira ($241.45 million) through overpaid defense contracts or fraud, the presidency said on Thursday in a widening a crackdown on graft. […]
Security
Suicide bomber detained in Cameroon says she’s one of Chibok girls ……. Reuters
A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014, […]
Business
Yahoo Investor Starboard Value Pursues Full Board Control ……. Bloomberg
Activist Starboard Value LP is making good on its threats to unleash a proxy war with Yahoo! Inc., seeking full control of the Web portal’s boardroom. Starboard said Thursday it is nominating nine directors to replace […]
Politics
Republicans Cruz, Trump spar over tabloid charges of affair …… Reuters
Republican Ted Cruz on Friday denounced an article in the National Enquirer tabloid claiming he had extramarital affairs as “complete and utter lies” and accused rival Donald Trump of being the source of the story. […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria’s Central Bank under fire for secret recruitment of Buhari, Ministers’ relatives | PremiumTimes
Civil society leaders and lawyers have lambasted the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria for secretly recruiting dozens of family members of top government officials, including children of ministers and a nephew of President […]
Issues/Policy
Rivers, Nigeria’s most deadly state – Buhari By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, dubbed Rivers State as Nigeria’s most deadly state, even as he offered profuse apologies for the ill-tempered elections conducted under his watch in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers states.
Government
Why we are importing grass by Minister of Agriculture | Vanguard
The barrage of comments, criticisms, questions and name-calling on the social media that have trailed the announcement of an intention to import grass to improve the business of production of cattle, sheep and goats in […]
Issues/Policy
Power generation drops to 2,841MW | Vanguard
LAGOS — As if to call the bluff of President Muhammadu Buhari’s pronouncement to generate 10,000 megawatts, MW, by 2019, output from the generating plants dropped to as low as 2,841MW by mid-day, yesterday. Data […]
Life Style
How To Fix A Broken Heart | Digg
The need to mend broken hearts has never been greater. But what if we could simply manufacture a new one? Alex O’Brien studies the legacy of Texan surgeons and artificial hearts. Haskell Karp was 37 […]
Issues/Policy
‘The Worst Atrocity You’ve Never Heard Of’ | NYTimes
You’ve heard of Darfur, and you know about the slaughter underway in Syria. But the worst ethnic cleansing you’ve never heard of is unfolding in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, where the government is bombing […]
Sport
David Beckham moves closer to Major League Soccer ownership dream | TheGuardian
David Beckham’s team ownership plans in Major League Soccer moved a step closer on Thursday as his consortium bought an area of land for a stadium site. Miami Beckham United (MBU), the ownership group which […]
Technology
Google Makes $150 Photo Software Suite Free | Forbes
Today is a great day for those of us who edit photos on a PC or Mac. Google -0.39% has announced that the entire Nik Collection of image processing tools is now free to download […]
Technology
6 Easy Ways to Speed Up Your Awful Wi-Fi Network | Fortune
Make your wireless Internet go faster and reach farther. But there are easy ways to boost your home’s Internet speed, says Ben Miller, a Wi-Fi consultant and blogger with Sniff Wi-Fi. “One of my favorite […]
Economy
Stabilizing the Naira By David Edevbie
Our economy did well in the last decade with the average GDP growth rate between 2005 and 2015 reaching an impressive 5.9%. Notwithstanding, the economy is still in the doldrums as it struggles to cope […]
Politics
Senate’s pseudo progressives By Segun Gbadegesin
Hello, Mr. PP”, Opalaba bellowed into the handset in response to my enthusiastic announcement of my presence in the area. There is a history behind this exchange. I had once walked into Opalaba’s booby trap […]
Society
I’m an umpire in the Oyo and Ile-Ife duel By Tunji Ajibade
Disclosure: A part of my root is in the family compound of the late Alaafin Oyo, Oba Siyanbola Onikepe Oladigbolu 1. He ruled from 1911 to 1944. My late father, with my two eldest brothers, […]
Politics
A nightmare scenario By Donu Kogbara
Last Saturday, Federal and State legislative election re-runs took place in my home state, Rivers. Many people gloomily expressed fears beforehand that the exercise would be violent and chaotic; and these fears turned out to […]