Government
Lagos’ Progressive Legacies By Eniola Ajayi
I left my office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos by about quarter to 6pm on Tuesday, August 23 and by 6pm, I was already at the base of the bridge at Iyana-Oworo. I was pleasantly […]
Society
Life Style
Lagos And The Liveable Cities Index By Bayo Olupohunda
Before I begin my thoughts on today’s subject, I want to relate an experience I had a few years ago that will provide a background as to why Lagos will continue to feature prominently on […]
Issues/Policy
We’ll Protest Naked To Summon Wrath Of Gods Against FG, Gas Company Over Oil Spillage – A’Ibom Women By TOM MOSES
NSIT IBOM- WOMEN of Obotim Nsit community, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State have vowed to protest nude to summon the wrath of the gods against government and a gas company whose pipeline was […]
Life Style
Gay Couple Becomes First To Father Triplets With Both Of Their DNA | ScaryMommy
It’s quite remarkable when you think about it. Just the science alone is mind blowing. Theo and Christo Menelaou are the first same sex couple in South Africa to become biological fathers of triplets in […]
Life Style
Successful Home Building By Chukwuneta Oby
A friend (that just had a baby) gave me something to think about when I asked how things were going at her end and she said, ‘My mum in-law is with me. My mum will […]
Society
Stella Oduah Loses Son | Punch
The senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Stella Oduah, on Friday lost her son, whose name had yet to be known as of the time of filing […]
Government
Mikel’s Father Unhappy With FG By Jude Owuamanam
Pa Michael Obi, father of the national Under-23 team captain Mikel Obi, has expressed his disappointment over the treatment of the team after winning bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Pa Obi said that […]
Society
Ronaldo Wins UEFA Award |Punch
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday after winning both last season’s Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal, AFP reports. Ronaldo received the accolade for the […]
Issues/Policy
Demystifying Climate Change By Adedamola Ademola
Weather is the elements we experience daily such as temperature, rain and wind. These elements change daily and sometimes hourly. Climate however, speaks of weather over a long period of time, typically around 30 years. […]
Life Style
Old People Are Happier Than People In Their 20s | Times
Despite of the physical ravages of age, older people are actually happier than younger adults. So finds a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, in which researchers analyzed data collected from a […]
Issues/Policy
The Igbo as a Blessing to Nigeria By Reno Omokri
On the 15th of August 1945, the axis nations fighting in the Pacific theater defeated imperial Japan and two weeks later, Japan formally surrendered to allied forces led by the U.S. General, Douglas McArthur, who […]
Issues/Policy
Race Hate crime On UK Railways Soared After Brexit Vote, Figures Show | Theguardian
The number of suspected race hate crimes on Britain’s railways jumped sharply following the EU referendum, figures show. In the fortnight after the vote, British Transport police (BTP) recorded 119 incidents including allegations of racist […]
Life Style
When Love Is lost, it’s Not The End! By Elizabeth Badejo
Someone once said, ‘Be careful what you wish for in your marriage because if wishes were horses, beggars will ride’. If marriages were created to be truly happily ever after, love will certainly be everlasting. […]
Society
Lagos Ranks World’s 3rd Worst City To Live In | Vanguard
A report released yesterday by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live, maintaining its position at the lowest rungs of the Global Liveability index. Several other global reports had […]
Issues/Policy
Slave Trade, Ancient And Modern By JOSEF OMOROTIONMWAN
Has slave trade ever been really abolished? Many would give an emphatic ‘NO’ as their answer to this question. Surely, the intensity may have been reduced and the anguish associated with the trade may have […]
Issues/Policy
Militants Set Up 7 Camps Along Lagos, Ogun Creeks | Vanguard
LAGOS — The unmasking of the criminal gang that abducted the traditional ruler of Iba in Lagos State, Oba Goriola Oseni, three weeks ago, has also exposed how the gangs have cordoned off riverine areas […]
Society
Again, At The Olympics By Sonala Olumhense
Followers of sports in Nigeria recall the 1996 Olympics in the United States with tremendous affection. It was our finest, an event during which we won two golds and an all-time total of six. Neither […]
Life Style
Chris Abani: ‘The Middle-Class View of Africa Is A Problem’ | The Guardian
“When a war is over, it takes another 10 years for a war to be really over,” the novelist and poet Chris Abani says over the phone. “And so I grew up in the detritus […]
Life Style
Customised Conflict Resolution Mechanisms By Francis Ewherido
I have been observing this young couple in church since the Sunday after their wedding. They are always on suit-and-suit (clothes made from the same fabric). Over the years, they have had three children and […]
CRIME
Our Corrupt Cops By Muyiwa Adetiba
Not many of us were genuinely shocked at the ‘shocking accusation’ by the Acting Inspector General of Police that his predecessor in office carted 24 cars away as part of the retirement benefits he allowed […]