Society

What’s inspired the movie Silver Rain? Silver Rain is an aspirational story; it’s about moving up the ladder, it is a social story, it is a class-war story, about an ambitious market girl who decides […]

Her forehead creases as she dabs a handkerchief across her face. With few words, she gives direction to her team. Everywhere is buzzing with delight. Guests seem to have come out from a movie scene […]

As President Goodluck Jonathan gets set to exit office on May 29, one fond memory many would miss his administration for is the zest his better half, Dame Patience Jonathan, brought to bear in her […]

In less than two weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan will be returning to his native Otuoke in Bayelsa State. Austin Ebipade, who recently visited the town, reports the changes that have taken place since Jonathan’s ascendance […]

  Sona Biscuits, the food subsidiary of Sona Group of Companies has introduced four new pack sizes of its top-selling Digestives and Ginger biscuits, along with AKTIVE and MALTY into the markets. The packs are perfect for families and individuals who […]

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has emerged the leading candidate for the prestigious position of Oxford Professor of Poetry, a 300-year-old position regarded by many as the top academic role in the United Kingdom. The Britain’s […]

King Sunny Ade’s Managing Director and Juju Musician, Sunday Abayomi, popularly called Sunny Wonder, is dead. He died on Thursday night in his house at 9, Fatai Oluyole Street, Aboru, a suburb of Lagos in western […]

A young man with earphones on was on Wednesday killed by a passenger train at Cappa area of Oshodi, Lagos. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who was inside the train reports that […]

From the look of things, it is obvious that GEJ had been conned. Many people persuaded him to part with a lot of money with the promise of delivering the needed votes for him to […]

The incident of August 28, 2010 will remain with Ms. Paulina Imuere (41) forever. It was a day her vision was cut short and dreams shattered.  it was a day she hoped  never happened. That […]

It’s been one year since Toba Falode, the son of Nigerian ace broadcaster, Aisha Falode, was gruesomely murdered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, without justice. Chiemelie Ezeobi and Rebecca Ejifoma write that the inability of […]

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a controversial adultery law which for more than 60 years had criminalised extra-marital sex and jailed violators for up to two years. The nine-member bench ruled by […]

The police in Kano have arraigned a 43-year-old man, Tijjani Saleh, in Kano over adultery. Saleh was charged for seducing a married woman and attempting to commit adultery, an offence contrary to Sections 187 and […]

The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) last night dismissed rumored death of the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, the Oba of Benin. The rumored death of the revered monarch went viral on the internet yesterday. Secretary to […]

An Indonesian cleric on Friday said Muslims should not celebrate Valentine’s Day because it glorifies promiscuity. Anwar Abbas, Head of Education at the semi-official Indonesian Council of Muslim Scholars, said the sale of condoms in […]