By Fredrick Nwabufo Jane Appleton Pierce, the wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, is perhaps, most remembered as the ‘’calamity first lady’’. She spent her years working against the political ambition of her husband. And when he eventually became president she still did not let up. Is Aisha Buhari ‘’calamity first […]
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It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General, now President Muhammadu Buhari for June 12 to be accorded its pride of place in the socio-political calendar of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Before now, the recognition/celebration of June 12 as a watershed in […]
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Today the internet has taken a firm place in our lives, it is difficult for a young man who at least in a day not go through social network for update. The modern reality requires us to stay in touch and keep abreast the latest news and trends. The advent of the internet in the […]
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Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to last me another life-time. As […]
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Top lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana, has commented on the defections going on in Nigeria. He said the defection of some lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is illegal. Fifty-three members of the national assembly recently dumped the ruling party and moved to the opposition, with most […]
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U.S. Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire in the United States thanks to the booming cosmetics company she launched two years ago, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday. Jenner, 20, half-sister of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, debuted Kylie Cosmetics in 2016 with $29 lip kits containing matching […]
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Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that the nation is dying. He urged the president to seek help if the federal government lacks the necessary resources to curtail the wanton killings across the country. Soyinka issued the advice in a statement titled ‘ON DEMAND: A Language of Non-Capitulation, Non-Appeasement!’ According to […]
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It is with the heaviest of hearts, the strongest anger and deepest feelings I pen this letter as images of the things I see have refused to leave my memory and all I hear from my radio are songs of sorrow so much so that I am tempted to ask why we were born to […]
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The subject of this piece might look like an aberration, given the fact that it is somewhat hard to find a financial institution that will – outside its primary function of providing financial services- go out of its was to promote arts, culture and entrepreneurship. But it is a possibility and Guarantee Trust Bank Plc, […]
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“O boy I want run reach bank before 4 knack” “Wetin you dey go do for the bank?” “I need to quickly send money to a business associate.” “Is that why you want to rush to the bank?” “Of Course!” “Don’t you have a GTBank account?” “I do.” “Why don’t you just use your phone […]
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