Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to swear that he never awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratification while he presided over the affairs of Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in his Interventions VIII series, titled: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?’ meaning “Gani’s Unfinished Business,” launched recently in Lagos, south-west Nigeria. “I now challenge […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has berated gospel preachers for being preoccupied with prosperity and “failing to preach against corruption”. Speaking at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria holding in Enugu, Osinbajo noted that preachers were preoccupied with preaching prosperity rather than righteousness. “Very rarely do you hear our preachers […]
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A yet to be identified kidnapper who slept off at his victim’s shop after taking tramadol is reportedly still sleeping six days after he was arrested by the Ondo State Police Command. The suspect, who was arrested on Sunday attempted to kidnap a pharmaceutical shop owner in Owo town. He had operated with three other […]
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Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex has turned down an invitation to make a special appearance at the next Emmy Awards due to royal life protocols. According to reports, Meghan and her husband Prince Harry “politely turned down” the invitation to attend the Hollywood award ceremony and that Markle’s decision was a “line in the […]
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A 50-year-old herbalist, Rasheed Olalere, and a herbs seller, Shakirat Adedeji, were on Monday brought before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over alleged possession of human flesh and skulls. Olalere who lives at Irifin Oje, Ibadan, and Adedeji, 30, of Oke-Ibadan area, are facing a two-count charge bordering on possession of human skull […]
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Researchers say heavy drinking or long-term abstinence could both contribute to increased risk of developing dementia. Researchers from French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and UCL investigated the association between midlife alcohol consumption and risk of dementia into early old age. Their findings are based on 9,087 British civil servants aged between […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will begin another round of vacation from Friday, August 3, 2018. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adesina said Buhari would be away for 10 working days. He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be […]
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The University of Ibadan, UI, on Tuesday 31 July 2018, at the 2nd Geoffery Axworthy Lecture renamed its 63 year old Arts Theatre after the Nigerian born literary icon and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The aged arts theatre will now be known as “Wole Soyinka Theatre”. However, the programme was almost marred when the […]
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Andrew Aghedo, a member of Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti’s band ‘The Positive Force’, reportedly absconded in the United states, 20 minutes before the band was billed to perform. Femi and his band thrilled New Yorkers at the Central Park, New York on Sunday after performing at the XPoNential Music Festival in New Jersey. According to […]
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The Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Godwin Adama, has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian, Linus Chibuzor-Nwankwo from Enugu State by a fellow Nigerian, Lawrence Nwarienne from Anambra, in that country. Mr Adama, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed shock over […]
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