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THROWBACK THURSDAY: CHINUA ACHEBE

May 1, 2014 by Editorial Team

Born on the 16th of November 1930, Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. Best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart(1958)

Feature Sports

Custodian Fitness- Shoulder Workout

May 1, 2014 by Editorial Team

This is a sample shoulder routine from Craig and I’s shoulder session! We do a rotator cuff warm up in the beginning to prevent injuries. Some of these exercises can

Feature Sports

Why England struggle at Football and other observations from Simon Kuper

April 30, 2014 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

I’m not sure of the moment I realized I wanted to be a Writer but I’m cognizant of the people that inspired me to. A couple of years ago, I

Feature Sports

End of Season Review: Team of the Season

April 26, 2014 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

David de Gea: This has been a good season for Premier League keepers. Joe Hart had a bad run in the first half of the season and as the season

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Flirtation, Climate and Alcohol: Part 2

April 25, 2014 by Editorial Team

In Part 1 of this series, I analyzed the social behaviour in Europe and made a link to weather and alcohol consumption patterns. So what is…or should the case be

Art Feature

THROWBACK THURSDAY: FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI

April 24, 2014 by Editorial Team

Fela Kuti (born October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997) as a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. Kuti was born

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QUESTIONS FOR EVERY NIGERIAN BY OSI ASIKA

April 23, 2014 by Editorial Team

How stupid we are! We keep scratching at the scab of our civil war. A war that could have, should have, been avoided, if cooler heads and truer hearts had

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Emotional Slavery

April 18, 2014 by Aisha Modibbo

I have a friend who may be the most beautiful person I know. So much I feel slightly uncomfortable talking about her in this manner. She is one of those

Art Feature

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ALHAJI AHMADU BELLO

April 17, 2014 by Editorial Team

Al-Haji Sir Ahmadu Bello (June 12, 1910 – January 15, 1966) was a great Nigerian politician. He was an heir to the Sokoto Emirate. His great-grandfather was Sultan Bello,

Feature Music

The Curious Case of Wale

April 14, 2014 by Editorial Team

By Shafik Mahama On a hot summer day in 2010, I took the Tube from Winchmore hill to Hyde Park to meet up with my close friend Oyewole. I was

Feature Music Sports

CUSTODIAN READING LIST

April 14, 2014 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

This story of how a woman recovered from her divorce, got into online dating and discovered Love and herself is amazing and a reminder that Human beings are not as

Feature News & Politics

THROWBACK THURSDAY: KEN SARO-WIWA

April 10, 2014 by Editorial Team

Ken Saro-Wiwa, born Kenule Benson Tsaro-Wiwa on the 10th of October 1941, the eldest son of a prominent family in Ogoni, which is today Bori, Rivers State, Nigeria. Saro-Wiwa was educated at

Feature Film & TV

CUSTODIAN REVIEW: Half of a Yellow Sun

April 9, 2014 by Aisha Modibbo

After what felt like years Half of a Yellow Sun finally premiered in the UK last night (available in cinemas on April 11th). Half of a Yellow Sun is a

Feature Music

CUSTODIAN INTERVIEW: DR SID

April 8, 2014 by Editorial Team

Dr Sid was recently in England on Tour. Whilst here, he willingly spoke to us on a number of topics ranging from his recent engagement and forthcoming nuptials to the

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Flirtation, Climate and Alcohol: Part 1

April 7, 2014 by Editorial Team

Flirtation is a fundamental aspect of human interaction! As much as puritanical cultures like some aspects of ours in Nigeria would deny this, it might be a critical contributing element