President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assigned the portfolios to the four ministerial nominees, after swearing them in just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting. Ibrahim Shekarau, the former
By Lanre Idowu INSECURITY as typified by the Boko Haram menace, BHM, must rank as one of the longest running stories in the Nigerian media. For five years now, the
Oluwamayowa Idowu: I often joke that God’s idea of a joke was to bless me with good looks, a big mandingo and great intellectual capacity. Then he undid all that
Oluwamayowa Idowu: I think one of the ‘lesser’ South American teams have it in them to provide something interesting ala Uruguay in 2010: Chile. The land of Bielsa, Zamorano and
On Wednesday, hundreds of women gathered to protest the abduction of schoolgirls from the Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State at the National Assembly. Despite the heavy rain,
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)
The Federal Government has stated that the Ebola Virus, which has caused the death of scores of people in Central and West Africa, may be heading towards Nigeria. Cases of
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria. Unlike the majority of Northern Nigerian political leaders, he was of humble background, his father having
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan admitted that his administration had hitherto been traeting terrorists in the country with kid gloves. While speaking in Windhoek, Namibia, during a bilateral talk with President