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SHEKARAU SWORN IN AS MINISTER OF EDUCATION

July 9, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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Chibok and the failure of reporting

July 2, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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Custodian ThinkTank: How do you think Nigeria and England will fare?

June 14, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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Custodian ThinkTank: Surprise Package

June 14, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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WOMEN, YOUTH PROTEST OVER 234 GIRLS MISSING IN BORNO

May 1, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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,

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: CHINUA ACHEBE

May 1, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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)

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EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA

April 10, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA

March 27, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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PRESIDENT JONATHAN ADMITS TO TREATING TERRORISM WITH KID GLOVES

March 21, 2014 by Culture Custodian

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

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CUSTODIAN EDITORIAL: THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW

March 6, 2014 by Culture Custodian

By Seun Pinheiro First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out–because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not