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3 Sep 2022
Founder of Emotions City, an emotional intelligence centre, Oyinkansola Alabi, is set to release a documentary and a comic book that addresses mental health issues.
17 Jul 2022
The Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, has disclosed that 700, out of the 1,000 women, that were trained in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), failed Mathematics
3 Apr 2022
Search was underway Sunday to locate a light aircraft with two people on board that disappeared over the English Channel, the French coastguard said.
6 Jul 2021
Italy and Spain meet in a blockbuster first semi-final at Euro 2020 before an expected crowd of 60,000 at Wembley on Tuesday as anticipation builds ahead of host nation England's last-four tie
7 Apr 2021
There is a growing trend in Nigeria whereby people shift from using their native language to using English, widely perceived as the language of power, global access, and unlimited opportunities.
22 Jun 2020
It is an undisputed fact that the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups are the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
27 Feb 2020
The question for many of our young people today is: what is your passion? How can you take the skills that you have, and add value to the world around you?
10 Nov 2019
Arrangements have reached conclusive stages for the sixth conference of the Nigerian Oral Literature Association (NOLA) holding in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife from November 13 to 16, 2019.
28 Jul 2019
Wole left University College, Ibadan, for the University of Leeds in 1954 in quest of the full honours in English. The decision to pursue the honours programme, which was not available at Ibadan at the time, must have been considered at once visionary and courageous, especially given Wole’s strong interests in creative writing.
7 Jul 2019
Pan-Africanism and the Forging of a New African Identity in the 21st Century was the theme of the 2019 conference organised by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC). The two-day conference, which held recently in Abuja, in collaboration with the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, University of Abuja, brought together…
10 Feb 2019
A couple of days ago, I was watching Guy Ritchie’s sophomore movie Snatch (2000), the brilliant follow up to his fantastic directorial debut Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Being one of my favourite films, it wasn’t the first time of watching. Aside the great dialogue, insane sequences and incredibly memorable characters with bizarre…
16 Oct 2018
A society that is governed by the reasoning that people ought to be paid for their qualifications rather than the worth of their services is doomed. This is what I mean: qualification is normally the testament of ability. But where the majority now have the qualifications with no expertise to match, then the purpose of…
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Founder of DAAR Communications and African Independent Television (AIT) Raymond Dokpesi is dead. Dokpesi died on Monday, May 29 2023, his son Raymond Dokpesi jnr said in a statement. "High Chief Dokpesi was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him," Dokpesi said. "High…
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Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended. Tinubu said this in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square on Monday after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President. According to him the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy…
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Peter Mbah has been sworn in as the Governor of Enugu State. The Chief Judge of the State, Raymond Ozoemena, administered the oath of office to Mbah on Monday at Enugu's Michael Okpara Square. Mbah's deputy governor, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai also took the oath of office. The former governor of the state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was…
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Nigeria president Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described his political opponents as members of important constituencies in the country. Former vice president Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party's Peter Obi lost to Tinubu at the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat fellow contenders, Atiku who polled 6,984,520 votes, Obi…
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My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances…