Justus Esiri: Exit of Headmaster
THE Village Master”, one of the few dramas that excited the Nigerian television stations in the 80s is on the news for the second time in barely a year. Reports about the now rested TV drama, which was created by late Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and cultural icon, Olusola Olusegun, made headlines late 2012 when the producer exited the stage after a very brief illness in a Lagos hospital.
‘1,450 new jobs created in the maritime sector’
In line with the policy of the Federal Government to enhance rapid economic transformation through job creation and influx of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, one of the leading terminal operators in the country has created 1,450 jobs in Nigeria and 10,000 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Conversation around The Third Wave of Nigerian Poets with Obu Udeozo (2)
What would you say is the defining character of The Third Wave of Nigeria Poets?
We have to be careful at this point. If there were no defining characteristics there will be no need for the differentiation in the first instance. And such dissociative markers do not lend themselves to very neat summaries; because they are several. So we may peep at their watermarks.
Why we should celebrate past leaders, by Bishop Osa-Oni
Bishop John Osa-Oni of Vineyard Christian Ministries, Lagos wants Nigerians to celebrate their former leaders who left good legacies for the coming generations to emulate. Osa-Oni spoke ahead of the silver jubilee anniversary of his ministry scheduled for between April 3 and 7.
We use traditional rulers, others to fight smuggling – Customs Comptroller
Ogun State Area Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Ade Dosumu, says traditional rulers in the border areas of the state have been involved in the fight against smuggling.
Police quiz ex-Gov Yerima over “inciting” comment
Kaduna State Police Commissioner (CP), Mr Olufemi Adanaike, Saturday, subjected Senator Ahmed Rufai Sani, former governor of Zamfara State, to almost three-hour questioning over a comment he made during a live programme on Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) in which he said that should the newly formed All Progressive Congress (APC) was not registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), leaders of APC would stage peaceful demonstration similar to that organised in Cairo’s Tahir Square, Egypt.
