Jos, thirty years later
My class at the University of Jos was admitted to the university in the fall of 1985 as the University of Jos class of ‘85. It is thirty years from thence – and time seems to have galloped too quickly. WE arrived on campus in late September 1985, to the clamorous strains of the wind in the leaves, and to bracing mornings, in what would prove to be one of the coldest harmattans ever in Jos. I was eighteen, going to turn nineteen that December, and I had decided to come to Jos to study English, and not to follow in any of the steps towards which my father was nudging me.
ANALYSIS: Competitors linked to CPC raid on Multichoice office
The face-off between the Consumer Protection Council,CPC, and Multichoice got to a head, last week, when the CPC swooped on Lagos Island headquarters of the pay – TV firm to carry out an enforcement exercise.
Pass stringent laws to protect women and children, Carrington tells N/Assembly
THE Vice-President, Africana Consultants, United States of America and wife of a former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Arese Carrington, has urged the National Assembly to pass stringent laws to protect women and children.
Voting begins on Glo’s Dance with Peter, Saturday
Telecoms firm Globacom has announced that voting shall begin on Saturday to choose among the 30 dancers who made it to the finals in the Dance with Peter reality TV Show sponsored by Globacom. The votes will determine who proceeds to the next stage of the show.
Neymar hits four in Barca rout, Ronaldo takes Madrid top
A spectacular performance from Neymar ensured Barcelona didn’t miss the injured Lionel Messi as he scored four to help the European champions come from behind to beat Rayo Vallecano 5-2 on Saturday.
Ronaldo’s Real Madrid’s all-time top goalscorer
Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t like to be upstaged. Raul’s name was ringing around the Santiago Bernabeu after the legendary forward revealed he would be retiring from football at the end of the season, so of course Ronaldo picked this moment to finally break his all-time goals record.
