The highs and lows of the ‘Road to MAMA’ concert
Some memories are just impossible to erase. ‘The Road to MAMA’ concert which held at the Federal Palace Hotel,Victoria Island penultimate Friday, July 4th was one of them. The event started with a press conference which saw media personalities and artistes billed to perform at the event engaged in a see-saw question and answer session which was as animated as it was interesting. The MAMA, MTV Africa Music Awards, which comes up next Saturday in Durban, South Africa couldn’t have started on a brighter note with such pulsating tempo.
Spike in Boko Haram attacks: Desperate pangs of a dying monster — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said what Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu interpreted as the worsening cases of Boko Haram attacks under the current Administration are actually the desperate pangs of a dying monster.
Unforgettable scandal that made me faint – Regina Chukwu
I am a single mother with two kids; one twelve and the other fourteen. I lost my husband, four years into our marriage. Then my second child was just four months old. At a time in the marriage, while pregnant with my second child I had to hawk to survive because my husband of blessed memory was sick and bedridden. There was no one to cater for the family so I had to take it upon myself to do what was necessary to survive. I started the business with N5, 000 somewhere in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos.
How N605m N/Delta money was withdrawn, shared – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed how the sum of N605,073,540.00 fraudulently withdrawn from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs’ 2014 constituency project account with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was shared.
Baba Bose, the Kano born beggar who is the face of a Lagos bus stop
As you climb the bridge, his pitiable condition is bound to attract your attention. And when you try to engage him in a conversation, you will be amazed at his good command of the English Language. But Baba Bose, as he prefers to be called, is not just a beggar. He is a peculiar one. At the pedestrian bridge at Ijesha-Tedo Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, where he has domiciled for over 25 years, Baba Bose is seen as ‘a worthy landlord of the bus stop.” He remains there during the rainy or dry seasons, begging passers-by for alms to make ends meet.
Enyimba enter Wolves’ den
Warri Wolves started the season with high hopes of going far, having qualified to represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup and looking to impress on the continent, with the players eager to impress and warm their way into the hearts of possible club suitors in north Africa. Having crossed the first three stages of the competition, Warri Wolves, were just a whiskers away from crossing into the group stage of the Confederation Cup when they met their water-loo in the hands of AC Leopards of Congo, who progressed 4-3 on aggregate scores.
