Guys, consider status in picking ladies!
After last week’s publication, I received a call from Tolu, a dear friend. She said she had a similar gist for me. It was unfolding right inside her compound and involved her landlady’s 14 year old daughter and one of the male tenants. The guy in his early 30’s had impregnated the little primary school girl and absconded. What was most baffling was that the guy is a medical doctor and had a girl friend that could have passed for a fiancée considering how often she visited the apartment.
Achuzia: More Biafran after Biafra
They nicknamed him ‘Air Raid’ simply because Col. Joe Oseloka Achuzia probably killed more Biafran soldiers than some Nigerian troops. He so believed in Biafra that soldiers who ran away from battle were summarily executed by him.
A reconciliator in need of reconciliation
It’s not easy to spot a talent. In my recruiting days as Editor or Publisher, I often asked young writers to write about their partners. My aim was to see how well they could make their intimacy breathe on a blank piece of paper. I would want to see a turn of phrase, a play on words and a general ease with language that would show promise.
Neymar’s foot operation: what we know
Brazilian football star Neymar will undergo surgery Saturday to fix a broken bone in his right foot that has put a hole in Paris Saint-Germain’s season and given Brazil the jitters, three and a half months out from the World Cup. Here’s what we know so far.
Blood sugar, abere to the rescue?
Segun (surname withheld) is an ardent follower of this column. Touched by the article of January 13 titled: “What will kill you is before you,” he decided to share his recent health challenges: It is as if you had me in mind when you were writing your column. Since age 32, I have been on blood pressure medication, so I do not need any reminders to be conscious of my BP. But my family has no issues with diabetes, so blood sugar level is something I never paid attention to, at least not until recently.
Okezie fails to advance in men’s 400m
Nigeria’s Chidi Okezie failed to advance to the final of the men’s 400 metres event on Friday at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
N3.48b NDDC contract: EFCC closes in on Senator
A Nigerian Senator has come under the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for using his influence to corner N3.4 billion job for himself, using companies licensed by family members, friends and associates to secure the questionable jobs.
From Chibok to Dapchi: Sad tale of the girl child
It would seem that the pun about Nigerians now waking up, daily, and wondering what exactly will be the next bad news, seems to be sticking, no longer as a joke but reality.
We are here to take over your land not to kill you, Herdsmen order Benue community
Just when it seemed respite was coming the way of Benue farming communities from the incursions of marauding herdsmen after the flag off of Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma, or Cat Race, a military spike operation to end herdsmen killings in the state, armed herdsmen early in the week stormed Mbatoho, an Island community at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government, sacking over 5,000 inhabitants of the vast Island
MSF quits Rann, evacuates staff as Buhari, Saraki, UNICEF, IOM, UN condemn attacks
The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres(MSF) said on Friday it had suspended its work in the Nigerian town of Rann and evacuated national and international staff after a deadly raid by Boko Haram guerrillas.
2019 Presidency: Is Fela Durotoye overreaching himself?
He is unarguably among Nigeria’s leading motivational speakers with a clientele base ranging from tier one banks to some of the country’s leading oil companies. Fela Durotoye, or FD as he is simply called, has his forte in inspiring executives to bring out the best to enhance organizational and personal career goals.
