Carrying coal to Nescastle, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Regular users tell me that the road from Sagamu interchange to the Lagos end is usually about thirty minutes if the traffic is light and about forty-five minutes if it is heavy, which often happens at weekends. Recently, it took us – my two friends and I – almost four hours to navigate that journeyand […]
Lockerbie: Bellyaching over a just release
THE storm of protests and rage in Europe and America over the release of convicted Lockerbie ‘bomber’ Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi by the Scottish authorities is still gathering like a destructive American hurricane.
HIV/AIDS: Stuck in stigma
The poverty factor, which is supposed to have pushed women into commercial sex whether formally or informally, is responsible for the ever increasing share of women in the virus prevalence share (from 58% in 2005 to 61.5% today of women). And while the number of women using female condoms has increased significantly, it has not improved the figures any.
Rough justice
Lubna has became a huge celebrity and has acquired legions of supporters both at home and abroad; street rallies are held in her honour in Khartoum; run an internet search on her name and you’ll come across thousands of references to her courage
First time out: (4)
Nnamdi, (48), Artiste, contracted STD on his first time out. But was he deterred? Find out below as he tells his story:
My first experience as a young man was with a prostitute. Though at the time, I didn’t know that she was one. As a young chap, I was a trouble shooting, talkative and daring guy in thick lens glasses. I had a lot of wild friends too and was very smooth with the ladies.
Tompolo and the River Niger
CHIEF Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, has come out of his hiding place into which he went when the Joint Task Force (JTF) destroyed his Camp Five in Gbaramatu Kingdom.
