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Carrying coal to Nescastle, by Muyiwa Adetiba

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 […]
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Namibia offers stadium to Eagles

Namibia offers stadium to Eagles

John Muinjo is the Chairman of the Namibia Football Association. He was in Cairo last week for the FIFA Workshop for Elite Match Commissioners in Africa and that is where I met him.

Because you were

Because you were

A house is laid on a foundation to give it support, strength and even structure. It’s not feasible to build a house without a base on which everything now stands. Human beings also have foundations and I would dare to say that our parents are the foundations on which we build the rest of our lives.

Breivik: Mad man crusader

Breivik: Mad man crusader

…. Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

Why President, NSA must not resign (1)

Why President, NSA must not resign (1)

“I CAN TELL YOU THAT President Goodluck Jonathan knows those behind this ugly act. He is taking it with levity; he has refused to expose them. The President is demonstrating his weakness and telling the whole world that he is not capable of ruling the nation.

THE BIBLE IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD (2)

THE BIBLE IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD (2)

The word of God came to me the very first time during an armed-robbery attack. “Femi,” he said, “nothing is going to happen to you here.” Immediately, one of the robbers contradict-ed him by firing a bullet into my left leg. Even so, the word continued: “Femi, there is nothing wrong with your leg.”

A culture of competitive corruption

A culture of competitive corruption

Nigerians are obviously by now already too numbed by the reports of public corruption at the highest places. There’s very little that is new about public corruption, nor anything in any scale now shocking or surprising about corruption in Nigeria. News of public corruption which could still scandalize and shock people in other places, and even sometimes make the devil blush with embarrassment, is now considered quite routine in Nigeria.

Oronsaye’s report: Should anyone be angry?

Oronsaye’s report: Should anyone be angry?

On April 10, 2012, a Presidential Committee on the Rationalization and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies submitted its report. Since then, many critics have hit hard on the report while some have used the opportunity to vilify the person of the committee’s chairman, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, a former head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Rapists need moral, psychological help – Pastor Taiwo

Rapists need moral, psychological help – Pastor Taiwo

To support rape victims and also provide ideas on how rape could be prevented, she passionately set up Tender Hearts Family Support Initiative many years ago. Pastor(Mrs.) Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi, a woman famous for ministering on relationships, is also a prolific writer who has to her credit over 20 books, notably inspirational romance novels and children literature.