It’s now master vs prodigy as Ballon d’Or race is blown open, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The football gods did not disappoint, and the sheer grit of England collided head-on with the fierce, emotional self-belief of Argentina
The return of Diezani
SOME people love to call her the female oil Sheikh of Nigeria. Others see her first coming as the first female oil or petroleum minister of Nigeria in decades some 40 years ago.
Boko Haram means terror (2)
WHAT has Western education got to do with killing policemen on the beat or bombing churches and pepper soup joints? They are not true Muslims.
Ore road and the task before Onolememen
IT is difficult to tell what must have kept Ore end of the Lagos-Benin expressway undone up till this time. It is one riddle which may require more than mere exertion to determine.
Abia and the slain police officer
THE event of July 19 in Abia State where a police officer, Corporal Umoru Mohammed attached to Government House Umuahia allegedly shot his colleague, Corporal Clement Amachi to death, calls for serious concern, thorough investigation and total overhauling of the country’s security apparati, especially the Police.
Boko Haram means terror
THERE is no let-off to the mindless and incessant attacks on innocent citizens by Boko Haram, a faceless group of blood-thirsty sadists marauding as new day Jihadists.
A Muslim’s thought on Christian banking in Nigeria
IT is rather unfortunate that every issue in Nigeria today is debated on the basis of ethnic or religious sentiments, while every action taken is politicised, becoming a weapon for further escalation of animosity among Nigeria’s citizens.
The lexicon of Boko Haram
SIMPLY put, a lexicon, among other meanings, connotes all the words and phrases used in a particular language or subject; all the words and phrases used and known by a particular person or group of people.
Anambra: Gender bill for what? (2)
AGAIN, infuriated by the composition of the defunct national conference on political reforms – 31 women out of 400 delegates-our women had resorted to court action, to compel the then President Olusegun Obasanjo to reconstitute the conference with at least 200 women.
Adieu Tosanwumi
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH once said: “Death be not proud”. It is based on the above poetics that I join numerous mourners, writers, fans and wordsmiths to express my grief over the death of Dr. Richard Tosanwumi.
Anambra: Gender bill for what?
RECENTLY, the National Coalition on Affirmative Action, NCAA, appealed to Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State to sign into law the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill reportedly passed in 2007 and 2010 by the Anambra State House of Assembly but not yet accented to by the Governor.
