By Maureen Sampson Gospel musician, Sola Allyson in this chat with Entertainer opens up on her collabo with singer, Adekunle Gold and her American tour among other interesting issues. Enjoy it. There has been appetite-whetting promotion of a new song you said you were working on with Adekunle Gold. When are you releasing it? Yes….
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Sen. Binta Masi (APC-Adamawa North), on Saturday, presented monetary assistance to over 3,000 women to boost their petty businesses. Presenting the assistance at a ceremony in Michika, Masi said the gesture was to help women victims of insurgency in the district who were just returning to pick up their lives once again. The lawmaker added…
Nigeria and Ethiopia have rekindled their bilateral ties and have resolved to further work toward ensuring mutual progress and prosperity for both countries. Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to newsmen at the end of a bilateral meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Workneh Gebe. He spoke on the sidelines of the 31st Ordinary…
Nigeria’s amalgamation of 1914 by the colonial masters is a divine creation, the Rev. Franklin Ihemefor of the African Episcopal Methodist Zion Church, Abuja, said on Saturday. He said since the country was designed by God, its unity should be sustained and promoted against all odds. Ihemefor, who spoke against the backdrop of agitations for…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Saturday, appealed to the Federal Government to reinstate the position of an Amirul Hajj in line with Islamic tradition. An Amirul Hajj is a leader of Hajj pilgrims, appointed by the government body, Hajj commission or religious head to lead the Hajj pilgrimage and offer advice…
Dr. Lateefat Oyeleye Abiola, the best graduating medical student at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, was on top of the world 30 June, as she delivered the valedictory speech. Abiola who was a student of Osun State University was sponsored to the Ukrainian university by the government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, to complete…
By Maureen Sampson Gospel musician, Sola Allyson in this chat with Entertainer opens up on her collabo with singer, Adekunle Gold and her American tour among other interesting issues. Enjoy it. There has been appetite-whetting promotion of a new song you said you were working on with Adekunle Gold. When are you releasing it? Yes….
…Woman explains how she abandoned PhD programme, quit UCH job to sell ‘pure’ water From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan It was a rude shock when an unassuming career woman resigned her appointment from the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, some years ago. She was a doctorate degree student of the University of Ibadan then. …
The Presidency has decried criticisms in some quarters over the retention of Presidential Aircraft, NAF 001, in London. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, said such criticisms were mostly informed by lack of understanding of protocol around foreign trips…
FUTO VC gives one year account in office From Chidi Nnadi, Enugu On that Monday morning, the weather was showing signs of the season – a rainy day. But the gloomy weather condition could not deter members of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) from converging on the Hall of Excellence where the Vice…
Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, former Chairman/CEO, Pfizer and later Neimeth and former Chairman, Nigeria Economic Summit Group believes that Nigeria can use economics to drive her politics. In this interview with OBIDIKE JERRY, he spoke on a wide range of issues. Looking at your profile you spent 33years in pharmaceutical industry, 18 years of it at…
Ahmed Maiwada is a Nigerian lawyer based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is the author of four poetry books: Saint of a Woman (Hybun 2004), Fossils (Hybun 2008), Eye Rhymes (Mazariyya Books 2013) and We’re fish (Image Books 2017). He has published Musdoki, a novel, with Mazariyya Books in 2010. Ahmed Maiwada is currently working on…
•Family of 7-year-old diagnosed with leukaemia begs for help By Tessy Igomu With a pale appearance and split lips, little Stephanie Chikodi Chukwuezi hopped around the waiting room of St. Claire Specialist Hospital, Surulere, Lagos, with a hood covering her hairless head. In all innocence, she laughed heartily, as she played with her balloon, throwing…
Exam Ethics Marshal International (EEMI), an advocacy group, has commended the Federal Government’s efforts to instill best practices in public service promotion examination. Mr Ike Onyechere, Chairman EEMI, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Onyechere also commended the Ministry of Budget and National Planning,…
It was a unique gathering of major stakeholders in Nigeria’s marketing industry when the Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) rolled out the red carpet to celebrate outstanding achievers at the 2016 ADVAN Awards for Marketing Excellence at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, last weekend. The event threw up new champions who would bask in the…
–Danku, Oritsefemi’s manager By Tony Ogaga Artiste manager and entrepreneur, Yusuf Adebola Adepitan aka Danku, is one man who has contributed immensely from behind the scenes towards the growth of Nigerian music. He has worked with the likes of Oritsefemi, Terry G and Konga among a host of others. In this chat with TS Weekend,…
Lots of Nigerians, the unlettered and the educated, without knowing the technicality of the National Assembly being empowered by Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution as amended to expose corruption, inefficiency and waste in government, simply know that the legislative arm has conducted several sensational investigations. The abuse or otherwise of both sections…
I was going for Kenneth Hagen’s Camp Meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few months after the wedding of Lady Di and Prince Charles and our plane was filled literally with the relics of the auspicious wedding – ‘I was there’. When I was returning to Nigeria, I sat in the plane with an old couple….
Abubakar Tsav, former Lagos State Police Commissioner is just disappointing in his responses in an interview in The Sun of Tuesday, June 27. It was quite interesting reading the tirade and cacophony of the old man. Tsav’s espousal was like the way not to be an elder. It was seething with hatred and skewed facts…
The fate and future of over 20 million Igbo men , women and children living in Northern part of Nigeria hangs in the balance while the world pretends nothing is amiss. The Igbo live in fear of their physical safety and security following the infamous quit notice given to them by a coalition of 16…
Have you ever wondered what causes problems in your marriage or relationship? Could you be the reason your man is acting up? This write up is not to bash women, neither is it aimed at exonerating men from issues plaguing marriages and relationships, it is rather aimed at pin pointing few of the little things…
Seeing couples who have been together for decades can be a delight. Listening to them talk about how their love have endured the test of time gives you hope in the marriage institution. It is obvious however, that it is not easy to have a lasting marriage. Marriages will have their moments of conflict. Meanwhile,…
I have come this week with the gospel of truth. A pastor told me that I would start preaching the gospel very soon with my column and I thought it was a joke. But suddenly I felt the Spirit of the Lord come upon me and I am here to share the good news of…
By Mike Awoyinfa and Musa Jibril Our forthcoming book on Boardroom Leadership and Corporate Governance in Nigeria is unlike the traditional business management textbook. An infinite resource of such nature exists already so there is no need reinventing the wheel. Instead, the book is conceived as an experiential literature that captures the power, practice, peculiarities…
The news of the sponsorship deal brokered for the ailing ,moribund Federation Cup is so refreshing. The oldest football competition in the land has been on life support for decades. Successive leaderships of the football governing body seemed absolutely hopeless on what to do to bring life back to the once most glamorous football show…
Last week, when the news that one of Nigeria’s major Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) operator, Etisalat Nigeria, was going to be taken over by 13 banks, over N541.8 billion debt, I could not help but remember the coming of mobile telephone in the country some years ago and the changes therein. Yes, I…
