Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has listed five possible ways the National Assembly can successfully restructure Nigeria. Speaking while declaring open a retreat organised by the Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF), in Katsina on Tuesday, Saraki harped on the need to keep the country united while working to ensure that all regions get their rightful share of…
Nigerian Sport Stars Win Awards
One of Nigeria’s biggest sports awards held on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Tagged the “Nigerian Awards for Sporting Excellence,” the event held at Osun Hall, Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. According to the organisers, the award was meant to encourage sportsmen and women and administrators to achieve more success in their various fields. Among the awardees…
New Book On Marriage for Launch
A new book titled ‘Your Marriage can be Beautiful’ is set for launch this week. Written by Emmanuel Adewunmi, the book will be unveiled at Lagos Atlantic Conference Hall, Yaba, on Friday, November 17, 2017. According to the author, the book seeks to address the “common challenges facing marriage in the contemporary Nigerian society.” One…
Nigerian Guild of Editors to Avengers: Drop Your Arms, Embrace Dialogue
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, has urged the Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group, to embrace peace rather than violence. The call was made at a meeting of the editors in Katsina, on November 9, 2017. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, the Nigerian Guild of Editors expressed worry over the…
A Green Initiative For Nigeria
As a company, Green Nation, seeks to educate and enable Nigerians maximize the gains in the agriculture sector. Towards that end, the company organizes a weekly seminar in Ikeja, Lagos. The initiative, which began in April, 2017 continues to gather momentum as more people join to learn modern trends in agriculture. To benefit, prospective members are…
Nollywood Mourns Funke
Popular Nollywood actress Funke Abisogun AlHassan is dead. This comes just a few days ago after her husband, Taofiq Alhassan, announced that the actress had given birth. Just as some admirers were still sending congratulatory messages to the family of their darling actress death struck. The news of her demise was broken by, Tunde Ola…
Yabatech Organises 31ST Convocation Ceremony
Yaba College of Technology, one of Nigeria’s oldest and leading institutions of higher learning, yesterday held its 31st Convocation ceremony Dr M. K. Ladipo, the rector, in her address, gave an account of the college’s luminous history. While congratulating the new graduands on their success, she charged them not to let down the institution. Prince Fagbemi,…
Pique, Spanish Defender Booed At Training
Earlier this week, as Gerard Pique, a Barcelona and Spain international, turned up for training, he was booed by some fans chanting “Pique, a**ehole, leave the national team” in their native tongue. This may not be unconnected with the fact that the defender has been very outspoken on social media concerning the Catalan referendum which…
War Of Stars: The Origin Of Cavani And Neymar Feud
They are two of the best footballers on earth playing for one of Europe’s richest teams. These should make any footballer contented and happy as the case may be but Edinson Cavani and Neymar are not known to be friendly with each other. The source of their feud may not be unconnected to ego, as…