Reuben Abati: The national brain is in recession
“Have you eaten today? If not, let me show you this new restaurant. Good food, the service girls specially attractive, the Madam herself is quite friendly.” “What are you proposing: the food, the...
View ArticleHow fraud suspect died in EFCC custody
Desmond Nunugwo, a suspect under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, passed away Friday few hours after he was taken into custody, the EFCC said in a statement. Mr....
View ArticleNFF technical director Amodu Shuaibu, is dead
Just days after the passing of former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, Nigeria’s football family has lost another giant of the dugout. Amodu Shuaibu who was part of the Nigeria Football Federation...
View ArticlePolice parade 5 persons who killed woman in Kano
Five persons were on Friday arraigned before a court in Kano over last week’s killing of a trader on allegation of blasphemy. The killing of Bridget Agbahime by a mob at Kano’s Kofar Wambai Market...
View ArticleHere’s how to touch her in bed
By Debby Herbenick There are ways to be touched that are brilliant and other ways that are kind of blah. If there’s one thing we know about the way people touch each other during sex it’s that they...
View ArticleTears flow as drowned Unilag students are buried
“But we do not want you to be uninformed brothers about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. Therefore, mourn not, cry not, grieve not; but rather give thanks...
View ArticleND militants declare ceasefire on condition that Dasuki is set free and...
The joint revolutionary council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), which claims to be the highest organ of “all the freedom fighting body” in the Niger Delta, has declared a ceasefire...
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Gov Ganduje launches empowerment program for rural communities
The Kano state government has launched the first segment of the Ganduje Mass Economic Empowerment Programme (G – MEEP), covering 520 women and youth from across the state. The beneficiaries were...
View ArticleAmodu’s last moments and how he died
Former Super Eagles Chief Coach and technical director Amodu Shaibu’s body has arrived Okpella his village in Edo state, ahead of his burial later this afternoon. Meanwhile, a former coach of the...
View Article‘Football has lost a genius’| Gov Bello mourns Amodu
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has described the demise of Coach Shuaibu Amodu as a great loss to the Nigerian football community, referring to the ex-Super Eagles coach as a football genius who...
View ArticleAregbesola: June 12 remains real democracy day
Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described June 12, 1993 as the most suitable and proper day to mark democracy day in Nigeria. Aregbesola, in his address marking the 23rd anniversary of...
View ArticleIn Amodu, Nigeria has lost yet another dedicated public servant–Osinbajo
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has commiserated with the family of late Shuaibu Amodu, the football federation technical director and four-time coach of the Super Eagles, who died in his sleep in the...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: All’s well that ends well
At the end of the day, President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be loosening up. He came to power with a set of ideas, with the best of intentions, undeniably convinced that those ideas would help...
View ArticleReuben Abati: Remembering MKO and June 12
This day, June 12 will always be remembered by those who have defied the culture of silence and conspiracy against a significant moment in Nigerian history, to remind us of how today, 23 years ago,...
View Article“I’m the custodian of a sacred mandate; I won’t surrender it”| READ MKO’s...
On June 11, 1994, a year after the Babangida led military junta annulled a free and fair election won by chief MKO Abiola, the winner declared himself president in Epetedo, Lagos. Moshood Kashimawo...
View Article‘I’ve heard that they’re coming to arrest me’| Dele Momodu recalls Abiola’s...
In this interview with Punch, Ovation publisher and ThisDay columnist, Dele Momodu relives the last days of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12 1993 presidential–one which is still regarded as...
View ArticleArmy retires Dasuki and Jonathan’s aides
58 military officers have been compulsorily retired from the army; among them some of the aides who served and watched ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s back. Ojogbane Adegbe, a colonel and former ADC...
View ArticleA man walked into a nite club in the U.S and shot dead 50 people
Orlando, Florida (CNN): A gay nightclub here was the scene early Sunday of the worst terror attack in U.S. history since 9/11. * 50 people were killed inside the Pulse club and at least 53 people were...
View ArticleLike Buhari, Gov Ahmed secures $56m Chinese investment deal
In a bid to walk the talk of economic diversification, the Kwara state government has taken another leap on boosting investment drive in the state. Kwara state officials say the latest business trip...
View ArticleMy plan was to make cars run on natural gas–Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo said he had conceived the idea of vehicles in Nigeria running on natural gas during his time as Nigeria’s leader. Obasanjo said his intention was to develop the...
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