Nigeria: Rivers of blood: A prayer for Jonathan
“God save me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies”, Anonymous. “In every mess I find a friend’, Charles Dibdin, 1745-1814.Sometimes being prophetic and turning out to...
Nigerian Author: Chimamanda Adichie wins American Prize
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel Americanah has been awarded the 2013 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for fiction. The Heartland Prize is a literary prize created in 1988 by the Chicago...
U.K. Visa cash bond & fire for fire!
The other week, we woke up to the screaming headline, ‘Nigerians to deposit 723,000 naira for U.K. Visa!’ It was a must read for many citizens here, whether or not...
Secret Meetings With OBJ : Jonathan, 4 northern govs play hide and seek
President Goodluck Jonathan and four northern governors, yesterday, engaged in a dramatic hide and seek game of politics in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, where they did not only hold separate...
Nigeria: I could have died
Rewind the tape to 28, April 2012. It was at the heat of the campaign for the Edo State governorship election slated for July 14, 2012 between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole...
Nigeria: 2015: How we will stop the South – Northern elders
The clamour for the presidency to return to the North in 2015 is growing. No fewer than four prominent groups are now championing the cause. The campaign was initially spearheaded...
Troops withdrawal from Mali: Nigeria petitions Ban Ki-Moon, UN Sec. Gen
Contrary to the mis-conception that the Federal Government of Nigeria is withdrawing its troops from the United Nations, UN, peace-keeping force in Mali because of pressing security challenges at home,...
Nigeria: Meet the 34 Gorgeous MBGN Contestants -Who is the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2013?
The most beautiful girls in Nigeria for 2013 are finally here… and they are on FIRE! 34 gorgeous ladies from different states in Nigeria, are vying for the coveted crown...
Zimmerman’s cousin claims he sexually molested her over 10-year period Read more: The Sanford Herald – Zimmerman s cousin claims he sexually molested her over 10 year period
George Zimmerman, 28, was released from the Seminole County jail July 6 on a $1 million bond. In a newly released interview with the Sanford Police Department, a...
Israel agrees to release some Palestinian prisoners
AP In this April 17, 2012 photo, Palestinians hold photographs of prisoners jailed in Israel, during a rally marking the annual prisoners' day in the West Bank city of Jenin....