Berlin mosque’s female imam wins Norwegian university rights award
Female imam Seyran Ates, the founder of a liberal Mosque in Berlin, was on Tuesday named the winner of the…
Afghan jailed 26 years in prison for stabbing two persons
An Afghan man who injured two U.S tourists in a knife attack in a hallway at Amsterdam’s central railway station…
22 terror suspects arrested after attack on Indonesian minister
Indonesian police have arrested 22 suspected terrorists with links to Islamic State (IS) following the stabbing of the country’s Chief…
Minimum wage: Labour, FG stand eyeball to eyeball
SOJI-EZE FAFGBEMI reports that organised labour and the Federal Government are both locked in a familiar fight, the outcome of…
Once upon a time in Zimbabwe
Harare. August 1999. Night. I am inside The Queens Dale Sports Club, a smoky writers’ and journalists’ hang-out located on…
Osun flood victims count losses after 5-hour-downpour
The downpour that lasted five hours in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Tuesday left a horrible mark in its…
Sex scandals: Exposed randy lecturers will be prosecuted —Police
BOLA BADMUS, TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, AKIN ADEWAKUN, OLALEKAN OLABULO and SEGUN KASALI dug into the massive sex industry in Lagos ivory…
‘$582billion stolen from Nigeria since 1960’
The Economist in this report says among other claims that looters in Africa are finding it difficult to launder their…
South Africa set to reduce dependence on oil imports
South African delegates attending the Africa Oil & Power (AOP), conference on Friday stressed the need to reduce the country’s…
Distraught mother seeks N2m for ailing baby’s surgery
Mrs Shade Bilqees Adeyemo sounded desperate, urgent and worried. Her hysteria is understandable because the life of her 11-month-old son…
Most problems Fela got into were caused by his boys —Eddy Mike, Fela’s 78-year-old trumpeter
Chief Ireoluwa Olubodun Michael Fayehun (popularly called Eddy Mike) is the Sao of Ijomu Akure, and one of the notable…
We wish we had their corpses for proper burial Parents of two cousins killed by ISWAP lament
ISAAC SHOBAYO reports the impact of the death of two indigenes of Plateau State kidnapped in Borno State by Islamic…
‘I wooed my wife through WhatsApp and Facebook’
BAYO ALADE made a journey into the world of people living with hearing impairment, noting that governments at different levels,…
‘Harsh economy, fees defaulters are threats to survival of private schools’
As primary and secondary schools open for a new session across the nation, AKINWALE ABOLUWADE writes that private schools are…
They hit my head, tore my clothes •Laments pastor whose church was attacked in Edo
Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm”, so commands the Holy Bible. However, this biblical injunction was…
Family grieves over death of woman swept away by flooding
A long search for a sexagenarian by her relatives and security operatives ended in lamentation recently. She was found dead…
Vice President Osinbajo’s proposed immunity waiver: Is constitutional immunity healthy for Nigeria’s democracy?
Recently, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said he would waive his constitutional immunity to allow him legally defend himself over some…
Ureje Bridge collapse: Ekiti residents, commuters worry over incessant rain
‘YOMI AYELESO reports the frustration of residents and commuters following flooding of sections of Ekiti State and the recent collapse…
Why civil service remains crucial to national growth —Oladipo
Babatunde Olugbenga Oladipo has been a civil servant of repute within the Ogun State civil service. He was director of…
‘I am 59!’
The old man was dressed in an elaborate outfit he had obviously outgrown. It must have been a relic from…
