Do you know that yams are perennial herbaceous vines that are native to countries like Asia, Africa, and Tropical America? Some species are long and cylindrical in shape, with rough, scaly exteriors. There are around 200 varieties of yams all around th...
JUWE OLUWAFEMI looks into the world of ‘Dance Hall’ steps in Nigeria and concludes that in spite of the cosmopolitan nature of today’s music, there seems to be so much noise and so little sense. The short ride from Berger to Wuse had ...
The seaport is the economic gateway to every non-land-locked nation. SAMSON ECHENIM, in this report, presents an analysis of the impact of the eight-day nationwide strike by organised labour and civil society organisations on the nation’s seaport...
Adegbamigbe Omole is the Chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association. He also runs legal chambers, Kings Gate Solicitors located at Budland Street, Ojodu, Ikeja, Lagos.He speaks to Paul Dada on the need for e...
Nigeria’s recent political and civil unrest is damaging the economy and forcing investors to reassess their take over the short-term returns available here and elsewhere in Africa. Stock and bond investors started looking seriously at sub-Saharan...
Heidi Klum and Seal are to file for divorce after six years of marriage, according to reports. The couple will apparently file divorce papers in the LA County Superior Court early next week, TMZ reported. The website said German supermodel Heidi, 38, w...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday vowed to get to the root of the multiple bomb blasts and acts of violence which rocked the city of Kano on Friday, leaving seven persons dead and others injured, saying those behind these acts of terrorism would&...
Six children were killed in a fire on Friday in Dagoni village, Kaita local government area of Katsina State. A relation of one of the deceased, Malam Danjuma Mohammadu, said on Saturday in Dagoni that the inferno occurred at about 4.30 p.m. in a grana...
British-born actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje came late to screen acting and made his movie debut in Congo (1995). He has since appeared in The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Bourne Identity (2002), but he is best known as Simon Adebisi in the edgy HBO-TV ...
Soldiers have been deployed to major streets in Kano to enhance security following the multiple explosions in the city on Friday. The State Government on Friday imposed 24-hour curfew on the state as part of measures to forestall further attacks. Armed...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Bayelsa has confirmed that two explosions rocked parts of Yenagoa at about midnight on Friday. The JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Timothy Antigha, said on Saturday that there were dynamite explosions in certain parts of ...
Beijing long jump bronze medalist, Blessing Okagbare, has high expectations for the coming season, and not just because it’s an Olympic year. Last year was a difficult one with injury dampening the expectations of an athlete who until then had be...
Many traders at the Eke Obinagu market in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu state lose millions of naira at the beginning of each year to strange fire incidents, and this year is not an exception. The only difference is that t...
Police in Funtua local government area of Katsina State on Friday arrested a suspected armed robbery kingpin, Tasi’u Bommalli, who later died of gun shot injuries on their way to the hospital. It will be recalled that the police on Monday during ...
The PDP Electoral Panel for Delegates Election in Cross River has announced the cancellation of elections in three wards due to irregularities. The Chairman, Mr Mohammed Wakil, stated this in Calabar while briefing the media on the pr...