Common political campaign mistakes with Facebook
The use of Facebook as a tool in government and politics is a potential equalizer between the governed and those who govern. The medium can allow public officials to have more access to the public than...
View ArticleEbuka to Chimamanda: Can you write in Igbo?
Celebrated writer, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, unveils her new novel, Americana, amidst applause and queries by her Nigerian fans, AKEEM LASISI writes SOJOURNING out of Nigeria has been a blessing to...
View ArticleNIBF 2013: Another boom season for book lovers
All is now set for the 12th edition of the Nigerian International Book Fair holding between May 6 and 11 in Lagos. It promises to be a week of books and more books when publishers, booksellers, writers...
View ArticleFamily sells off Goldie’s belongings tomorrow
The family of late Big Brother Africa housemate and Hip hop star, Goldie Harvey will on Wednesday auction all her belongings. The family said this in a statement on Tuesday. The statement signed by the...
View ArticleKwara doctors on streets to protest insecurity
The Nigerian Medical Association, Kwara State chapter on Tuesday in Ilorin protested peacefully over armed attacks, and general insecurity in Nigeria. The protest was also over the killing of the...
View ArticleWillem-Alexander sworn in as king of the Netherlands
Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as king of the Netherlands following the abdication of Queen Beatrix. He became the country’s first king since 1890 when his 75-year-old mother signed the abdication...
View ArticleTerrorism: FG partners US on border security
The Federal Government has sought the assistance of the United States to introduce modern technology to secure the nation’s porous borders as well as assist in tackling the current security challenge...
View ArticleHusband, wife, 94 others freed from Kirikiri prison
A nursing mother, Comfort James, who gave birth to her only son, Emmanuel, during her remand in Kirikiri prison, and her husband, Bassey Ude, were among the 96 prisoners released from the facility by...
View ArticleBaga massacre: Jonathan receives report of investigation
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday formally presented a report of the investigation conducted into the massacre in Baga, Borno State to President Goodluck Jonathan. The report of the investigation...
View ArticleI’m back, sound and healthy, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Tuesday returned to the country after a 10-day medical trip to the United Kingdom. Briefing journalists, Okorocha said he was healthy and sound, and also...
View Article25-year-old man rapes toddler
A 25-year-old man was on Monday arrested at Somolu, Lagos State after he was allegedly caught having sex with his two-year-old cousin. The suspect, David Nnebong, lived with the victim’s grandmother at...
View ArticlePolice kill three robbers in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday said its men killed three robbers operating along the Ijebu-Ode – Benin Expressway. The robbers were gunned down around 1.30am while robbing motorists at...
View Article‘Nigerian youths are worth every investment’
The Nigeria Youth Movement has said every investment on Nigerian youths is worth it because it will help build good future leaders. A statement on Tuesday by one of the group’s organisers, Olowe...
View ArticlePastor, 50, in court for raping three pupils
A 50-year-old man, Emmauel Mathew, was on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for raping three pupils. News Agency of Nigeria reported that...
View ArticleHouse agent arraigned for duping 214 persons
A house agent, Mr. Hakeem Olanrewaju, 44, has been arraigned before court 1, Yaba Magistrate’s Court on 429 counts by the State Criminal Investigation Department, for allegedly defrauding 214...
View ArticleStill on MEND, Boko Haram and amnesty
Seneca it was who opined that “Men love their country not because it is great but because it is their own.” We may disagree with President Goodluck Jonathan; we may criticise him, still, that is not a...
View ArticleMedia and Baga killings
Bethel Uchegbu, 5, Jehova Shalom Street, Akute, Ogun State: It is said that in journalism bad news is good news. Bad news sells like hot cake, even without any convincing evidence. The North has been...
View ArticleFRSC’s bizarre claim
Rasheed Subair, Baale Yewehnu Street, Mosafejo, OLCDA, Badagry, Lagos State: Sir, permit me to draw your attention to the statement made by the Oyo State FRSC commandant recently on a radio programme...
View ArticleA commendable Nigerian
Nduka Onum, Garki, Abuja, +23480232421: I read the story of a young Nigerian postgraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chidube Ezeozue, in The PUNCH recently and all I felt was...
View ArticleWAEC and banned schools
KUNLE Aromire, Garki, Abuja Fct, +23480728583: It was reported recently in one of the national dailies (not The PUNCH) that the West African Examinations Council had banned a total of 113 schools...
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