Youth Enterprise Exhibition postponed
Organisers of the Youth Enterprise Exhibition have said that the programme initially slated to take place between May 16 and 18 has been shifted forward. Organised by 3Wise Magazine, the exhibition...
View ArticleAfolayan breaks into Japan film festival
Award-winning actor and movie director, Kunle Afolayan, is making another groundbreaking entry into the Asian movie market as he takes his recent works, Figurine and Phone Swap, to Tokyo, Japan. His...
View ArticleJonathan’s state of emergency
With a heart of gratitude to God and compliments to President Goodluck Jonathan, I congratulate the tireless prayerful Nigerians, who interceded for the peace of our nation and President Jonathan for...
View ArticleRethink Boko Haram strategy
In the last one year, Borno and Yobe states have been under an undeclared state of emergency due to the scale and scope of military operations going on there. Results achieved have been minimal at...
View ArticleUndergraduate killer son
The 18-year-old undergraduate who stabbed his father to death is a big lesson for all parents. Any parent building houses without building his home is training criminals who will demolish those...
View ArticleJail for phone thief
A 45-year jail term for a phone reminds me of a poem I studied during my undergraduate years titled, “Sule chase”. It was an account of a young man who stole a loaf of bread out of hunger and was...
View ArticleAyobo road construction
I want to use this medium to inform the Lagos State government to stop deceiving the residents of Ayobo that there are no funds to complete the Ayobo road construction. Instead, let the government...
View ArticlePUNCH’s vintage cartoons
I am an ardent reader of your very popular daily newspaper, The PUNCH. One of the most hilarious features that make the newspaper tick is the vintage cartoons, Naughty by nature and No Joke, daily...
View ArticleAchebe’s burial
The PUNCH of Thursday May 16, 2013 on its page 20 reported that the Senate had urged the Federal Government to give the literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, a state burial. As laudable as this call...
View ArticleNBA Ikeja’s position
I am not a lawyer neither have I read the relevant portion of the constitution but the comments by most experts in constitutional law on this issue point to the fact that the President was right to...
View Article‘Murray will prefer Wimbledon to Roland Garros’
Andy Murray will prioritise his Wimbledon challenge over playing in the French Open, his mother Judy has confirmed. World No. 2 Murray’s participation in next week’s grand slam at Roland Garros is in...
View ArticleLloris urges focus
Hugo Lloris insists Tottenham must focus all their efforts on beating Sunderland on the final day of the season – and not whether Arsenal might slip up at Newcastle. Arsene Wenger moved back into pole...
View ArticleWe’re not planning to ‘punish’ Eagles – Kenya
Kenya have denied they will retaliate against Nigeria for the alleged mistreatment of the Harambee Stars by the Nigeria Football Federation when they visited the country for their first leg 2014 World...
View ArticleAlamieyeseigha lied against Yar’Adua – Rotimi Jacobs
Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), has described comments attributed to a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as lies against the...
View ArticleLagos corps members decry extortion
Some National Youth Service Corps members in Lagos have alleged that they are being illegally extorted by officials of the scheme. The affected corps members, belonging to Batch ‘B’ Ikeja Area 1 zone,...
View Article‘Jail handlers of collapsed buildings’
Government’s failure to implement reports and the sanctions recommended on collapsed buildings has been blamed for the growing rate of building collapses in the country. A member of the Investigative...
View ArticleTransmission station fire: PHCN allays fear of blackout in Lagos
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria has said that there will be no blackout in Lagos as it is being speculated following a fire incidence at its Ikeja West transmission station located at Ayobo, Ipaja...
View ArticleStrike forces poly to postpone convocation
The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti has postponed its 16th convocation schedule to hold on May 25 due to the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Senior Staff...
View ArticleCourt convicts baker for assaulting NAFDAC officials
For assaulting officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, a baker, Afolabi Nurudeen, has been convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Friday....
View ArticleSoyinka to chair Aregbesola’s lecture series
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, will chair a lecture series in honour of the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola. According to a statement by the Chief Executive Officer of 1401 Solution Concept...
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