Keeping the Nigerian Hope Alive – Dr Adesina Role models are often suggested as a way of motivating or inspiring individuals to set and achieve ambitious goals, especially for members Read more…
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Mr. Shuaibu Idris, MNI, who is the current Chairman of Board of Governors of IoD, Centre for Corporate Governance, was born almost six decades ago in Dogon Dawa, Birnin-Gwari Local Read more…
There is a mild debate among historians about what the actual last words of Augustus caesar were. Was it “have I played my part well, now applaud as I exit” Read more…
Yinka Davies, consummate Nigerian (nay, West African) musician. Music, for Yinka Davies, comes from very deep within (all artistic performance, she says, as she’s also into theatre). Her deep Yoruba Read more…
Yinka Davies Sings “Juliana” with Tony Okoroji It was Nigeria’s independence anniversary, October 1, and the quintessential Nigerian musician, Yinka Davies, was performing at a soiree. For a guest Read more…
AFCON 2021 is finally off to a start. The 33rd edition of the biannual event which was scheduled to take place last year but was postponed due to the pandemic Read more…
As the saying goes there is a time to live and there is also a time to leave! Such is the story of every human being. When I received the Read more…
Yinka Davies, consummate Nigerian (nay, West African) musician. Music, for Yinka Davies, comes from very deep within (all artistic performance, she says, as she’s also into theatre). Her deep Yoruba Read more…
Indeed, it is painful. To see her crawl from where she had been sick all day, to lie beside me, as she was dying, which I was not aware of. Read more…
VICTOR’S VOCALS There is a nostalgic twist to the tale I tell today. It is wrapped in the fold of my childhood memories. The city where this story is set Read more…
In a world where human sympathy seems like a rare quality and the human heart can become a storehouse of evil deeds, there are those who stand out among the Read more…
Uruemu Adejinmi has been elected as Mayor of Longford County Council, marking a series of firsts for the county, as she is the first migrant, first African and first black Read more…
A DOCTOR IN MY COUNTRY The lyrics of the song have stayed. After all these years, they have stayed. The song was the delight of school children who sang it Read more…
The phrase, a woman of many parts, is a fitting description for her. She is a skilled lady who has a long list of accolades attached to her name. Her Read more…
They were the rave-of-the-moment in those bygone years. Those years when flying kites and playing with the koso toy were the regular childhood games. Then, pacesetter novels and Enid Blyton Read more…
It is very rare to hear children say to their parents in Nigeria, “when I grow up, I want to be a pilot”. Not because it is not a decent Read more…
FAITH’S OVATION When someone in a competition or a game show answers a question correctly, that person is given a befitting round of applause. Even if the audience does not Read more…
Drawn from over 1,100 nominations world over, Priscilla made the Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy 2021- Apolitical. This list recognises and celebrates the hard work of women Read more…
