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  • Kerry Calls on Nigeria to Stop Human Rights Abuses

    ADDIS ABABA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigerian authorities are working to stop human rights abuses by security forces in their fight against Boko Haram militants. The U.S. top diplomat made the remarks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he took part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Secretary Kerry said there is no denying the ...

  • Hunger epidemic in Lagos public schools

    As the world celebrates Children's Day tomorrow, MOTUNRAYO JOEL reports that some pupils in Lagos State public schools are suffering from ...

  • Why centenary celebration is dear to Nigeria – FG

    By CHINWEOKE AKOMA Ahead of plans to mark Nigeria's 100 years, the Federal Government says it will deal with the challenges hampering the nation's progress. Speaking at the unveiling of the official media partners and brand ambassadors of the Nigerian centenary project in Lagos, the Minister of State for Works, Amb. Bashir Yugudu, who represented the Secretary to the Government of ...

  • Intrigues politics in Achebe’s burial

    By McPhilips Nwachukwu & Uduma Kalu It would have been difficult if the burial of Chinua Achebe had passed without any controversy. Apart from the fact that the dust his autobiography, There was a Country raised was yet to settle, the announcement of his death started another round of controversy. The first controversy that came out was when the renowned author was announced dead last ...

  • NOSCEF Why we honoured Oritsejafor

    By Sam Eyoboka THURSDAY, May 9,2013 was the day Christian Elders Forum of 19 Northern States, NOSCEF, gathered together at the National Christian Centre, Abuja to honour the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor. Oritsejafor, a dynamic preacher, pastor, evangelist, teacher, prophet, apostle and Author, with a unique anointing of God, ...

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Terms of Endearment [DVD]

Terms of Endearment [DVD]

In the introduction to the paperback edition of Terms of Endearment, author Larry McMurtry noted that he wrote the novel after having spent a couple of years rereading several 19th-century novelists, including Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, and George Eliot. As McMurtry put it, "All three, of course, had taken a very searching look at the fibers and textures of life; I doubt I aspired to such pr ... ...

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  • Aero resumes flight to Douala

    By LAWANI MIKAIRU & DANIEL ETEGHE Aero Contractors has announced that, effective May 27, the airline will commence thrice weekly flight operations between Accra and Douala. Addressing aviation reporters yesterday in their corporate head office, Lagos, the Accountable Officer of the airline, Captain Russell Lee Foon, said the Douala flight, which will be operated with a Boeing 737, will ...

  • Niger-Delta after Oil How to avert the Oloibiri metaphor by Aginighan

    If we neglect to reduce the development gap between the Niger Delta and the rest of Nigeria and the oil wells dry up or oil ceases to be a revenue earner for Nigeria, then we will all be bowailing the re-enactment of the Olobiri metaphor, according to Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Aginighan spoke in a paper ...

  • Moles all over Nigeria

    By Tonnie Iredia When President Goodluck Jonathan observed not long ago that members of a dreaded insurgent group had infiltrated his own government, some people thought it was politics. From the look of things, it is becoming difficult to doubt the assertion. Although it might not be easy to identity insurgents within the federal cabinet as they may never openly portray a combatant ...

  • What Jonathan wants from the opposition by Senator Ben Obi

    By BASHIR ADEFAKA Senator Ben Ndi Obi, an Anambra high chief, was vice presidential candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 presidential election won by Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'Adua. He was later appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as his Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs upon assumption of office. Since his appointment, Obi has preached the need for politicians to eschew ...

  • Politics of Sports Development When journalists are no longer stakeholders

    By Sadiq Abdullahi There has never been a more opportune time for the Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi and the newly appointed Director-General, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye to clarify the vision and mission of the National Sports Commission (NSC) as sports federation boards settle to develop a comprehensive development plan and source for funding. There is no better time for sports ...

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