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  • Achebe not father of African literature — Soyinka

    As celebrated author, Chinua Achebe’s final burial rites hold this week, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka in this interview with Sahara reporters paid tribute to the famous author but says he(Achebe) is not the father of African literature. Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature, also spoke on his personal relationship with Achebe and other Nigerian writers; his regrets about ...

  • Man battles to keep motherless twins alive after 13 yrs of wrongful imprisonment

    By Adeola Adenuga With tears dripping down his cheeks, Oluwarotimi Sikiru looked lost. He knelt down as if addressing some audience. "I am appealing to good spirited Nigerians to come to my aid. My suffering has been compounded since going to prison for an offence I did not commit," Sikiru said. Sikiru was in jail for 13 years as prisoner awaiting trial until February 14, 2003 on ...

  • Nigeria Gunmen Attack Police Stations Banks in Daura

    Gunmen, Thursday night attacked two police stations and four banks in Daura town, carting away millions of naira and a number of weapons. JTF spokesperson, Capt Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed that four of the attackers were killed by soldiers and three soldiers were also killed in the attack. Iweha said soldiers who repelled the assailants had recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 393 rounds of different ...

  • Baker Convicted for Obstructing NAFDAC

    The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State yesterday convicted an Osogbo bread baker, Mr. Afolabi Nurudeen for obstructing officials of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) while performing their duties. Afolabi was arraigned before the court on 12th of May, 2011. According to the charge sheet, Afolabi committed an offence under Section 25(1) of the ...

  • Nigeria army says crackdown to go on

    Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the aim was to assert Nigeria's "territorial integrity as a nation". Earlier, a 24-hour curfew was imposed in parts of the city of Maiduguri, where the military said it had arrested 65 ...

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Shame

Shame

Steve McQueens Shame, which depicts the soulless exploits of a sexually addicted Manhattanite, simultaneously raises two paradoxical questions: How much is too much and how little is too little? The first question revolves around the films depiction of abject sexuality, which is explicit enou ... ...

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  • Nigerian president pledges to set up free trade

    Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the country's southeast geo-political zone to boost economic activities in the area.The Nigerian leader made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony of the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu on Saturday.The president, who noted that a free trade zone would only be ...

  • Nigerian troops arrest 65 rebels in northeast state

    Nigerian troops operating in northeast Borno State said on Saturday that 65 rebels had been apprehended so far by officers of the Special Task Force (STF).Spokesperson for the defense headquarters Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, saying the rebels were caught while attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri as they fled their various camps now under attack.The ...

  • LOOMING FUEL SCARCITY Transport operators plead with tanker drivers

    By LAWANI MIKAIRU The national leadership of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners , NARTO, has appealed to Petrol Tankers Drivers, PTD, branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, to shelve its planned nationwide strike due to commence on 23 May. . PTD leadership had given NARTO a two-week ultimatum ,starting from 9th May, that all their members nationwide ...

  • Amid 24-hr Curfew In Borno Surrender and embrace amnesty now Jonathan warns

    By Ben Agande, Kingsley Omonobi, Ndahi Marama, Tony Nwankwo *Residents flee air raids *Northern govs plead: Avoid civilian casualty The military, yesterday, extended the curfew in some parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, to 24 hours, in continuation of the emergency rule imposed on the state alongside Yobe and Adamawa States, on Tuesday, to curb Boko Haram insurgent activities. ...

  • Power supply Senate summons Ministers PHCN management others

    By Henry Umoru MOVED by poor supply of electricity in the country, the Senate has summoned the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, Minister of State, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, and the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Godknows Igali, to appear before its Committee on Power on Tuesday to explain why the problem has remained unabated. Also to appear before the Senator Philip Aduda, PDP, FCT, led ...

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