Terror Scare Hits Lagos
Anxiety has mounted in Lagos after the State government intercepted and disbanded a criminal gang, believed to be preparing a terrorist attack. A combined team of the Lagos State Security…
Jail-break In Delta, as Police Defuse Bomb
A jailbreak at Government Remand Home, Sapele, Delta State has resulted in the escape of 11 inmates, according to the Police, while an improvised explosive device (IED) was defused by…
Adamawa Terror Attack Claim 25, Says Police
The police in Adamawa State have said the Saturday attack by suspected terrorists on a bank, a prison, a police station and a drinking bar in Ganye, Adamawa state, claimed…
INEC: Opposition has not met the APC Registration requirement
Amid speculations that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had registered a group with the acronym, APC, to frustrate the merger by major opposition parties under the name of the…
We Can Mediate Between Government And Boko Haram, Says NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has disclosed that it could mediate between the federal government and the Boko Haram sect currently threatening the country’s unity. NLC said if the government…
Chinua Achebe: What Nigeria Means To Me
Chinua Achebe looks back on his troubled relationship with his country. Nigerian nationality was for me and my generation an acquired taste like cheese. Or better still, like ballroom dancing.…
Achebe, Big Iroko, Falls by Soyinka & JP Clark
For us, the loss of Chinua Achebe is, above all else, intensely personal. We have lost a brother, a colleague, a trailblazer and a doughty fighter. Of the “pioneer quartet”…
2014 World Cup: Brave Harambee Stars Hold-up Eagles (1-1)
Reigning African champions, Nigeria’s Super Eagles stage a remarkable escape in the 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifiers with a stoppage time equalizer to deny the Harambee Stars of Kenya from…
Brown University, Jonathan, Atiku, Utomi, Soyinka, Others Mourn Achebe
The death of globally acclaimed literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, was as shocking as it was devastating, according to the tributes that has been pouring out from both Nigerians and…
Father of African Literature, Chinua Achebe Dies at 82
Internationally-acclaimed Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe; known as the father of modern African literature, has died following an undisclosed illness and stay in a Boston hospital in the United States. He…