Tuface, Ara electrify Mare 2015

The Mare festival 2015, a mountain-climbing sport cum cultural festival, in Ondo State, Nigeria ended with an electrifying performances from award winning Nigeria stars, Tuface , contemporary highlife maestro, Paul Play and international recognised female talking drummer and singer, Aralola. Tuface's live performance at Mare Festival The trio, who were the star acts at this year’s event, literally peaked the...

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Alaafin fights ''the Natural'

Alaafin trains , Pic credits MTC  After he had lifted his belt as the new African Boxing Union's Welterweight Champion,  in a fierce bout with Ghanaian warrior Joseph 'The Double Horror' Lamptey, Boxing Champion, Larry  ‘’The Natural’’ Ekundayo has presented his belt to HRM Oba Lamidi Adeyinka in London. The Natural, who was born in Lagos, had his childhood eyeing championship, as with an extensive amateur background,...

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UK Immigration office deports 49 out of 29,000 Nigerians

   OREDOLA ADEOLA  After several attempts to stop the United Kingdom Immigration Office by the National Assembly and concerned Nigerians in UK, from conducting its monthly deportations of illegal immigrants into the country, the UK authority  has finally deported about 49 out of 29,000 illegal immigrants.  According to a UK officials, who spoke with BBC, a total of 46 Nigerians were deported from the UK to Lagos...

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Aokpe Pilgrimage Centre, thrives as a tourist product in Nigeria

  OREDOLA ADEOLA Despite the low attention given to the development of tourism in Nigeria, promoters of tourism in the country have continued to sort themselves out by sojourning to different parts of the country discovering and promoting tourist products at their own expense. One of such products that has attracted so much attention in recent times is AOKPE PILGRIMAGE CENTRE, a key religious and faith tourism site, , located...

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Facebook hits 1 Billion in a single day

OREDOLA ADEOLA Mark Zuckerberg , the founder of Facebook, has revealed that for the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day. The Editorials, exclusively obtained this from Zuckerberg who disclosed that earlier on Monday, August 24, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family. He said, ‘’When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different. This...

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TUNDE FOWLER… the stylish tax master

OREDOLA ADEOLA TUNDE Fowler’s appointment as FIRS boss, is one of the many appointments made by President Mohammadu Buhari, which some of the critics described as credible. According to them, he is a round peg in a round hole. Fowler, who headed the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service for almost 10 years, is a quintessential tax collector. His track record remains unmatched among tax administrators in Nigeria. The Editorials, gathered that...

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HOW OBASANJO, VIRGIN ATLANTIC AND GREED KILLED NIGERIA AIRWAYS

By Nwachukwu Okafor MR PRESIDENT , I must confess that I am one of those who were surprised by your long-pursued election. Your dexterity in fighting for what you believed in for so many years has inspired many Nigerians including myself. Since that historic election, I have paid a very close attention to the man and his message. One of your first messages which was delivered in the second week after the election was that in 16...

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June 12: "Why Ooni Betrayed MKO Abiola......"- Oba Sikiru Adetona

. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade’s role in the aftermath of the annulment of the 1993 presidential election is widely thought to have been less than noble. In Awujale, the recently released autobiography of Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Sijuade’s connivance with those who annulled the election is brought into sharp focus His position as the most revered traditional ruler in Yorubaland has not innoculated Oba Okunade Sijuade...

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Poverty of intellectualism in­ Nigeria

Professor Ben Nwabueze, 85, was the Former Minister of Education and legal icon Professor,  He was also the first academic lawyer to be made a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 1978 strictly on the basis of his published works. Nwabueze in this speech delivered at a ceremony to confer on him the Distinguished Academic Leadership Award by Convention for Intellectual Co-operation of Nigeria, revealed the poverty of intellectualism in Nigeria. Prof. ...

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