Was anyone worried last week when reality television show Big Brother Naija kicked off the auditions for its 2019 edition? In each of the eight audition centres —Edo, Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Oyo, Delta and Cross River states, plus the Federal…
Kenneth Afor – The 2013 AFCON winning team won the 1994 Super Eagles team 5-3 on penalties to emerge as the champion of PVC Football Novelty Match played at the Yabatech Sports Complex on Saturday, February 9, 2018. The 30-minutes…
As the country prepares for this year’s general election scheduled to hold on February 16 and March 2, 2019 for the Presidential and National Assembly, Governorship and State House of Assembly respectively the Department of State Services (DSS) call on…
Ten Swiss non-governmental organisations are set to lose key European Union funding for humanitarian operations, Swiss public radio, SRF, reported on Monday. Just before Christmas, the European Commission sent letters to ten Swiss NGOs regarding the status of Framework Partnership…
ON Wednesday, January 30, Tanzania moved decisively closer to becoming a one-party state when parliament approved proposed amendments to the Political Parties’ Act that was first passed in 1992. That was the year that the country adopted multi-party democracy, after…
When Globacom, the Nigerian telecommunications giant, unveiled Anthony Joshua as its brand ambassador a couple of weeks ago, something delighted me. Even though I know that the world heavyweight boxing champion is originally from Nigeria, I always see him as…
The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has appealed to the Federal Government to gazette the Discrimination Against Persons with Disability Prohibition Act for effective compliance in the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The…
Statement by OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative Come February 16 and March 2, 2019, Nigerians will file out to vote for leaders that will pilot the affairs of the country at the federal and state levels respectively for the next four years.…
By Dele Momodu – Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to make some quick clarifications in this season of general bickering and mutual distrust and spiteful hatred. One. I do not work for any campaign organisation. I’m supporting the PDP candidate, Alhaji…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested six men for inserting fresh pepper in a lady’s private parts. In a video that went viral on Wednesday, the men forcefully dragged an unnamed naked woman to the ground. One of them…
