Controversies of Good Friday
By Anthonia Soyingbe – Snr Reporter, Lagos Jesus paying the debt He did not owe Good Friday is perhaps the most solemn date in the Christian calendar. A day set aside to commemorate the death of...
View ArticleDiscovery: The Easter Collection
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday and Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Because Easter occurs in the hot season, Easter clothing typically evokes brightness, spring-like colours, patterns...
View ArticleMy wife once scolded me for not kissing a lady properly–Yemi Blaq
Actor, Yemi Blaq was recently spotted in a movie location titled Eko, the blessing of Olofin. In this interview with REPORTER, Lukmon Akintola, he speaks about the movie, his wife and more. Yemi Blaq...
View ArticleAbout Bola Tinubu’s style
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a very influential man. In the political terrain he is unarguably one of the few that commands respect. Another feather he has added to his...
View ArticleMost responsible women don’t go into politics – Robertson Robertson
Prophetess Nonnie Roberson is the president of Nigerian Women in the Clergy and the vice president, core responsibility of teaching Women in Clergy Worldwide. She Prophetess Nonnie Roberson spoke with...
View ArticleI can’t feel comfortable messing around outside –Ugo
By Nkasiobi Oluikpe - Lagos Kingsley Ugo Between 1978 and 2006, as an aeronautic engineer, he was seconded to the Presidency where he was the Chief Engineer of the 727 Presidential Aircraft. And...
View ArticleNIBF 2014: Engaging literati on e-book, physical book
By Yemi Adebisi Acting Head, Literary/Arts Cross section of registration unit in 2013 edition It is assumed that in Africa, literacy level is going down. It was observed that the reading culture has...
View ArticleAdeboye at empowerment workshop, exhorts RCCG workers on transparency
By Aramide Oikelome, Segun Obisanya, Lagos The words of Charles F. Kettering, “My interest in the future is because I am going to spend the rest of my life there” vividly encapsulates the bold step...
View ArticleI read African contemporaries, British writers –Egya
By Rukayat Atanda, Special Correspondent, Lagos Art of reading, experts affirmed, is one of the major criteria that determines the success story of most intellectuals. Author of What the Sea Told Me,...
View ArticleLNG receives 124 drama entries for NPL 2014
By Yemi Adebisi, Acting Head, Literary/Arts Nigeria LNG Limited has received 124 entries for the 2014 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL), its flagship CSR initiative and Africa’s most...
View ArticleNGO launches intervention on maternal and child promotion
By Aramide Oikelome Snr Correspondent, Lagos As parT of the collaborative efforts with government to stem the tide of deaths of mothers and new born in the country, a Non-Governmental Organisation...
View ArticleShould Christians eat red meat on Good Friday?
By Aramide Oikelome, Snr Correspondent, Lagos Good Friday is a day in the Christian calendar when followers of Christ all over the world commemorate the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. The event, which...
View ArticleCatholic group donates to accident victims at orthopaedic hospital
The Catholic Brothers United (CBU), a religious-based organisation in St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos, has donated consumables valued at several thousands of naira to accident victims at the...
View ArticleCAN opposes establishment of grazing reserves
By Aramide Oikelome Snr Correspondent, Lagos Umbrella body of Christians in the country, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has rejected the proposal to establish grazing reserves across the...
View ArticleAfrican artistes speak on Cocoa Na Chocolate
Nineteen top recording artistes from across Africa, including D’Banj and Femi Kuti from Nigeria, DR Congo’s FallyIpupa, Cote d’Ivoire’s TikenJahFakoly, Kenya’s Juliani, and South Africa’s Judith...
View ArticleBadagry Goitre victims benefit in free surgery scheme
By Yinka Shokunbi Chika recovering after the surgery Photo: Kunle Ajayi Four years ago, 40-year-old Pauline Edokpaye, who had lived in Badagry for six years, began to notice some swelling around her...
View ArticleWild Ixora
Author: Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude Reviewer: Emeka Esogbue Publisher: Carophem No of pages: 127 The novel, beautifully opens with a six-line poetic prologue, is set in a small community of Isubogu....
View ArticleEaster: Clerics examine true essence of Christ’s death, resurrection
By Aramide Oikelome Snr Correspondent, Lagos “Easter morning brings us news that is ancient, yet ever new: Christ is risen! It is that time of the year when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord...
View ArticleDefeating malaria with insecticide treated nets
By Yinka Shokunbi Hakeem Isola (standing), a volunteer, helping to hang mosquito net Photo:Yinka Shokunbi The time was eleven o’clock in the morning and again it was Easter holiday time; the public...
View ArticleOsu: After lent, what next?
As a section of Christendom ended Lent, preparatory for today’s Easter celebrations, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, Director of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, spoke to Senior Correspondent,...
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