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About Asaba International Airport

Asaba, the capital city of Delta State is really wearing a new look befitting a state capital; and if what this reporter saw at the Asaba International Airport last Saturday, June 28, is anything to go...

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Kaffy and hubby turn social media couple

There are indications that dance queen and choreographer, Kaffy Shafau-Ameh, and her husband don’t see too often. This is because the two now prefer to show their affection for each other via the...

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Victor Osuagwu celebrates one year in office

Chairman of Lagos chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Victor Osuagwu, last weekend celebrated his one-year in office at an event in Lagos. Victor thanked members of the guild for their faith...

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2014 BET Awards: Davido beats Tiwa Savage, others to Best International Act,...

HKN artiste, Davido, has continued to prove that his music transcends the Nigerian entertainment industry. The good run which saw him carting away two awards at the recently concluded MTV Africa Music...

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I don’t ever get discouraged –Mmobuosi

Chiedozie Mmobuosi is the chief executive officer of Tingo Mobile, the first indigenous mobile phone manufacturer in Nigeria. He has a background in investment banking and technology from Putra...

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Heavily pregnant Uche Ogbodo walks out of marriage

Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo, has walked out of her engagement to her fiancé, Ato Ubby, barely 10 months after the lovebirds got engaged traditionally. This could not have come as a surprise since...

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Nollywood stars speak on Super Eagles

The exit of the Super Eagles, at the ongoing World Cup in Brazil, has continued to generate a lot of comment from Nigerians. Football buffs in Nollywood have also lent their voices to the disappointing...

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D’banj focuses on other interests

In recent times, D’banj, has been heavily criticised. Apart from been tagged a spoiler of other artiste’s songs, he has been heavily criticised for his inability to churn out hits after parting ways...

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My childhood was nothing to write home about – Oguntoye

By Nkasiobi Oluikpe / Correspondent, Lagos He grew up hating farm work because of its tediousness.  But with a very humble beginning, he never knew he would have gone to school, Oguntoye although...

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Wale Ojo joins Tinsel

UK-based Nigerian actor, Wale Ojo, has been announced as the new addition to the popular television series, Tinsel. The actor is popularly known for his television series ‘Meet The Adebanjos’, the hit...

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Kidnapped

By Martie Coetser The sound of a speeding car close behind urged Mia to steer her bike onto the pavement and almost through a shrubby fence. Anger overwhelmed her. The yellow Honda was her heart’s...

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Women prefer longer labour to intense pain –Study

If you were giving birth, what would be your choice: a longer labour with relatively less pain, or a shorter labour with terrible pain?  That’s the question researchers posed to 40 pregnant women....

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Ignite Africa revives reading culture

By Nkasiobi Oluikpe Correspondent, Lagos  Worried at the status of reading culture and rate of failure of younger ones during examinations, a group of eminent Nigerians, under the auspices of Ignite...

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When SPAC celebrated 130 years of Mission in Aworiland

By Yinka Shokunbi Assistant Life Editor June 29 is marked in the traditional Christian calendar as Saint Peter’s Day, a day that symbolises the death of Apostle Peter, one of the foremost disciples of...

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50 love poems in 50 years for reading July 20

By Yemi Adebisi Poetry specialists at the Southbank Centre have released a long list of 50 modern love poems across the globe, selected from works written over the last 50 years. The American Angelou...

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I choose African literature for empowerment – Mahama

By  Yemi Adebisi, Acting Head, Literary/Arts When the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, arrived Ogidi, Anambra State, the home country of the late novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe, in the...

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Flavour, others to rock Coke Studio

Following the successful launch of Season 1 of Coke Studio Africa last year, Coca-Cola Nigeria has released the names of the performing artistes that will feature in Coke Studio Africa Season 2, which...

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Policing and Terrorism: Challenges and Issues in Intelligence

Author: Oyesoji Aremu Reviewer: Aderemi Raji-Oyelade Publishers: Stirling-Horden Publishers Ltd. No of pages: 183 “…the major challenge is how to sustain and maintain democracy and development in the...

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…I specialise in drums, keyboard, apart from my saxophone –Olasax

There is a reason he is called Olasax and that is not because of his ministration with the saxophone but because of the way he handles the instrument which make him look like the Kunle Ajayi of the...

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Ebola: What needs to be known?

By Yinka Shokunbi Early in the year the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus in parts of Africa raise a lot of fear among Nigerians who became worried that the virus which the World Health Organisation...

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