Popular singer Olanrewaju Ganiu Fasasi, also known as Sound Sultan, is dead. According to a statement released by his brother, Dr Kayode Fasasi, the veteran singer passed away on Sunday July 11, 2021, after a long battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. He was 44 and is survived by his wife, 3 children and siblings. Sound Read More…
THE NEO-COLONIAL TRAJECTORY of almost all African states, the neo-liberal policies they pursue and their anti-people programmes, lead in virtually all cases, to constant conflicts between African political leaders and workers. So it is rare for workers to eulogise their political elite. So, for them at the continental level to collectively eulogise and honour a particular African president is Read More…
THE CIVIC SPACE IS shrinking by the day as my countrymen and women contend for the soul of the nation. Nigeria is pregnant. Veteran political midwives predict a long and painful labour. But they do not foresee a stillbirth as happened in 1993 under the watchful eyes of one former student of the redoubtable Eme Read More…
1st major title in 28 yrs RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Reuters) – Argentina won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday and Lionel Messi finally won his first medal in a blue-and-white shirt when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America. Read More…
The Nigerian men’s basketball team, D’Tigers are not playing! Seriously, they mean business. On Saturday night, Nigeria pulled off an international shocker against the Team USA basketball squad 90-87 with a roster primarily filled of little-known NBA players that found a way to beat a group of All-NBA, All-Star and max-contract performers. “I thought that Read More…