For eight years Nigerian housewife Mallama Baraka suffered in silence as the eye disease trachoma, which can blind but is entirely preventable, slowly took its toll. It started with a watery discharge and a burning, itchy sensation in her eyes. Her eyelids swelled and her eyelashes turned inside them, causing her extreme pain each time Read More…
Emefiele commits N50 Billion to revamping the exchange The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is committing N50 billion to reposition the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele, who disclosed this, on Thursday, at an inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee for the repositioning of the NCX, added Read More…
Cicely Tyson has sadly died at the age of 96. The Oscar-nominated actress’ death was announced on Thursday night by her family. In a statement, they said: ‘With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy.’ Larry Thompson, Tyson’s manager, Read More…
Sanwo-Olu Reveals Lagos’ Plans Towards Ending Pandemic On Live TV Interview Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed the State Government’s plan on Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine rollout and the effort to bolster mass vaccination of residents in the State. Lagos, Sanwo-Olu disclosed, is aiming to achieve 60 per cent vaccine rollout when the vaccination Read More…
Nigerian singer-songwriter Simi joins Nadeska today on Apple Music 1 to discuss her latest album “Restless II.” Simi talks about how the timing was right for the release of her new project, how her sound has evolved, and working with her husband. Simi on why this was a great time for “Restless II”“I think because of the Read More…
Listen to current, pan African tunes by top artists like Soulking & Cheb Mami (Algeria), Aster Aweke (Ethiopia), Stanley Enow (Cameroon), Nyaruach (South Sudan) and Kofi Kinaata (Ghana). You’ll also hear new music by up-and-coming artists Prince Larry (Freetown, Sierra Leone) and Kotima (Abia State, Nigeria) and vintage tunes by Gnonnas Pedro (Benin), Lucky Dube Read More…
As price tags are hastily written, managers reach for chequebooks and transfer war chests creak open, here are the deals that might actually happen this month It’s been a relatively quiet January transfer window for Premier League clubs so far, but that could change as we head into the final week before deadline day. With Read More…
The internet is abuzz with a Reuters video of a tiny kitten feeding on milk from lactating dog in a remote Nigerian town The name of the town is not given. Traditionally, dogs do not get on well with cats. So, it is indeed a phenomenon that a cat actually suckles a dog. Below is Read More…
Text: Luke 1:5-38 A few months ago, we marked Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. Many celebrated. Many did not. For various reasons. What relevance does this have for us as we re-learn Jesus? Last week, we looked at how some of the prophecies dating back from the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and Read More…
Democracy is good. Insecurity is bad. Democratisation of insecurity is totally undesirable. Those are the truths on which I stand today as I ruminate over the gradual transmogrification of the southwestern part of Nigeria from a peaceful centre of commerce and culture to a killing field where untold savagery has become a handmaiden of daily Read More…