By Peter Godwin Wole Soyinka: ‘If religion was taken away I’d be happy’ The Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk, he tells Peter Godwin that now’s the time to tackle militants in Nigeria. Wole Soyinka: We must stop pussyfooting around Islamic militants
Governor LIYEL Imoke of Cross River State has said everything has been put in place to ensure 2012 Carnival Calabar becomes one of the greatest events in Africa and beyond. Speaking while unveiling the theme of this year’s Carnival at the Millennium Park, Calabar, Imoke disclosed that the first edition of the dry run (mock
Popular Nigeria duo Peter and Paul Okoye, also known as Psquare recently dropped the video to their newly released single “Alingo” The video was released in the early hours of Sunday which incidentally is the birthday of the twins. The video which showed the Alingo steps was directed by Clarence Peters and Jude Okoye. Watch
Following the huge success of her last single ‘Bottom belle’ off her forthcoming second album, Omawumi is back with a new single titled ‘Stay alive’ (je je láyé). Je je láyé is a mid-tempo blues that urges her listeners to take life easy, saying na who dey alive dey…..
Background I am Tobi Phillips. I am 20 years old. I am the current World Miss University. I was selected among beauty queens from various campuses in Nigeria to represent the country in the World Miss University International. I am a 400 level Marine Science student of the University of Lagos. My father is a
Despite the advances in assisted conception, female infertility remains one of the major challenges for intrauterine (artificial) insemination and in-vitro-fertilisation. A study conducted by Drs. Narendra Malhotra and Jaideep Malhotra on 55 patients who have problem of infertility shows significant improvement in pregnancy rate when M2-Tone was given prior to artificial insemination (also known as
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will issue the draft framework of agency banking in December in a bid to increase the growth of financial inclusion. The CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, stated this on Thursday, at the EfINA workshop. He said, “We are working on a number of things. For example, the
A new survey has revealed that 56.3 million adults, representing 64.1 per cent of the adult population, do not have bank accounts. The survey carried out by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access, an independent financial sector development organisation, showed that only 28.6 million people, representing 32.5 per cent of adult population have bank accounts. The