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Muhammad Siddiqui, the chief operating officer of MTN Nigeria, recorded a greeting to millions of customers of the South African telecommunication giant and though the video was targeted at the Christmas holidays, he avoided using the word “Christmas” at all. “Hello, our esteemed customers. My name is Muhammad Siddiqui. I am the chief operating officer for […]Read More

Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama has told incoming President Donald Trump to accept the fact that there is only one U.S. President at a time. Mr. Obama also told the president-elect that he remains the U.S. President till Jan. 20, 2017, when he would complete his two-term presidency of the U.S. and handover to Mr. […]

Garba Shehu, one the spokesperson for President Muhammadu Buhari, is currently under fire on micro-blogging website Twitter after issuing a statement described as reckless and insensitive by the Nigerian media and online activists. He issued what should have been a Christmas greeting on Sunday, December 25, 2016. But it turned out to be a “dead end” […]

am not sure what to say about us, Nigerians. Should I praise the Nigerian spirit for resilience in the face of a misery index those from countries seen as the pits of hell want to get away from. Or should one castigate the people of the country for acting like zombies as their inchoate economy […]

Eyitayo Jegede, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the November 26, 2016 election in Ondo State, has opened up on why he decided not to challenge the result of the flawed poll. In a statement issued on Sunday, December 25, 2016 in Akure to felicitate Christians for the Christmas celebration said […]

he end of year message from the spokesperson of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari,Garba Shehu, on behalf of his principal, is the ultimate proof that we are being ruled by fundamentalist Islamist Jihadists, with all its implications of forcefully imposing Islam. Preaching Islam is a more acceptable, modern way of spreading progressive Islam, than the ancient […]

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has called on Christians in the country to renew their hope in God as they celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The governor stated this in his Christmas message issued in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, December 24, 2016. The governor noted that the birth of the Lord […]

Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been “taken hostage” by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war weary. Francis, leading the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas for the fourth time since his election in 2013, said […]Read More

James Ibori who is the former governor of Delta State was paid N250 million by the state government while serving his prison term in the United Kingdom. The former governor was released on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 after serving a 12-year jail term for money laundering and corruption-related offenses. The Punch reports that while still […]

Brad Pitt filed additional court documents Thursday, December 22, 2016  in an ongoing effort to seal his divorce proceedings with Angelina Jolie. In the documents obtained by CNN, Pitt alleges that his estranged wife is “determined to ignore even agreed upon standards relating to the children’s best interest.” Pitt asserts Jolie has “no self-regulating mechanism” […]Read More

Isaac Adewole, minister of health, has urged Nigerians to be calm because there is no evidence that plastic rice is in circulation in the country. Earlier in the week, men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) had claimed that they seized a consignment of “plastic rice” in Lagos. The claim, thereafter,  sparked off a panic […]

It’s Christmas, a celebration of the birth of Jesus to Mary (his mother) and Joseph (in modern parlance, his stepfather) in Bethlehem. For Christians this event is a celebration not only of the birth of the Son of God, but also of God’s merciful salvation of the human race. Nativity scenes, crèches, and children’s plays […]Read More