Surprisingly, when the charges were read in the open court, the name of the fourth accused, Harrison Bayagbon, had been remarkably dropped – and stranger still – he was conscripted …
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I was uncomfortable, trying to convince my partner) that all would be well. Even if we were detained, patapata (worst case scenario) in another three or four days, we would …
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Reminiscences: My journey to Kirikiri prisons
by Femi Akintunde-Johnson 5 minutes readWELCOME to the new year (2024) – with fervent hope that it will turn out to be more prosperous and less tumultuous than 2023. In furtherance of our current …
ONE of the simple pleasures of life is the opportunity to recline on the sofa, with a good book and a chilled bottle of wine trembling in the convivial …
The special three-weekend WOMA-R event also includes a Roundtable discussion of diverse showbiz personalities focusing on issues of serious concern to the Nigerian creatives: artistes vs labels relations, equitable royalties, …
FEW YEARS ago, in our book ‘Fame: Untold Stories of its Fall and Rise’, we went “down memory lane” through the passages of Lagos nightlife, and the men that …
‘The consequences of the prevalence of cheap contraband drugs in Nigerian major city centres can be measured by the upsurge of mental health cases in our hospitals, amongst young Nigerians …
‘I am a product of public education; my parents, poor as they were, did not groan to send me to school; and I got enough quality to allow me make …
‘Those who tagged the administrations of Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Bihari as clueless for divergent reasons, largely coloured by partisan interests and frustrations, must be in shock and at a …
‘…we have begun to lose our long-held and cherished fabric of hierarchical order of discipline, commonality, and civilisation. When children no longer respect or revere their fathers; when mothers no …