Day: September 5, 2016

Lagos Broadcaster, Olalomi Ejire, Dies At 54

A broadcast journalist based in Lagos, Surajudeen Taiwo Salami, fondly called Olalomi Ejire, has been reported dead. The popular broadcast journalist was said to have died on Friday, September 2, 2016, at a hospital in Lagos. According to reports, Olalomi Ejire breathed his last at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, where he had…

Rights Group Frowns At Amnesty For Militants

A human rights advocacy group, the Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has said those engaged in destruction of oil and gas infrastructures under the guise of agitation should be treated as terrorists The group urged the federal government to reject calls in some quarters that amnesty be granted to the militants. It said…

Omotola Furious With Mark Zuckerberg For ‘Snubbing’ Her

Popular Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has expressed her frustration for not being accorded with the ‘respect’ she deserves. Last week, founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg was in Nigeria, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari, some youths and Nollywood stars as well. However, Omotola was not among those seen by the American billionaire. Omotola is…

Between A Mathematician And A Dancer

The on-going Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show has continued to generate big excitement as one of the contestants; Jessica Austine revealed last weekend that she draws her inspiration for Mathematics when she dances. Austine, 13, a student of Federal Government Girls College, Owerri, Imo State explained that she loves dancing which inspires her to solve…

Niger Delta: Amnesty Beyond Patriotic Patronage

By Sunday Attah It was for noble intentions and the need to placate the restive Niger Delta (ND) militants when former Nigeria’s President, Late Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua exercised his constitutional power by granting amnesty and unconditional pardon to all Niger Delta militants in June 2009. On acceptance, the militants were expected to renounce militancy and…