Lars Lagerback, a Swede and Nigeria’s latest foreign coach, has been given a tough target of taking the Super Eagles to the semi-final of this year’s World Cup. Does he have the time and skills?
By Segun Bisuga
Lars Lagerback seemed a rank outsider when his name cropped up on the list of coaches seeking to handle [...]
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Chief Joshua Olayemi, a pharmacist, accuses the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control of condoning the continued use of Gentamycin 280mg, but contrary evidence weakens his position
By Olusola Olaosebikan
Chief Joshua J. Olayemi, a pharmacist, nurses a long-standing grudge against the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. It was [...]
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Hundreds of activists and admirers of Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, the late human rights crusader and activist throng the venue of the unveiling of his statue by the Lagos State Government
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Four years after his death, the Lagos State Government decided to immortalise Beko Ransome-Kuti, a true Nigerian hero who dedicated the greater part [...]
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Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Director of the International Press Centre, IPC, is passionate about the role of the media in the society. It was for this reason that the IPC, with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA, recently held a media roundtable on Media Reporting and Advocacy on Development issues. [...]
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Over years, residents of Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State have been having it rough in the hands of Fulani cattle rearers, otherwise known as Bororo, who rob them of their valuables and rape their women. The Bororo also take their cattle to the farms to feed on crops belonging to indigenous farmers. They hide themselves [...]
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