Front Of The Book

Front Of The Book : Honour For ‘Baba’ Of Comedy
March 8, 2010 (4 days ago)

Ali Baba, granddaddy of stand-up comedians, is hosted at a lavish reception–a prelude to the celebration of his 20th anniversary in the business
By Funsho Arogundade
Next August, Ali Baba, doyen of Nigeria’s comedy circuit, will be 20! Twenty years as a comedian, that is. And a big celebration is being planned. The first instalment of that [...]

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Front Of The Book : Deadly Dashes
March 1, 2010 (2 weeks ago)

By OLUSOLA OLAOSEBIKAN
Augustine Ikhania, an automobile spare parts dealer at Ladipo Market in Mushin, Lagos, had a habit of returning home late at night, though not beyond 10pm. But on 4 January, he failed to come home, throwing his wife and children into panic. The next day, his family and neighbours began a search for [...]

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Front Of The Book : Malaria Fighter

By KEMI AKINYEMI
At 26, Ify Aniebo has many things her peers would envy. A research scientist, who has  worked in top institutes in the United Kingdom, she is currently studying for a Ph.D in Clinical Medicine at Oxford University. Her area of interest is malaria research. She is studying drug-resistant malaria and parasite strains from [...]

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Front Of The Book : Goodluck’s Patience
February 22, 2010 (3 weeks ago)

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BY KEMI AKINYEMI

On a first encounter with Patience Faka, the wife of Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s Acting President, one [...]

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Front Of The Book : Forgery Scandal

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BY NNAMDI FELIX

With barely three days to the 6 November 2009 deadline for submission of applications for the [...]

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