By Abdulafeez Olaitan Professor Wole Soyinka has been appointed ‘Arts Professor of Theatre’ at the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), effective from September 1. As a full-time Arts Professor, the Nobel laureate has become the first ever Nobel prize winner to be part of NYUAD. The Nigerian novelist, poet and human rights activist joins […]
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By Ojo Adesuwa It is the Commonwealth Games Season and unless you live under a rock, you must have heard the name ‘Tobi Amusan.’ The 25-year-old Nigerian has set and broken championship titles and defended her title at all levels this season. Currently, she stands as Nigeria’s first world record holder in an athletics event.
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By Abdulafeez Olaitan Biyi Bandele, the director of the recently released Netflix Original series ‘Blood Sisters,’ and the forthcoming Netflix film ‘Ẹlẹ́ṣin Ọba’ has died at age 54. In a statement released through his Facebook page, his daughter, Temi Bandele confirmed the sad departure of the veteran filmmaker. “[…] I am heartbroken to share the
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By Modupe Laja Twenty-five-year-old Michael was walking to his last class of the day when he bumped into a crowd surrounding the front door of his classroom. Before Michael could express his utter annoyance with the human traffic, he heard their voices. “You’ve all got 5 minutes left. I said, solve the equation!” was the
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By Isiaq N. Oluwamayowa Allyson Felix, the most decorated U.S track and field athlete in history has officially retired from her athletic career after 20 years of dedicated work. She had her final showdown on the field during the ongoing 2022 World Athletics Championship as she was part of team America in the 4 x
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By Abdulafeez Olaitan Eid-al-Adha is the second significant religious festival of Islam. For the year 2022, it takes place on Saturday, July 9. Eid al-Adha takes places on the 10th day of the final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhu al-Hijjah. Dhu al-Hijjah is the 12th and most sacred month of the Islamic year, during
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By Abdulafeez Olaitan Following a frabjous career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spanning 20 years with Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant undoubtedly had some of the best career highlights. His farewell match remains one that will be emblazoned in the memories of many for a very long time. The farewell match which was against
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By Modupe Laja It is very easy to feel left out or lose friends due to misunderstanding and miscommunication. As such, it is important to leverage tips that can assist in speaking out and overcoming such obstacles in a relationship. Possible obstacles in communication include but not limited to the following: Identifying these obstacles is
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By Onyekwelu Peace On Tuesday, April 5th, 2022, it was declared that one Miss Olatunji Rebecca Olawunmi, 100 level student of the Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos was missing and was last seen on Thursday, March 31st, 2022. The news and multiple reports of her disappearance were shared across various
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By Temiloluwa Erinle The representatives of University of Port Harcourt have made their institution proud by accumulating the most gold medals in the 26th edition of the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) competition, hosted by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and held from 16th to 27th March, 2022. Out of highly coveted 192 gold medals
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