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The European Union delegation to Nigeria, on Thursday, challenged thefederal government to spare no efforts in rescuing the remaining 195 Chibok schoolgirls still in Boko Haram’s captivity.The EU, in a statement marking the third anniversary of the criminal abduction of the 276 schoolgirls, on Thursday, in Abuja, tasked the government to free the girls and […]

By HENRY AKUBUIRO The prolific Nigerian writer, folklorist and historian, Bukar Usman, is one of the international guests to be honoured at the ongoing Hausa Exhibition and International Hausa Cultural Festival being organised by the Ouagadougou-based Association Makaranta, in conjunction with the National Museum of Burkina Faso. The three-day event, which started yesterday, will climax […]

Anguwan Yusi community, Graceland in Zaria, has filed an application of notice of consequence of disobedience of order of court against Kaduna State Urban Planning Development Authority (KASUPDA) on planned demolition of about 100 houses.This is contained in an application filed by one Maidadi Musa for himself and on behalf of Anguwan Yusi community in […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in collaboration  with CASIVA Nigeria limited has vowed that it will not leave any stone  unturned towards ensuring that vandals are chased out of their illegal business of vandalizing oil pipelines.Kaduna state commandant, Alhaji Modu Bunu stated this yesterday while parading an apprehended truck load of 11,000 […]

The archbishop of the Enugu ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel  Chukwuma has berated the Independent National  Electoral Commission (INEC) over the release of timetable for  the 2019 general elections less than two years into the life of the present administration.He stated that the action was capable of not just causing tension […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge is facing a deluge of complaints after calling a former Mormon bishop convicted of rape an “extraordinarily good man” who did something wrong, a judicial oversight organization said Friday. Syndicated from Yahoo News

Title:  Collected Plays II Author: Jerry Alagbaos Publisher: Kraft Books Year: 2016 Pages: 189 Reviewer: Henry Akubuiro A morality play draws a line between virtues and vices. By subjecting our hubris to scrutiny, the playwright leads his audience to emotional purgation. The playwright, thus, sees himself as that social redeemer who dramatises the haughty foible […]

To celebrate World Book and Copyright Day, the Rainbow Book Club will be reviewing Jowhor Ile’s And After Many Days, a compelling narrative by a Port Harcourt boy, set in Port Harcourt, as its book-of-the-month. Jowhor’s book is shortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature. This book is described as ‘…a novel of childhood, […]Read More

By Olamide Babatunde Ayobami Adebayo, 28, is the author of Stay with Me, a novel set in 1980s Nigeria, just published in the UK. It’s also due for publication in the United States, Nigeria and Kenya later this year. Publishing houses in Italy and Sweden have acquired the rights to translate the novel into Italian […]

By Nwokedi Nwokedi SUBJECT (A bit louder) I am hungry!! KING Pray! Pray! Pray for your leaders and be patient (Drinks the whole pepper soup from the plate and beings to smack his lips). SUBJECT I am hungry ooo!! Oga, I am dying ooo!!! KING Patience… I honestly understand your suffering, I also understand the […]

Nigerians have for decades been subjected to what many described as ‘undeserved’ embarrassment and humiliation in most countries of the world. OMONU YAX-NELSON and JULIANA AGBO dissects the issues in Nigeria’s dwindling prestige among the comity of nations. In continuation of the search for answers to angling question of why Nigeria and its citizens continued […]

By Olajire Ishola Dr. Abdulkarim Oloyede is the first son of Professor Is’haq Oloyede, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin now the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). He is also a lecturer at the same university. He spoke with Daily Sun recently. Excerpts: Your father in the past Vice […]