Chukwuma Linus A glimpse at Jose Mourinho after the final whistle reminded me of Lampard’s first match in charge at the Chelsea dugout. No matter how I sugar-coat the performance it was a humiliating scoreline at Old Trafford. But one man made a headline out of it.— He is Jose Mourinho. Mourinho was hypercritic on…
Chukwuma Linus Mgbenkwo the last daughter of Mazi Ulasi(Real names withheld) from Obiuno Otolo Nnewi, but married to Umuezena Umudim Nnewi had a story she would never forget in life. It is a big lesson to all men. It happened that Mazi Ulasi, a well disciplined man had a standing order in his house….
Chukwuma Linus The drama was at Dan Pullo Park, Onitsha. It happened when my elder brother came to see me around 3pm. We conversed at length, but when it was time to bade farewell, I watched uncontrolled tears ran down his cheek. I fought my emotions as I scolded him to be a man. Anyways,…
Chukwuma Linus Immediately my colleague’s mother rang and broke the news of my National Youth Service Corps deployment state to Adamawa, North East, Nigeria, I knew that my challenge would be to convince my beloved mother that no evil would befall her last child, that is, if she would accept I journey to the…
By Tosin Osasona Lagos State intervention lead of the Nigeria Policing Program. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is the most visible symbol of the Nigerian state, and without doubt the most important and accessible institution of social control in Nigeria. With around 370,000 officers (plus or minus ghost officers), it is the biggest agency…
Farooq Kperogi, a Nigerian academic, media scholar, public speaker and newspaper columnist has taken to popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter to share list of four blood relatives of President Muhammadu Buhari who officially work in Presidential Villa, Aso Rock. According to Leakers.ng in October, there was a viral footage showing First Lady Aisha Buhari shouting at…
Mrs Aishatu Mohammed, the wife of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Saturday that she had had no formal education as of the time she married her husband. Mohammed stated this in Bauchi at the occasion of the “Naija Youth Talk”, Organised by the Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)…
Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo has cautioned Nigerians against the abuse of social media, noting that it can precipitate war and violent conflict if used to misinform. He specifically warned against using social media platforms to promote religious disinformation , which he said could easily lead to a breakdown of law and order. The Vice President…
