Nollywood raked in $2bn by August, says GOVT Roundtable proposes Entertainment Bank, City and Institute We’re organised, creatives tackle FG GOOD news came the way of Nigerian creatives last Thursday …
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Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) are used to managing confrontations from traffic offenders. But in the riots which followed the recent #EndSARS protest, the agency was …
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NATIONAL: Nigerian govt has failed, says Soyinka as he presents first novel in nearly 50 years
by Joe Agbroby Joe Agbro* “Nigeria is not at war, it is a war zone…” * Religion has become a problem, being used to “reduce our humanity” — Nobel laureate NOBEL laureate Professor Wole …
‘What we’ve just had in Nigeria — #EndSARS — is like a rehearsal for what is actually going to happen; it would happen; there is no way we can escape …
JP Clark inaugurated Lagos Book & Art Festival, says Akinosho ON October 13, when the death of celebrated poet and playwright, Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, was announced, the country was in …
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The New Yorker fires writer Jeffrey Toobin over masturbation
by Joe Agbroby Joe AgbroAUTHOR and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has been fired by The New Yorker, where he had written for nearly 3 decades, over his error during a Zoom call. Last month, …
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French doctor to face charges over hydroxychloroquine claims
by Joe Agbroby Joe AgbroA CONTROVERSIAL French professor, who touts the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment without evidence, will appear before a disciplinary panel charged with ethics breaches, an order of doctors …
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published the Draft Consultation Document on the deployment of fifth-generation (5G) Mobile Technology in Nigeria. NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, said this …
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Europe COVID death toll tops 300,000 as winter looms and infections surge
by Joe Agbroby Joe AgbroMore than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday, and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the …
Opens with the ‘Young Intellectuals Day’ by 3pm Over 30 events lined up By Joe Agbro THE 22nd edition of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) kicks off today …