A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has said that the 16 years of the party at the centre are better than what the country is experiencing under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Agbaje, who spoke in an interview with OLADIPUPO AWOJOBI, said that Nigerians […]
Hilliard Eta, a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) South South and an ex-Acting National Chairman of the party is one of the great supporters of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the party. In this interview with select journalists, Eta spoke on the choice of the APC Vice Presidential candidate, […]
Apostle Azemobor Gregory is an accomplished businessman and a philanthropist per excellence. He is the MD/CEO of BethelMendels Group and Founder/ president Azemobor Gregory Foundation, a charity organization catering for the welfare of widows and indigent kids in Nigeria. He is also the convener of Concerned Nigerians for Peter Obi (CNPO) support group. In an […]
…insist women more determined while men must train harder in their higher intensity space After the below average performance of Nigeria’s male athletes at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, experts in the sports industry have said the situation was nothing to worry about. The experts who spoke to Saturday Telegraph […]
Women 59kg Freestyle wrestling gold medalist at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Odunayo Adekuoroye, in this interview with CHARLES OGUNDIYA said it has been interesting competing on the same mat with her sister Mercy Adekuoroye. Excerpts Congratulations once again on your victory at the Commonwealth Games, how do you feel winning that precious […]
Team Nigeria pulled off the country’s greatest ever outing in Commonwealth Games history in Birmingham, inspired by Sunday Dare’s diligence and meticulous planning. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development had a clear agenda when he resumed office and the performances in Birmingham brought this to fruition. The ministry, under Dare’s guidance and supervision, has […]
Samuel Osaze’s The Strange Moon of Yenagoa, conveys the Nigerian youth’s never-ending dissatisfaction, anger and relentless bitterness over the state of their nation. Osaze joins a select group of poets, including Akeem Lasisi, Rasaq Malik, Olajide Salawu, Gbenga Adeoba and others, in reimagining traditional aesthetics through the use of images elicited by oral poetics. Osaze’s […]
The scene Baba OJG sits under the clump of palm trees with his friends, as usual, discussing trending topics in the village and enjoying the breezy evening. He continued to cough repeatedly, so did he puff away at his ever- present sticks of cigarettes. After about 3 hours of endless smoking, he paused to take […]
Late Chief Okon Asuquo Bassey was Nigeria’s first and Africa’s second world boxing champion. In this interview with OLAOLU OLADIPO, one of his children, Frankie Hogan- Bassey, talked about the life and times of the national icon. Excerpts: People know your late father as a boxer of note and a competent administrator who made the […]
As preparations towards the 2022 edition of the yearly All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) gather momentum, organisers of the ceremony have revealed that a total of 9,076 entries were received for possible nominations at the awards ceremony. This is the highest number of entries received by the awards body since its inception in 2014. The […]