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Photos: Funmi Iyanda receives honorary fellowship from University of Cumbria

Nigerian media entrepreneur, Funmi Iyanda, today received an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria in recognition of her significant global contribution to human rights and sustainability. She is the first African woman to receive the award. Congrats to her.According to Wiki... Olufunmilola Aduke Iyanda (born 27 July 1971), better known as Funmi Iyanda, is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, columnist and blogger. She produced and hosted Nigeria's popular and authoritative talk show New Dawn with Funmi, which aired on the national network for over eight

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#FuelScarcity is Trending on Twitter │See What People Are Saying

For a country that is naturally blessed with crude oil and many other resources, I still can't understand why we are always talking about #FuelScarcity ! And why a litre of fuel in Nigeria is still above N85 and not N55. Apparently, I am not the only wandering the plains of the heart of Africa, as other Nigerians are now expressing their feeling on twitter and other various social media with the #FuelScarcity. See their tweets below... (more…)

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Plane with 500 Nigerians deported from the UK arrives in Lagos

Welcome back home guys, so good to see your faces! Nigeria welcomes you with pride but the latest is that there is #FuelScarcity in town and the Lagos boys are prepared to clean your wallets dry! 500 Nigerians have been deported from the United Kingdom and arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos this morning. Many of them were deported for illegal stay permits. When interviewed, one of them said he was arrested by British police and was not allowed to even take his belongings before being deported. UK government plans to deport 29,000 Nigerians. The Nige

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Biafra: Sultan Urge Agitators To Embrace Peace

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the sultan of Sokoto has expressed worry over the growing agitation for an independent Biafra state championed by some Igbo people and promised that a delegation from the northern traditional council will be sent to Igbo leaders to meet on the issue. The Nation reports that the sultan raised this concern at the second general assembly of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council which held in Kaduna on Monday, November 23. The Sultan who is the chairman of the council noted that there were millions of Igbo people living and doing business in their st

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OAU Students Raise Alarm Over Poor State Of Facilities

Daily Trust reports that the lamenting students likened their hostels to prison yards. Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), have raised alarms over the debasing state of facilities within the citadel of learning. Omotayo Akande, president of the OAU Student Union, said: “It is oblivious the horrible living condition in the hostels and we as Students’ body is not relenting in the struggle for the welfare of the students. Speaking with Daily Trust, the Student Union President said that there is need to renovate the hostels and guard against overcrowding.” Akand