As part of events to mark his 40th birthday, AbdulRasheed Bello who is popularly known as JJC Skillz, and his wife, Funke Akindele-Bello, have launched a record label, SOP Records. Already, some...
The speaker of Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has said that the public will be consulted on a bill that aims to ban poor men from marrying more than one wife. Alhassan Rurum told BBC Hausa that...
Sadiq Zazzabi is a talented R&B singer in northern Nigeria, popular among Hausa speakers across the country and beyond for his songs about love, social issues and politics. But for several weeks he...
President Donald Trump sparked web derision for himself on Thursday as he tried to impress visiting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House, with an Irish proverb. But what he quoted was...
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe yesterday in Kano said the policy on the ban of importation of rice and wheat has enabled the country to save $5 million daily. Chief Ogbe, who spoke in...
The leader of Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru appeared in court in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday charged with the abduction and murder of 10 foreigners. Khalid al-Barnawi, one of three...
It has been an exciting time for Ghanaian broadcast journalist, Peace Hyde as she consistently breaks boundaries whilst putting Ghana on the Global map! From launching her flagship talk show ‘My...
The trial of a former Petroleum Minister of Nigeria, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been scheduled for June this year, local media portals are reporting. The Minister is expected to be tried along with...
As Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was beginning his latest visit to London more than a month ago, a new series of Big Brother Nigeria was getting under way. A former military ruler known for his...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday phoned the Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, at about 6:30pm during a prayer session at the Government House, Kano, for the speedy recovery of...
Polygamy is widely accepted all over Nigeria but one of the country's most prominent Muslim leaders is trying to ban the practice - in some cases. Why are multiple spouses under scrutiny? Men who...
Nigeria’s second most influential Muslim leader – the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has disclosed that there will soon be a law which would stop men from taking more than one wife if they did...
Mr. Peter Ajayi, the man who as the Managing Director employed me into the stable of the Sketch Newspapers in 1988 was the one who introduced me to the seminal brilliance of Alfred Thompson Denning....
David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David are up for some of the biggest prizes at the 2017 Brit Awards. Bowie received posthumous nominations for best British male and best album, for his haunting...
The internal peace and security of any nation is key to development and it is the bedrock against external assault. For any external aggression to succeed, the internal harmony and security must have...
“The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny” - Wole Soyinka And …. the man died! From Lagos Island to Lake Chad; Calabar to Sokoto, Ilaje Ese-Odo to Yola and Port-Harcourt via...
Ashanti: Come, let us talk of what is rarely spoken of: the War in Burma - now known as Myanmar - and those from the Royal West African Frontier Force. They say there is a time and place for...
Ashanti: Come, let us talk of what is rarely spoken of: the War in Burma - now known as Myanmar - and those from the Royal West African Frontier Force. They say there is a time and place for...
On 25th December, Christmas day, when all people of peace and goodwill all over the world whose humanity has transcended religious barrier in a world savagely afflicted by religious extremism were...
The Sultan of Sokoto’s recent visit to Enugu State where he went to felicitate with Enugu Rangers as champions of the 2015/2016 NPFL season has been described by a section of the media and some...
