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Re-coronation of Sharapova: From the ridiculous to the absurd, and to the...
Even before Li Na and Serena got out of Paris for their deserved losses, before the next group of ranked players got booted out, you could SEE – not feel – it coming: that Maria Sharapova was EXPECTED...
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Nigeria’s ex-central bank governor takes throne as Muslim monarch – Reuters
Nigeria’s ex-central bank governor takes throne as Muslim . By Haruna Mohammed/Reuters Former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank – now Emir of Kano KANO Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ousted central...
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Obit: Dora Akunyili, former Director of NAFDAC, former Information Minister...
The death has been reported of former Managing Director of Nigeria’s Food & Drug Agency who would later become an Information Minister. Dr. Dora Akunyili at an India Hospital. The picture of her...
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Obit: Dr. Gabriel Adebola Oyemade, retired UCH Consultant, dies – Tola Adenle
The death of Dr. Oyemade, a former Orthopedic Consultant at the University College of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, occurred on Sunday, June 1 at the UCH after a brief illness. Dr. Oyemade, hailed from the...
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U.S. Marshals had flight diverted mid-way high over the Atlantic on...
FLIGHT: (Delta) DL 55 Lagos – Atlanta There was an attempt to blow up this flight originating from Lagos on Sunday 8thJune 2014. If not for Almighty God that intervened on our behalf, my wife and...
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THAT Delta flight from Lagos to Atlanta: Questions left unanswered
Nigeria has become a patsy because it has no spine of its own. I do not know where the guys were travelling from before Lagos or whether they lived in Lagos but Mali, their country, is much nearer the...
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It REALLY is time for Sepp Blatter of FIFA to go – Tola Adenle
What is there to write – again – about this guy who keeps coming out of every mud of corruption sparkling clean? Even though he has been president of the world’s soccer Federation since ’98 and has...
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Boko Haram Abducted At Least 20 Young Mothers in New Kidnapping Attack –...
At least 20, and possibly as many as 40, young mothers and three men have been kidnapped in Nigeria, in a siege likely perpetrated by Boko Haram. The victims were nabbed near Chibok, the same town...
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Madness in Nigeria (4) The Pension Fund Scam and Nigeria’s Judiciary – Tola...
… SO THAT NIGERIANS NEVER FORGET – TOLA FROM nigerianoracle.com’s WEBSITE Justice Abubakar Talba, the Federal High Court, Abuja, judge who sentenced John Yusufu, former director in the Police...
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2014 World Football Cup(2): Niger or Nigeria? Opening ceremony showcases...
DIRTY TACKLE Twitter user Cameron Laws pointed out the blunder Cameron Laws @lawseyitfc #OpeningCeremony The awkward moment when they use the Niger flag instead of Nigeria #NGA The opening...
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Update on a Nigerian governor’s fleecing of his people: Akwa Ibom Assembly...
“What I have decided to do, in consultation with the state executive council, is to appeal to the House of Assembly to immediately expunge the obnoxious provision or that which is interpreted to be...
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Sitting down for an extra two hours increases the risk of some cancers by 10...
By Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent This effect holds even for people who do a lot of exercise when not sitting The increased risk was most notable for womb, bowel and lung cancers *...
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Robin van Persie’s scintilating header against Cup holder, Spanish, brings...
Ashley Cole, whose heart, fans always believed belonged to Arsenal, would later follow the cash to – C-h-e-l-s-e-a, the cut-and-nail ones – and would become “Cash-ley” Cole; but thanks for the...
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Obit: Alhaji Ariṣekọla Alao, The Arẹ Musulumi of Yorubaland is dead – Tola...
The death has occurred in London of Alhaji Arisekola Alao, the Aarẹ Musulumi of Yorubaland (the highest titled person among Yoruba Muslims) this morning after a brief illness. Arẹ, as he’s popularly...
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Cheney, who led there are-bombs-in-Iraq-let’s-go-to-war brigade, blames Iraq...
“… rarely” has a president ever been “so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.” – Dick & Liz Cheney in the Wall Street Journal “But time and time again, history has proven that you got...
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Nigeria’s 2014 National Conference: Foreign medical treatment for public...
PRESS RELEASE The National Conference, in a bid to reduce the current negative impact of medical tourism on the image and integrity of Nigeria and her healthcare system, has set strict procedures...
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2014 World Cup (4): That Nigeria-Herzegovina Match: What actually happened...
Bosnia-Herzegovina eliminated from World Cup with help from another bad offside call – Brooks Peck DIRTY TACKLE/yahoo sports Amidst the avalanche of goals and delightfully absurd matches has been...
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When will U.S. hawks like Dick Cheney own up to their mistake on the Iraqi War?
Armchair Hawks Still Cling To Fantasies About Iraq By Cynthia Tucker - for The National Memo Once upon a time, I believed that if a mature adult made an obvious mistake, he would own up to...
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Lancome’s choice of Lupita as its new face breaks the mold in the cosmetics...
Since her nomination and eventual winning of the Oscar for her role in Twelve Years a Slave, the face and form of Kenyan-born Lupita Nyong’o have been splashed across the globe in many magazines and on...
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An “Americanah” Returns to Lagos (P.I): Reflections on Chimamanda Ngozi...
After boarding 3 different planes, I am now sitting in George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston awaiting my departure to Lagos, Nigeria. We have been sitting on the plane for almost an hour...
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