December 22, 2019

Fela’s Republic And The Kalakuta Queens’ Returns

December 22, 2019 4:16 am

The Bolanle-Austen-Peters Productions (BAP) is bringing back to stage the musical, Fela’s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens during this Yuletide in a 10-day marathon show in Lagos. The play, which had won the hearts of many theatre enthusiasts in Lagos, Abuja, Cairo and South Africa in the past two years, is based on the true life story of women who are behind the music of the legendary Afrobeat musician and Pan-African, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the life in his commune known as Kalakuta Republic.

The electrifying musical, which started yesterday, runs untill Sunday January 5, 2020. It is scheduled to hold …

Nigerian Govt Reveals Plans For Diaspora Voting

December 22, 2019 4:14 am

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), under the presidency, has said that the commission was seeking an amendment of the Electoral Law to enable more than 20 million Nigerians living abroad to vote in the country’s general election.

She spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday at an event organised by the state government in conjunction with some youth organizations.

Dabiri-Erewa, represented by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the commission, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, explained that Nigerians living abroad were contributing enormous resources to national development.

Dabiri-Erewa said it was only normal that they were

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Ojezua’s Attack On Oshiomhole, Act Of Insubordination

December 22, 2019 4:14 am

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, said Anselm Ojezua’s call for the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to resign was an attack on his person and exalted office, and a clear demonstration of the highest level of insubordination and unbridled arrogance.

The party, in a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, said: “Traits such as these made him almost run our party aground within the last three years. This was one of the reasons other members of the State Working Committee came to the rescue and removed him with …

James Bond Star, Claudine Auger Is Dead

December 22, 2019 4:13 am

Popular French actress, Claudine Auger, best known for her role as a Bond Girl “Domino” in 007 film ‘Thunderball’ is dead.

She died at the age of 78, Metro Uk reports.

Auger who featured in the 1965 James Bond movie, ‘Thunderball’ alongside Sean Connery, died at her home in Paris.

The first French star began her career as a model and represented France at the 1958 Miss World competition.

She took acting lessons at that time and got small film roles including 1962 film, The Iron Mask, about the Three Musketeers.

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APC’ll Soon Break Up Into 3 Factions –Shuaib Oyedokun

December 22, 2019 4:12 am

There is now a widely held view that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have gone into slumber following some of the losses it recorded in recent elections.

In this interview, a former deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, admitted the seeming lull within the party, but assured that it would bounce back stronger.

What is your assessment of the state of the nation today?

We are in a very uneasy calm. People in power say they are doing something, the common people are complaining that they have not seen anything. They are hapless, they …

Mistakes We Made In Imo Cost Us Victory –Obiokoye

December 22, 2019 4:11 am

Immediate past National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Ifeatu Obiokoye has said that the continued existence of APGA as a party would depend on the outcome of the 2021 Anambra State governorship election.

In this interview, Obiokoye who is also Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Political Matters said APGA is aware of the reality and was already putting its house in order to ensure it retained the state.

He berated governorship aspirants of the party in the last general election in Imo State who accused the leadership of the party of

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FG Raises The Alarm Over Chemical, Nuclear Attacks

December 22, 2019 4:10 am

In what appears to be a fresh twist to the attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North -East, the Federal Government has raised the alarm that the sect’ s alliance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria increases the possibility of it ( Boko Haram ) deploying chemical, biological , radiological , nuclear and explosive attacks in the future.

The Federal Government noted that the proliferation of the CBRNE weapons , their means of delivery , the spreading of technological skills required for their production and the possibility of their use constitute a threat to national …