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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Not So Sweet Revenge…
When relationships end, there’s always that one party who is left to wonder why life has dealt them such a serious blow. This tends to be followed by incessant self-questioning and doubt. On some days, they
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Monday, February 18th, 2013
It’s a brand new week! Hope yours is going well so far.
Social Media Week Lagos kicks off today. I am so excited about it because in the almost 7 years (yes, it’s been that long!) since I founded BellaNaija…
Tags: Africa 2.0, Mamadou Toure, olusegun obasanjo, Social Media Week Lagos, Tonye Cole, Uche Pedro
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
Pan-African Civil Society Organization Africa 2.0 in partnership with Social Media Week Lagos will be co-hosting an event themed An Evening with the Leaders…. The event will be held at the prestigious Porsche Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday
Tags: An Evening with the Leaders, Nkiru Asika, olusegun obasanjo, Social Media Week Lagos, Tonye Cole
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
For several months, news about a rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo… have made the news headlines. The two have openly criticized each other’s approaches to governance on several grounds, especially the Boko Haram insurgency. However,
Tags: Boniface Enemalo, Farouk Lawan, femi otedola, Goodluck Jonathan, olusegun obasanjo, Reuben Abati
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Oluremi Obasanjo’s ‘Bittersweet: My Life with Obasanjo’ is one of the essential African books. Not in the same breath as literary masterpieces like Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ or Adichie’s ‘Purple Hibiscus’ or biographical standard bearers like Soyinka’s ‘Ibadan: The Penkelemes…
Tags: Bola Ige, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Oluremi Obasanjo, olusegun obasanjo, Reducing Domestic Violence, Reuben Abati, Titilayo Arowolo, Wole Soyinka
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in a recent interview with CNN has said the President Goodluck Jonathan… administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. He said that Jonathan should adopt a a
Tags: Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, olusegun obasanjo, Reuben Abati
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
On Thursday 27th December 2012, it was reported that a section of the Abeokuta Hilltop mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo… was gutted by fire. The fire which was said to have started barely 20 minutes after Obasanjo left the
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
It’s a hot Thursday afternoon in Lagos so check out something cute to lighten up your day or not…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo… was in Ghana a few days ago. He led the ECOWAS team tasked with monitoring the
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Thursday, December 6th, 2012
History was made on Monday 12th September 2011 when Angolan beauty hopeful, Leila Lopes won the coveted title of Miss Universe… at the age of 25 – She was the first woman from her country to win.
In just 13
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
A rather unusual but interesting piece of news that seems to be trending this morning is that of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, kneeling down to greet his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo….
Atiku and Obasanjo,
Tags: Atiku Abubakar, Katsina State University, Okunade Sijuwade, olusegun obasanjo, Shehu Shagari
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