NEWS FEATURE

Community sacks cleric, razes church over snake’s killing     

From Goddy Osuji

He killed our sacred snake - Eze

Two-week-old baby, others missing

Car, property worth millions destroyed

No, it’s a false allegation, says cleric

Marriage & love

 The reality of marriage

Martha said to me “my marriage would be a bed of roses” but a few weeks later, she came crying and I asked: Roses do have thorns, have you experienced it so soon? She probably did not imagine that the beautiful roses would come with a twig full of spikes —that is marriage for you.

VIDEO

OPINION

You're what you eat
By Sharon Jane

I read a story about an elderly carpenter who told his employer that he was getting ready to retire. His boss, the contractor, was sad to lose him and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favour.

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

‘At 80, I still kneel to greet my Spouse’

Olori Sabinah Oyetunji is the wife of Oba Nathaniel Oyedeji Oyetunji, Ariwajoye11, Olu of Araromi-Owu, Osun State.  An octogenarian, she speaks with TOLUWANI OLAMITOKE on her role, challenges and what has changed about her. Excerpts.

COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS

Getting radical: Hungary’s right-wing youngsters

By Swaan van Iterson 

MS Iterson

Faced with soaring unemployment and alack of prospects, many educated young Hungarians are being drawn to the radical right. But will it give them the better future they seek?

COMMENTARY

David-West, Okonjo-Iweala & the World Bank

By Odimegwu Onwumere 

Okonjo-Iweala & David-West

Professor Tam David-West needs no much introduction. Without reservation, he is a household name in Nigeria and beyond. Apart from being a celebrated Professor of Virology and one who had served Nigeria in different capacities – as Petroleum Minister during General Muhammadu Buhari’s; and Mines, Power and Steel General Ibrahim Babangida’s government. 

NEWS & REPORTING

Hungarian professor wins prestigious prize, gets $1m

Rutgers University professor Endre Szemerédi has won the Abel Prize for his contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. The prize comes with a cash award of $1 million.

NEWS & REPORTING

 Hungarian president plagiarism cleared

A commission formed by the dean of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science at Semmelweis University looked into allegations that the Hungarian President Pál Schmitt’s doctoral thesis was plagiarised. It was announced today that the committee completed the examination of the doctorate and found that the dissertation complied with the rules in effect in 1992, therefore there is no justification to take his title away.

WORLDVIEW

 German non-profit seeks to rehabilitate neo-Nazis

Germany has fought a hard battle to recover from its Nazi past. But in the last several months, the country has seen a rise in brutal neo-nazi crimes. 

HEALTH

Men who consume sugary drink risk heart disease  

 

GBENGA ADENIJI writes about a new study indicating that men who consume sugar-sweetened beverage a day are risking heart disease

COMMENTARY

 An examination of evils in Africa

By Kofi Akosha-Sarpong

The eccentric atmosphere following the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's President, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity (short of genocide) in Darfur open the obscurities of evil in Africa for the past 50 years.

WORLD AFFAIRS

 AU endorses Nigerian minister for world bank president 

African Union finance leaders on Monday unanimously endorsed Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's candidacy to lead the World Bank and urged an open merit-based process to select the next head of the global financial institution. 

POLITICS

Senegal: ‘Wade’s concession, great example for Africa’ 

Abdoulaye Wade casting his vote

The European Union yesterday described Senegal’s presidential election, which saw the incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade concede defeat peacefully as a great example for Africa. A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said it was “a great victory for democracy in Senegal and in Africa”, reports the AFP news agency. 

OPINION

The battle of the sexes

By Stella Damasus

If there is a battle that has never been won, ended or understood, it is the battle of the sexes. I was sitting with a group of friends at Soul Lounge and one of my male friends made a statement that got us laughing. He said: “Why do we have to be in relationships when we know they never work? The ones that last are with a lot of pain and struggle, mostly pretence.”

BUSINESS & DISCOVERY

Kenya: Implications of oil find

EDITORIAL

Deportation of Nigerians in UK

Recently, media reports were awash with the story of the deportation of about 120 Nigerians by the United Kingdom (UK). The affected Nigerians were said to have been deported by the British immigration authorities on March 19 for non-possession of valid travel documents and work permits, among other required documents.

SOCIETY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Thomas Hammarberg: The commissioner who stood up for the Roma

Hammarberg touring Romani settlements in Kosovo

The end of March may herald the start of spring, but at the Council of Europe it will mark the end of an era.
After six years as Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg will be stepping aside and we would like to express our thanks to him for all he has done for European Roma.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

USA: How will the affordable care act affect you?
By Lisa Scherzer

Monday the Supreme Court began hearing three days of arguments as to the constitutionality of several  provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed two years ago this month.Here are the four key issues the hearing will address:

MONEY & FINANCE

Hungary's inflation accelerates to EU's fastest, pressuring central bank

By Zoltan Simon 

 Hungary’s inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in the European Union last month, which Citigroup Inc. said may force the central bank to delay cutting the 27-nation bloc’s highest interest rates. 

POLITICS & GOVERANCE

Senegal election

JOBS & INTERVIEW

9 common illegal interview questions

By Vivian Giang

During job interviews, employers will try to gather as much information about you as possible, so there's bound to be some questions that will require you to think. But it's the simple questions that are often most harmful, and even illegal.
Any questions that reveal your age, race, national origin, gender, religion, marital status and sexual orientation are off-limits.

INTERVIEW

I once bought 50 pair of shoes a day

By Ronke Kehinde

Chief Gift Iyuwame, popularly known as Muma Gee, is one of the famous female musicians in the Nigerian entertainment industry. She released her debut 'Kade' in 2006 which brought her into the limelight. She is also a song writer, producer, actress, and a fashion designer. She has a clothing line known as MGee Confidence, which deals in men's underwear. In this interview with RONKE KEHINDE, she talks about her clothing line, her music career, and her marriage to Prince Oluebube Eke, Eklips, among other issue.

ENTERTAINMENT & LOVE

 Whitney & Bobby: A love story

By Margena A. Christian 

As much as some people attempt to write Booby Brown out of the annals of Whitney Houston’s storied life, they simply can’t. He still exists. Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, their 19-year-old daughter, is his namesake. Deal with it.

SHOPPING

10 things you should always buy in bulk

By Matt Brownell

Here’s the thing about buying in bulk: If you want to do it, you have to be really committed to it. OK, so you can buy a mega-pack of paper towels at the drugstore on occasion and otherwise just shop normally, but the best bulk deals are to be found at warehouse club stores that require annual membership fees. (Costco and Sam’s Club, for instance, will cost you $55 and $50 per year, respectively.)

COMMENTARY/FEATURE

Love: So powerful & sweet yet so cruel

 Uzoma Ahamefule

Are you in love? If you are just thank God and be careful. Have you mistaken sexual urge or body attraction for love? Have you just been dejected and in pain? Wipe your tears and thank God because you have been rescued from a complex web of lies and deceit. 

MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIP

My hubby not real father of my 3 children 

A housewife, Mrs. Seinab Adebayo, yesterday told an Ijebu-Ode Customary Court Grade ‘A’ that her husband, Adewale, was not the biological father of their three children.