John Lennon shot
John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. …
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John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. …
John Lennon shot Read MoreBy Ibrahim Ramalan Kwon Young-IK, Director of Korean Cultural Centre in Abuja, said that it would continue to promote its national identity in Nigeria through collaboration and sharing of cultural …
Korea, Nigeria to strengthen relationship through cultural heritage Read MoreBy Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice As we speak, some northerners are on their way in trailer loads returning back to the northern enclave- Good move I must say. These guys …
As we welcome back our prodigal Arewa youths Read MoreBy Ibrahim Ramalan In a bid to further position advertising as a profession and an agent of social change, members of Advertising Practitioners Association, Abuja Chapter (APAAC) has honoured President …
APAAC honours PMB, 4 others Read MoreLUKMON BAJOMO examines the many critical stages of salvaging the remains of Sketch Newspapers, a concern owned by the O’dua Group of Investments. Making an observation from afar, one can …
O’dua and planned re-birth of Daily Sketch Read MoreFollowing a year of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist. The announcement sealed the bitter Cold …
Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist Read MoreStories by Ibrahim Ramalan The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign debts, Sen. Shehu Sani, has pledged to dedicate …
Lawmaker harps on sponsoring Bill for Arts Endowment Fund Read MoreThe Book of Chibok’, a poetry collection documenting the historic abduction of 276 female secondary school students in Chibok around April, 2014, written by Benjamin Obiri, has been unveiled recently …
Book of Chibok meets the public Read MoreKen Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian playwright and environmental activist, is hanged in Nigeria along with eight other activists from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop). Saro-Wiwa, an …
Ken Saro-Wiwa hanged Read MoreOn November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war …
Pope Urban II orders first Crusade Read More‘United we stand and divided we fall’. With this borne in mind, the Bauchi sons and daughters living in Abuja has come together under one umbrella called Association of Bauchi …
How Bauchi sons and daughters living in Abuja wax stronger Read MoreRichard Ali, a Kano-born poet and novelist, is the author of ‘City of Memories’ published in 2013, one of the co-owners of Parresia Publishers Ltd. and the immediate past Publicity …
I gave my all to ANA – Ali Read MoreIBRAHIM RAMALAN, who was in Kaduna writes on the recently concluded convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) For writers across the country, Kaduna State, the City of Crocodiles, …
Kaduna 2015: Day authors decide Read MoreBy Haruna Penni One can only agree more when Abubakar Gimba is referred to as the ‘Mandarin’ of the Civil Service to the extent that first born writers like Denja …
A long verse for ‘The Mandarin’ (I) Read MoreOn this day in 2003, the actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger, who became …
‘The Terminator’ becomes ‘The Governor’ of California Read MoreCalm, modest, coolheaded, gorgeous are all the attributes of Kannywood star actress, Khadijat Mustapha is relatively new in the Kannywood film industry. Khadijat is in her second year as an …
Joining Kannywood is a dream come true – Khadijat Mustapha Read MoreBy Abdulrahman Sade Over a template of periscoping Nigeria’s public relations practitioners and the various media men that have represented politicians and any other high profile principals who desire media …
Garba Shehu is a thousand media men Read MoreTwo of Kannywood’s leading actors, Adam Zango and Ali Nuhu, were honoured at an award ceremony in London recently. Zango won the best actor while Nuhu was voted outstanding actor …
Ali Nuhu, Adam Zango, others win awards in London Read MoreIn a move that stirs up some controversy, the United States ships 88 German scientists to America to assist the nation in its production of rocket technology. Most of these …
German scientists brought to United States to work on rocket technology Read MoreI know my temper is bad, SAYS Bukky Wright reveals
CELEB Read MoreNear the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington after a march to its site …
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated Read MoreSalamatu Sule is the Secretary at the Abuja chapter of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) who has just represented Nigeria at the just concluded Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. In …
My blast moments at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair – Sule Read MoreSalamatu Sule: Africa had a very poor book stand with just few books and one publisher
BOOKS Read MoreOn this day in 1948, the Chicago Tribuane jumps the gun and mistakenly declares New York Governor Thomas Dewey the winner of his presidential race with incumbent Harry S. Truman …
Newspaper mistakenly declares Dewey president of US Read MoreAbubakar Akote is a Minna-based budding poet and writer. In this chat with AWAAL GATA, he laments that successful writers don’t like grooming the upcoming ones. How did you begin …
Successful writers don’t like grooming the upcoming ones – Akote Read More