Every great love story culminates with a kiss. It typically comes toward the end, with a desire that’s been building over the course of an hour and some odd minutes. We hold our collective breath as the couple before us gaze into each other’s eyes (you know, the look) and […]
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Nigerians celebrate PRIDE MONTH in silence, fear as Renée and the Red Arrows lead celebrities at Pride celebration in London
Renée Zellweger and the Red Arrows led Pride celebrations in London in what was hailed as the biggest and most diverse Pride event the city has ever seen. The Bridget Jones actress joined thousands of people for a huge party in the capital, draping herself in a rainbow flag in Trafalgar […]
50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rally: Bleak future for Nigerian LGBT rights
Activists from around the world will rally in New York’s Greenwich Village on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the LGBT movement. The anniversary marks the moment on June 28, 1969, when patrons of a Greenwich Village gay bar called the Stonewall Inn rose up in […]
‘I’m willing to do more’ – Baru
By Olatunde Dodondawa The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, has affirmed that he is willing and ready to do more if given the opportunity to serve his dear country, Nigeria. Speaking to journalists on the sideline of the 2019 Annual Lecture […]
Botswana high court decriminalizes gay sex
By Olatunde Dodondawa High court judges in Botswana have ruled that laws criminalising same-sex relations are unconstitutional and should be struck down. The ruling is a major victory for gay rights campaigners in Africa and comes after a setback in Kenya last month when a court rejected a bid to […]
RYANAIR Flight Attendant Attacked Because of Her Sexual Orientation
A Ryanair flight attendant and her girlfriend were covered in blood after a gang of men allegedly attacked them on a London bus because they refused to kiss. Melania Geymonat, 28, was riding the bus with her American girlfriend Chris after an evening out in West Hampstead, North West London, […]
Buhari: A Threat to Freedom of Speech, Press
The suspension of broadcasting license of Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT and Raypower, did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise because of the antecedents of President Muhammadu Buhari, during his reign as a military dictator in 1984. AIT had on Wednesday 5th June 2019 aired a documentary […]
Why DPR revokes licenses of Pan Ocean, Summit Oil, others
By Olatunde Dodondawa The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revoked the oil licenses of of five companies due to non-settlement of legacy debt. The revocation of oil licenses was contained in a public notice issued on Thursday. The DPR revoked Oil Mining Licenses (OML) and one Oil Prospecting License […]
Celebrating LGBTQ’s Pride: President Trump deserves accolades not criticism
By Olatunde Dodondawa June 1 was a special day for the special people, The LGBTQ Community, and the most prominent comment was from the World President, Donald Trump. President Trump’s celebration of LGBTQ’s right was met with criticism by some commentators across the globe. Mr. Trump said on Friday on […]
SEPLAT partners NNPC to produce 300m scuf/d
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has partnered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to deliver 300millon standard cubic of gas per day to the domestic market through the ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC). The ANOH project is designed to abridge the estimated 3.4 billion cubic feet of gas per […]