Taraba State ‘House-Boys’

Taraba State ‘House-Boys’

Today’s article was originally intended for publication last week but was for sensitivity sake, shelved because of the plane crash involving Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State. Thank God the Governor and his entire entourage survived and are now receiving medical attention. But is it not too early now to put up the same article?
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Cleric urges couples to avoid ethnic biases

Cleric urges couples to avoid ethnic biases

Worried by the frequent incidents of divorce in Nigeria with its dire effect on the society, the programme director of Made For Each Other Ministry, Pastor Kunle Adedini has identified ethnic bias, comparison, financial dis-harmony as some of challenges working against marriages.

Constitution Review: Planned constituency sessions excites civil society, stakeholders

Constitution Review: Planned constituency sessions excites civil society, stakeholders

The planned Peoples’ Public Sessions by the House of Representatives through which it intends to take the constitution review process to the grassroots across the 360 federal constituencies in the country has continued to generate excitement from civil society groups, international development agencies and other stakeholders in the polity.

Exploiting young girls

Exploiting young girls

The successful conviction of Osezua Osolase 42, was welcomed by AFRUCA(Africans Unite Against Child Abuse) that commended British government on the successful prosecution of a prolific child trafficker. The agency stated such conviction will serve as a warning to others who are willing to exploit young girls with a promise of a better live in Europe only to be sold into prostitution.

FG advocates common  youth policy in Africa

FG advocates common youth policy in Africa

The Federal Government has called on leaderships in Africa to join hands to evolving a common policy approach in developing elaborate programmes that will address the challenges of developing human social capital that the continent is blessed with.

Illegal N11m withdrawal: ICPC arrests 4 bank officials

Illegal N11m withdrawal: ICPC arrests 4 bank officials

Four bank officials have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly flouting the directive of a court order in a case under investigation by the ICPC.

Awolowo and the forgotten documents of the civil war, by Odia Ofeimun (2)

Awolowo and the forgotten documents of the civil war, by Odia Ofeimun (2)

In this second part, you would observe views that are manifestly contradictory and would leave you with the conclusion that they can be described as products of biased minds or the display of crass ignorance – the former should suffice. The posers raised last week regarding the following are dealt with: Which book did Achebe write which captured all but a coup, of all that was happening wrongly in the country during the First Republic? Was Nnamdi Azikiwe sounded out by Igbo officers on the possibility of carrying out a coup in 1964, two years before the January 1966 coup? What was the plan of the coup makers of 1966 for Awolowo? Was Awolowo privy to what the eventual coup makers planned to do with him? What was so important about the Emmanuel Ifeajuna manuscript that Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to get to read it?

Bayelsa: The area belongs to Bayelsa by law – State Govt

Bayelsa: The area belongs to Bayelsa by law – State Govt

Though the issue of the rightful ownership of oil wells in the disputed area which predates the creation of Bayelsa State had been on ground, it was again brought to the front burner on Monday when the Kalabari National Forum and some monarchs went to Abuja to protest the alleged surreptitious moves by some Federal Government officials to excise five oil producing Kalabari communities of Rivers State with a view to dashing them to Bayelsa State for political reasons.

Rivers: Traditional rulers take  battle to the streets

Rivers: Traditional rulers take battle to the streets

The battle between Rivers State and its neighbouring Bayelsa State, over who owns the stretch of area that generates three hundred thousand barrels of crude oil per day has left the court room. The battle is now on the streets of Port Harcourt where, on Wednesday, traditional rulers, chiefs and other prominent community leaders of Kalabari stock took to the streets in Port Harcourt protesting what they dubbed an attempt to deny them of part of their ancestry with an alleged shift in the boundary demarcating Degema Division from the old Brass Division.

Strange fire amputates 5-yr-old girl

Strange fire amputates 5-yr-old girl

To Mr Idowu Bamgboye Ezekiel, a- 62 year-old pensioner in the employ of Ogun State in the Ministry of Finance between 1975 and 1999, life after service seems to be cruel.

17-year-old donates to orphanage home

17-year-old donates to orphanage home

Moved by the plight of children living in the Lagos State Motherless Babies Home (LSMBH), Lekki, Lagos, the founder of Saratu Kitchener Foundation, SKF, Miss Saratu Kitchener, 17, last week, gave out playground fittings to the orphanage home.