Chieftaincy tussle tears Edo community apart
Disagreement lingers over the heir to the throne of Aidonogie of South Ibie Kingdom in Etsako West Local Government of Edo State. Recently, Alhaji Kelvin Aliyu Zibiri Danesi claimed to be the Aidonogie, saying there is no controversy over the title. Prince Umoru Inusa Umoru, a chartered accountant and tax practitioner, in this interview, speaks on the genesis of the dispute surrounding the rightful heir to the Aidonogie of South- Ibie throne. Excerpts:
Job creation: Tread softly Ict Minister – 1
Any public official wanting to have trouble with me should make a careless statement about job creation; be it the President, a Governor, Minster or whatever. Unemployment, affecting over 40% of our people; and involving every home in Nigeria, is such a personal and social tragedy that it should be completely taken out of the salad bowl of lies which public officials peddle all over Nigeria.
INSECURITY: Ademowo, Okotie, Osu enjoin FG to wake up
EMINENT Christian religious leaders, the Dean of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and the Archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos, Most Rev. Ephraim Ademo-wo, founder, Household of God, Rev. Chris Okotie and Lagos Archdiocesan director of Social Communications, Rev. Monsignor Gabriel Osu have decried the deplorable state of insecurity in the country, urging the Goodluck Jonathan Administration to wake from its slumber and arrest the dangerous trend.
ROFOROFO FIGHT ON ABUJA ROADS: ‘Park n Pay’ is daylight robbery – Motorists
It is drama unlimited. And it is not about to stop. Everyday in one part of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, or the other, you are bound to see a car owner or driver locked in an altercation or fisticuffs with parking attendants engaged by the FCT authorities.
Grass To Grace: I was locked-up at Kirikiri prisons after I helped Nigeria win Olympic medal – Toblow
Tobias Igwe, a.k.a Toblow is a veteran grass-roots athletics coach who has carved a niche for himself in the athletics circuit. In this interview, he tells Vanguard Grass to Grace how he started as a grass-roots coach and how he used to go to different schools and streets in Lagos to scout for young talents especially during Inter-house and other competitions. Toblow, as he is fondly called by his admirers, also recalls his travails as a coach and how he was accused of vandalising the National Stadium scoreboard in Lagos, which almost ruined his coaching career. Despite that, he says, he refused to give up the fight but remained a relevant factor in the country
The Oshiomhole ‘mystique’
When Comrade Adams Oshiomhole assumed duties as governor of Edo State in November 13, 2008, after the Appeal Court in Benin sacked, on November 12, 2008, the then Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government led by Prof. Osarhiemen Osunbor, there was this anxiety amongst his supporters as to whether he will be able to replicate his achievements as a two-time President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the governance of the state.
