Edo State: Much ado about new Teaching Hospital
Controversy is trailing the alarm raised by Esan elders, who accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of of Edo State, of alleged plan to relocate the Ambrose Alli University College of Medicine to Iyamoh, his home town in Edo North. The elders believe that the alleged plan was geared towards depriving Esan Central the opportunity to host the College. But the Esan Unity Forum, a group from the same Esanland, faulted the elders’ position.
Population: How many are we in Nigeria?
AS Nigeria marks 53 years of independence next week, one question that has defied answer is what the actually number of Nigerians is. This question, as simple as it appears, has been difficult to answer in the last 150 years.
ACF, Oyakhire flay FG over ASUU strike
Former Military Administrator of Taraba and Oyo States, Dr Amen Oyakhire has asked the Federal Government to address the grievances of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has led to the closure of universities in the last 88 days, saying that ‘’government is not treating ASUU properly.’’
Help Yobo hit 100 caps mark, Ladipo begs Keshi
The clamour for the recall of Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo increased during the week with the President-General of the Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo adding his voice.
My journey with “Flower Girl” – Michelle Bello
It was in February on Valentine’s Day when producer, Michelle Bello hit the big screen with her movie Flower Girl. From Lagos, the film was premiered in Enugu and sold out so was also the version in Ghana. Right now it seems the acceptance of the romance comedy film is not restricted to Nigeria and Ghana alone as the movie has taken on a life of its own.
Collapsed FCT Govt Secondary School injures 8 students in Abuja
IT was a sad day yesterday in Nyanya, a satellite town and a suburb in the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja when a storey building in one of the FCT owned Government Secondary School, GSS collapsed with eight students critically injured.
Flood claims two school pupils in Ondo
THE three-day heavy downpour which resulted in flood in Akure, the Ondo state capital have claimed the lives of two Primary School pupils.
Judges, NBA, JUSON boycott sittings in Edo over kidnap of Judge
JUDGES in the Edo State Judiciary may have stopped sitting in courts within the State in protest against the abduction of one of their colleagues, Justice Daniel Okungbowa who was kidnapped by armed men on his way to sit at the Ekpoma Division of the Edo State High Court.
Nollywood goes to school
A few days ago, I made my way to the salon for my quarterly … ehm … toenail management (three months of hard grinding on the fitness trail had rendered them somewhat unpresentable). I reclined as the thickset attendant went to work. Gazed up idly at the TV as dazzling Afro Pop music video images of the latest sensation I had never heard of flashed by.
FCTA arrests 6, 586 hawkers, 467 minors in 9 months, convicts 4,729, sentenced 633
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, yesterday disclosed that it arrested 6,586 hawkers from January to September and 467 minors, just as it explained that out of the number of hawkers arrested, 4,729 were convicted with 633 sentenced.
Kokori ‘internal operation’: Kelvin’s foot soldiers resort to rituals
FOOT soldiers of arrested DeltaState kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah, who are overawed by soldiers, deployed to Kokori, Ethiope-East West Local Government Area, to smoke them out from their stronghold, have resorted to making ritual sacrifices to scare away the security agents.
Nollywood stars turned Pastors (1)
Although, many have criticised their decisions to embrace Christ, blaming such decisions principally on the turn of events in their lives, it is not out of place today to come across celebrities who have become preachers of the Word.
Apo massacre: Northern elders demand trial of killer squad
Last Friday’s killing of ten artisans by security agents at the Gudu District of Abuja on suspicion of being Boko Haram terrorists yesterday drew flasks from the Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, which described the attack as nothing but a premeditated murder of innocent poverty-stricken Nigerians.
Advisory committee on film industry meets …charts a new course for Nollywood
The Advisory Committee on the Nigerian Film Industry has met with a promise to contribute to the sustainability of the vibrancy of the Nigerian Film industry. Rising from a two- day meeting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, members of the committee were optimistic that there are better days ahead for the film industry in Nigeria if indeed all stakeholders brace up against inherent challenges and contribute meaningfully to the growth of the sector.
Court orders PDP, INEC to delete Oyinlola’s name as party’s National Secretary
Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to delete the name of former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola from their records as the National Secretary of the PDP.
with a forked tongue
Could it be that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, is being economical with the truth? One must confess that the people are not fully let into the true state of affairs concerning the health of the nation’s wealth.
