As 28 are killed in terror attacks…Insurgents hit bank, police station, prisons
Barely four days after the bombings in Kano which left scores dead, gunmen struck in Adamawa State.
At the end of the attack, late Friday, no fewer than 25 persons, including a former commissioner in old Gongola State, were feared dead.
Scene of attack was the headquarters of Ganye local government.
The suspected insurgents hit Adamawa just as another suicide attack was foiled by security agents in Kano yesterday.
RITA OMOVBUDE…fuelling social transformation through music, care
If young people are economically empowered and reoriented to think productively, then Nigeria can be sure to overcome corruption and wastefulness. This is the conviction of Rita Omovbude, the Founder/Project Leader of Street Project, a social enterprise in the heart of transforming the lives of young people.
From US, May Nwoye goes oily
Award winning novelist and University of Benin Bursar, Dr. May Nwoye, has returned with a new novel, Oil Cemetery.
The trouble with Nigerians (1)
In his thought-provoking riposte on Nigeria entitled The Trouble with Nigeria, Prof. Chinua Achebe explained that the principal reason for the horrible state of affairs in the country has nothing to do with geography or climate or the kind of food Nigerians eat. Rather, he says, the trouble with Nigeria is the recurrent blizzard of mediocre and corrupt leadership.
What Keshi’s achievement has taught us – Kargbo
FOR winning the Africa Nations Cup, the Super Eagles were awash with cash and land gifts by the federal government and some state governments, a development that has not gone down well with some Nigerians.
Archive: Straight from the Oracle: Achebe in Conversation…
In this interview culled from Okike Magazine Number 30 founded at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, African literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe spoke with the then editor, Professor Ossie Enekwe, about his his vision as a cultural catalyst, pan African scholarship and, most importantly, how much he desired a climate of peace in post -war Nigeria to help further his literary vision.
FG fact-finding team storms S/East erosion sites
The Special Committee set up by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to ensure speedy completion of work on the 15 soil erosion and flood control projects in the South-East states has concluded the first phase of its assignment; with inspection visit to eight ecological projects in Imo and Anambra States.
South-South is a sports beehive, says Ugbe
CROSS RIVER State Commissioner for Sports and Youths Development, Mr. Patrick Ugbe has described the South-South geo-political zone of the country as the fulcrum in which the nation’s sports revolves.
All the president’s men
All eyes were on Rome for the inauguration of Pope Francis. On addressing the devoted and the world leaders immediately at the Mass where over 200,000 gathered, he called on world leaders and people all over to defend the weak. He seemed to address the leaders directly that the young, old and those in need were often neglected and ignored.
A Palm Sunday with Pope Francis
Today, Sunday, March 24, marks the celebration of Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It is a day of procession in which the faithful carry branches of palm leaves as a re-enactment of the biblical story in which the crowd greeted Jesus by waving palm branches and covering his path with palm branches. This triumphant entry of Jesus soon marked the beginning of his journey to the cross where he was eventually crucified.
