Our lives are defined by the inescapable influences of our times and experiences and writing is one avenue to entrap events for reflections, important references and the treasure of record-keeping. The outpouring of remarkable eulogies for Chinua Achebe is not surprising and added perspectives of his wonderful life cannot easily end. One, which I believe is salient of the literary Icon is that of an African activist and by implication an activist for humanity.

NATIONAL President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, for the first time, publicly dismissed criticisms that continued to trail his acquisition of a private jet with some critics claiming that the gift may have come from the Presidency.

Ahead of 2015 general elections, Northern youths engaged former President of Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) and Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, in a war of words over the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

OWERRI — Imo State Government has warned that any public servant that proceeds on strike as directed by labour leaders in the state to regard himself/herself as having voluntarily retired.

A group of gunmen Sunday stormed a village in Adamawa on the border with Cameroon killing 10 residents in attacks on a church and a market, police said.