We are narrowing the poverty gap in Africa
POLIO eliminationLet me just start by saying how incredibly pleased we are with the progress in polio. You know very well that we don't want to be premature in celebrating or declaring victory, so to speak, but polio progress and our colleagues in Nigeria and our colleagues at WHO, UNICEF, Rotary, deserve much credit for the hope we have now in polio.
British Royals salute Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa (What Lies Behind It!)
AS the world awaits the coronation of a new Oba of Benin, in Benin City, there has been a barrage of goodwill messages from distant and near lands. Two of such empathic correspondence unveil the kind of royal diplomacy now being ushered in as a new dawn approaches in the nucleus of the former seat of a great West African empire (Kingdom), the former capital of Midwest region and capital of Bendel now Edo State in modern Nigeria.
C-River community, firms clash over alleged abandonment
NFAMOSING- THE people of Nfamosing community, Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State, have decried alleged marginalization and neglect by the former United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM), now Lafarge Holcim, and other companies operating in the area.
There is nothing to hide about children with disabilities – Emuwa
Mrs Angela Emuwa is the President of Autism Parents Association International, APAI, formerly known as Parents Against Autism Initiative, PAAI. She is a passionate mother who believes that every child must be treated equally because he or she has a right whether or not he has physical or intellectual disability.
Delta council sacks revenue contractor
Following paucity of funds, the authority in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, sacked its advert/bill board contractor, Benches Consult Ltd, over what it described as nonchalant attitude on its part to promptly and effectively recover advertisement and bill board rates for the council.
Tension grips Owu Traditional Council over chieftaincy title
TENSION has gripped the Owu Traditional Council in Ogun State over the decision of Chief Ogooluwa Gbolahan Bankole to relinquish the title of Olootu Owu due to unresolved grievances.
