My kids were full of so much energy today after school, bouncy and extra attentive to me (way more than usual, help!). My 4-year-old daughter asked if there was something I needed her to help with and my son just left to change out of his school uniform without a word of prompting or faked […]

Fresh facts have emerged on how some International Non-Governmental Organizations are fueling the fight against terrorism in North-East Nigeria. It was revealed amongst other things that these INGOs have perfected the plan to escalate the ongoing crisis to ensure that they continue to attract funding from donor agencies. 

STRIKING Resident Doctors of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ESUT-TH, has told the state government to forget threats and blackmail to comply with long-negotiated salary structure, in other to save lives and deescalate crisis in the state health sector.

By Rotimi Fasan Without a doubt, churches in Nigeria are facing persecution. Our churches have been burnt in their thousands and we have lost many lives. There are communities on the outskirts of Lassa, Mousadile, Musafu, Bagajo which once thrived but are no longer in existence now because of the activities of Islamists. The Church […]

Comr Umukoro Efemena Kelly is the President, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Youthwing. He emerged the president general of the youth organ of the Urhobo foremost social cultural body in January 2020 having served previously as the Secretary General and Publicity Secretary until his elevation to the position of President. In what seems like a surprise […]

By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN It is unfortunate that since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960, the state has been wallowing in the abyss of misrule and has been struggling tenaciously to sustain genuine democracy and the judiciary has been saddled with the role of stabilising Nigeria’s democracy. When we look at our political system of government, […]

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka There is tension in Awka, the Anambra State capital following what had been described as the unrepentant behavior of some prominent indigenes of the town who have allegedly been balkanizing and selling lands in the two approved Aguaba and    Millennium City layouts. The affected area, which runs into hundreds […]

By Anayo Okoli – Enugu Enugu State Government and two communities, including Amechi, Awkunanaw, home of former governor of old Anambra state, Senator Jim Nwobodo are battling a firm, Private Estates International West African Limited, PEIWA, over alleged land grabbing. Already, the Enugu State Government has revoked the certificate of occupancy, CoO, for 1097 hectares […]

By Chidi Nkwopara The medical establishment that is known today, as Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri, has a long and checkered history, dating back more than 100 years. This hospital was first established as a colonial dispensary in 1903. It was later upgraded to a District Hospital, then a General Hospital, before wearing the FMC […]

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, yesterday vowed that violent crimes in the Niger Delta demanding military intervention would be squarely dealt with, restating the commitment of the military to flush out criminal elements in the region.

By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka Latona & Rose Chukwu “The confirmation of the coronavirus case in just two days is ‘a very positive reflection of the disease surveillance and laboratory capacity in Nigeria’. “It will be best to scrutinize travelers, especially those coming from countries with documented outbreaks. I fear if the government is financially capable […]

By Chinedu Adonu – Enugu A coalition of accredited Independent Observers shortly after Local Government Elections in Enugu, on Saturday, commended Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, for conducting a peaceful, credible and transparent election. The group rated the exercise as the best in the country, stressing the exercise was devoid of irregularities, adding that, […]

THE recent anti-piracy law  assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari did not take the menace of stowaways into consideration as there is no single sanction for stowaways in the statutes book.

By Nkiruka Nnorom The dealing member firms of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Tuesday,  assented to the resolutions converting the Exchange to a public company from a mutual entity. The approval was given at the Court-ordered Meeting (COM) and Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Lagos. Having obtained the approval from the dealing members, the […]

National President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Tony Nwabunike, in this interview, with Eguono Odjegba said the time has come for Nigerians to challenge the government to upgrade operational and logistics infrastructure in the maritime industry.  He decried the politicization of the port industry and said the Nigerian Port is the least developed in the sub region. In this interview, he also provided information on ANLCA’s discussion with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Minister of State for Transportation.