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Herdsmen attacks: House Minority leader urges FG to sack service chiefs

Herdsmen attacks: House Minority leader urges FG to sack service chiefs

ASABA—As the call for the resignation of the Service Chiefs gather storm, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, has again called on the Federal Government to sack them as they have outlived their usefulness on the issue of securing the nation.

Disagreement in Imo community over incest allegation against King’s cabinet member

Disagreement in Imo community over incest allegation against King’s cabinet member

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Widespread disagreement Sunday continued to rock the Ngugo Obaire autonomous community in Ikeduru local government area of Imo state, over an allegation of incest allegedly committed by one Adolphus Ndukwe, who is one of the cabinet members of the traditional ruler, Eze Paulycarb Anugwo, of Ngugo. Vanguard in Owerri, visited the […]

Police charge lawyer with alleged forgery of court processes

Police charge lawyer with alleged forgery of court processes

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The Nigeria Police Force has filed a criminal charge against a law practitioner, Eziafa Enwedo, for allegedly forging legal documents of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. In the six-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/78/2020, which was lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Police, said the defendant, by his action, […]

Spoken-word poets as griots of Africa’s cultural heritage

Spoken-word poets as griots of Africa’s cultural heritage

The tradition of rendering what is today known as the spoken word poetry to a live audience is an age-long feature of Africa’s traditional poems. Verbalization of poems in the form of songs, chants, praises, incantations, et cetera is characteristic of African traditional poetry. However, the emergence of the print media and subsequent preference for written literature had relegated this to an obscure background until recent developments in literature, technology and communication triggered its phenomenal re-emergence.