OHANAEZE ELECTION: Igbo Leaders divided over venue, consensus candidate
By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor FEW days to the 2021 elections of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, some leaders and members of the apex Igbo group are divided over the venue, and emergence of Professor George Obiozor as consensus president-general candidate. At issue is Ohanaeze Ime-Obi’s approval of the application of Imo State to host the election and […]
New Year OPEC+ meeting to decide production levels
Members of the OPEC group of oil producers and their partners will meet via videoconference on Monday to decide on production levels for February, hoping to turn the corner on a difficult year. The OPEC+ ministerial meeting comes after oil consumption tanked in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a price war between Saudi […]
APC to begin new members’ registration Jan 25 — Akpanudoedehe
The registration of new members and update of register of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will commence on January 25 reports. The party said this in its New Year message to Nigerians, issued by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), on Friday in Abuja. “We have recognised the […]
If I Were Bishop Kukah
FOR more than 44 years that Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has served as a Priest, till date, this would be the first time his Christmas homily has been so widely read and talked about nationwide, perhaps globally, thanks or no thanks to social media. For all practical purposes, the Nigerian Presidency gave oxygen to Kukah’s homily! […]
Gone, but not forgotten: Nigerian celebrity deaths in 2020
By Juliet Ebirim Saying goodbye is never easy, moreso for icons and celebrities fans have grown to love. In 2020 we said goodbye to a number of public figures from the world of stage, screen, sport, music and more. This piece, though not exhaustive, takes a look at Nigerian celebs who didn’t make it through […]
Carlos do Carmo, the ‘Sinatra’ of Portugal’s fado, dies aged 81
Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country’s most beloved artists who was known as the “Sinatra” of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81. Do Carmo, born in Lisbon in 1939, said goodbye to the stage last year after a long career during which he took fado […]
