The story of the Nigerian entertainment industry will not be complete without mentioning one of the finest international creative deejay, Andrew Agionomuesi Esiemoghie popularly known as Dj Andy Moore a.k.a Big Man Dj who has been at the forefront of promoting Nigeria music globally.

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade of the ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state have successfully repelled an attack by a group of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP in the early hours of Friday. Damboa in the southern Borno senatorial district is about 85km […]

Leaders keep mum after meeting By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Notable leaders from the Southeast geopolitical zones on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the grey room, by the President’s office, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation was led by the Nonagenarian, Hon. Mbazulike Amaechi and have in attendance a former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka […]

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged 2,000 newly trained officers of the anti-narcotics body to resist every temptation that will make them compromise their duties and responsibilities.

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Government has intensified efforts at eliminating the menace of human trafficking and has consequently signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Niger Republic so as to strengthen bilateral cooperation in that regard. The MoU which was signed in Abuja was facilitated by the Kingdom of Netherlands through the International […]

THE brain drain currently affecting many professions in Nigeria has hit Radiography as no fewer than five Radiographers are said to be leaving the country every week for greener pasture abroad.

By Mela Jonathan IT’s an unarguable fact that Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, the increasingly provocative governor of Gombe State, is steadily chalking up points that would undoubtedly make him go down as the most unpopular administrator to come out of the “Jewel in the Savannah” since the creation of the state on October 1, 1996. […]

By Damilola Ogunsakin An alumni of Queens College, Lagos, Mrs. Ukonwa Ojo, who is the Global Marketing manager of Amazon, has advocated for the development of students in Creative Arts as it helps to open their minds to unlimited imaginations. The Homecoming Queen who left QC 29 years ago stated that Creative Arts should be […]

THE brain drain currently affecting many professions in Nigeria has hit Radiography, as no fewer than five radiographers leave the country every week for greener pastures abroad.

By Owei Lakemfa I WAS a bit taken aback. Not so much by responses to my Friday, November 12, 2021 column titled ‘Migrants about to freeze to death, salute Europe,’ but by the forcefulness with which some made their points. I seemed to have touched some raw nerves. My main point was to draw attention […]

My beloved people, rape is a form of attack that is universal. It has been used to subdue and humiliate, from the battlefields of Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine etc to the jail cells of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other places, and IDP camps in Nigeria and other places. But it is primarily women and children […]

A  new wave of tension is rapidly mounting in Benue State following the invasion of the palace of the royal father of Ikpomilokpo and the killing of his brother, and abduction of his sister by yet-to-be- identified gunmen, but suspected to be armed herdsmen. The brutal attack, believed to have been spearheaded by a community member, who […]

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, yesterday, confirmed the killing of 43 persons in Monday’s bandits attack on Illela Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. Governor Tambuwal confirmation came as his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, warned that terrorists were threatening the unity of the country.  A statement by his Special Adviser on Media […]

By Bashir Bello There seems to be no end in sight to the lingering acute shortage of potable public water in Kano as residents now wander about in search of water for their daily needs. Residents are unaware of reason for the sudden drying up of public water supply and they are concerned at the high […]

By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha A Delta State Governorship aspirant for the 2023 general election, Chief Kenneth Okpara, is dead. Okpara, a former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in the state, died around 3 am on Friday at Capitol Hill Hospital, Warri.  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State, Okpara, […]