Okowa: Advancing Stronger Delta At 62
By Charles Aniagwu However one looks at it, turning 62 is no doubt a great milestone especially in Nigeria; a country where life expectancy is estimated at 54 years as at 2018. On July 8, 2021, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, will be celebrating 62 years on earth. Three scores and two years […]
Nigeria demands whole, unconditional return of looted artifacts from Germany
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government has demanded a full and unconditional return of the 1,130 Benin Bronzes that were looted from the African nation in the 19th century and domiciled in German museums. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the demand in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, during separate meetings with the German Minister of […]
Help! Baby Timileyin needs N200,000 to offset surgery bills
By Chioma Obinna One-year-old Adeife Timileyin is currently in dire need of N200, 000 to offset off his life-saving surgery bills. Timileyin who was admitted last month at the Adenike Fadeyibi Hospital, Ayobo, was said to have suffered a medical condition, diagnosed as bilateral hydrocele, for over eight months. According to Timileyin’s mother, Mrs Yemilade Aladimehin, who discovered […]
PIB: N-Delta youths reject 3% for host communities
YOUTHS in Niger Delta have rejected the provision of the three per cent equity stake in the Host Community Trust in the just-passed controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, to host communities, saying it is unacceptable.
APC summons Lai Mohammed, accuses him of anti-party activities
The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over his recent outbursts against the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
Why do some people want out of Nigeria?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi WHEN I hear privileged Nigerians romanticising the country’s sovereignty and the inviolability of her territorial integrity, I remember the speech Frederick Douglass gave on July 5, 1852 titled: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Nigerian leaders talk glibly about the country’s indissolubility. They insist that her unity is not […]
