By Kingsley Alumona AS we mark Christmas today and the New Year draws closer, orphanage homes are usually devoid of Christmas aura, and the hope of celebrating these festivities like other children are bleak. However, while most people do not care about institutionalised orphans and their caregivers, The Orphan Empowerment Society, TOES, an Afrocentric non-governmental […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Thursday granted pardon to 16 prison inmates at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, MSCC, Makurdi. The Governor said the decision to pardon the inmates was based on the directive of the Federal Government as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor who was represented […]

By Rosemary Onuoha INSURANCE Following an Interim Injunction from the High Court to suspend the recapitalization of insurance companies, pending the determination of the suit challenging the process, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it has complied with the court order and will waive the initial mandate given to companies to meet up with half […]

Italy has condemned Egypt’s decision to rule out charging five state security officers over the torture and murder of an Italian student near Cairo. Earlier this year Italian prosecutors named four suspects believed to be behind the death of Giulio Regeni. But this week Egypt’s public prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence against the group. […]

AMONG all the good wishes in the world, human beings have chosen, as a tradition, to wish themselves happiness at the beginning of every new year. That may be an instinctive recognition of the fact that happiness is the purpose of life, and that “the very motion of our life is towards happiness.” The above […]