By Owei Lakemfa THE world this week is witnessing about 4,000 human beings, mainly Iraqis, Syrians and Afghans, caught in the freezing forests between Belarus and Poland. They have no warm clothing, food or water and are under siege by opposing European armies. Flowing from Belarus which closed the borders behind them, and facing Poland […]

UNICEF and African e-commerce platform Jumia (NYSE: JMIA) announced today a partnership in support of Giga’s work to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice.  Jumia’s data science capacity will offer Giga insights into the economic benefits of increased connectivity, helping to make the case for increased […]

By Adekunle Adekoya WATCHERS of the Nigerian political landscape, like me, must have heaved a huge sigh of relief with the successful conclusion, warts and all, of the Anambra State governorship election. It was an unusual election for a number of reasons. First, the election itself is off-cycle. Anambra began the off-cycle journey after Dr. […]

By Azu Ishiekwene THE cold blast of the air conditioner from the room hit me by surprise as I opened the door. I wasn’t expecting a draught from inside at eight on a damp morning. But there was my cousin under the duvet, hugging what seemed like a pillow as he snuggled diagonally across the […]

Concerned stakeholders of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have tackled the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, over its handling of the party, saying the committee cannot lift APC from its woes.

Conflict analysts have opined that the impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of violence is one of the drivers of conflict stressing the knowledge that the perpetrators would get away with their violent actions emboldens them to continue in the act while victims may develop the propensity for revenge thereby sustaining the cycle of violence.

By Omezia Ajayi The All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Candidate in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba has rejected the outcome of last Saturday’s Governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. “The outcome of the election was a charade and did not reflect the wishes of the people of Anambra State”, said […]

THE Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to drop all charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Sunday Igboho. 

By Vincent Ujumadu & Yinka Ajayi – Awka The Old Aguata Union, OAU, an umbrella body of the three local government areas in Aguata and Orumba have urged the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Val Ozigbo not the challenge in court the result of the Anambra State governorship election won by […]

6ixtySix who burst into the industry just less than a year ago with his hit songs that include Double Cup, Cry, Stranger and Day One recently made cover freestyles to Lil baby and Lil durks Rich off Pain song and fellow Nigerian rapper Olamides song off his UY Scuti which attracted a wide range of […]

THE Federal Government said, yesterday, it was on the trail of about 3,906 inmates, who escaped from Correctional Services in different parts of the country.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN has endorsed Jubilee syringe saying it meets the highest international standards.

Nigeria’s oil output, yesterday, dropped by 9 per cent, to 1.2 million barrels per day, mb/d in October 2021, from 1.3 mb/d, recorded in the corresponding period of 2020.

Members of a non-governmental organization, NBM of Africa (Egypt Chapter), have continued their humanitarian activities, visiting the country’s Children Cancer Hospital in Cairo.

By Gabriel Olawale Anambra State Governor-Elect and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, in this interview speaks on his election, the task before him and why he must deliver. On his election The victory is that of Anambra people and also a divine journey whose time has come. For […]