A former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and the Ovie of Ellu Kingdom, Ogwara the First, have separately commended the Delta Collective Assembly (DCA) for its proactive steps towards sustaining the prevailing peace in the State ahead of 2023 gubernatorial election. Dr. Uduaghan and the Ovie of Ellu Kingdom gave the commendation when […]

Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force Operation Hardin Kai on Thursday 8 July 2021 nabbed a notorious Boko Haram/ISWAP informant, carrying out espionage activities on troops in the general area of Katarko village of Yobe State.

By Chinasa Afigbo The enigmatic on air personality Sheila Okonji-Ashinze popularly known as Sheila O has taken her television program ‘Howfar with Sheila O’ on the reflective surface of entertainment by featuring influential personalities of various career fields alongside afrobeat artistes, across Africa. Looking back at 2020 when “Howfar with Sheila O” was initialized to […]

By Etop Ekanem The richness, beauty and uniqueness of the fast eroding traditional marital rites of Eleme people was in full display as Princess Nma Appolus Chu, daughter of HRH Appolus Chu, the Oneh-Eh Nchia X and Egbere Emere Okori, was given out in marriage to her heartthrob, Ajirioghene Ilaye, recently in  Eleme, Rivers State. […]

In line with its mandate to ensure a harmonized academic school calendar for both public and private schools in Lagos State, the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) has released the approved school calendar for the 2021/2022 academic year.

By Tayo Ogunbiyi WATCHING or listening to comedy is one of my most exhilarating hobbies. I love movies that are spiced with comedy.  Comedy makes me have good laughs. Of course, laughter is medicine to the soul and body. That is why I love comedians. In a society where having good laughs is becoming rare, our […]

By Gimba Kakanda WHEN the spotlight on Dr. Isa Ali Pantami began, the direction of the conversation wasn’t unpredictable. The first sign of trouble was the refusal of his critics to retract their mistranslation of his conversations with the Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf. A social media user, David Hundeyin, had presented that famous debate […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the death of four members of the same family as a result of food poisoning. This is contained in a news release signed by Mr Babawale Afolabi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NSCDC, Kwara Command. According to the statement, the deceased died in the […]

NATIONAL President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to address the challenges of economic hardship in the country.

A cancer advocacy group, Project PINK BLUE- Health and Psychological Trust Center, Wednesday, decried the shortage of doctors who treat cancer in the country as 90 oncologists to 100,000 cancer patients.

By Collins Okeke The local government is the closest level of government to the people in Nigeria. The Nigerian Constitution in the Fourth Schedule lists out the many functions of local governments, some of which include: construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains, public highways, parks, markets, gardens, open spaces, amongst others. These […]

A former military Governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar( rtd) has said that the Buhari administration has so far exhibited poor skills in its management of our diversity.

By Kayode Adebiyi In what is being referred to as historic, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday vindicated former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, ruling that she was ineligible for national service. Adeosun, through her lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), had in March 2021 filed a suit for constitutional interpretation of her […]

By Ephraim Oseji Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Delta State, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed by both the Senate and House of Representative as a coup against host communities. In the passed PIB Bill,   the House of Representative allocated 5%  to host community clause, while 30% of […]

Mr Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesman for the House of Representatives, has said that the electoral amendment bill would be laid on July 13 before the House goes on recess. He said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the report would be laid before the National Assembly proceed on recess. The News […]