Much ado about termites at NSITF
By NWACHUKWU NWACHUKWU Sweeping hardship has turned Nigeria into a desperate and dangerous space. With frustration, anger and emotion boiling over, it takes only a little to grow a mob and nearly nothing to whip the people into a threatening frenzy. Scapegoating is pervasive. Victims are lynched before their fault is ascertained. Perhaps, it is […]
Oil bunkerers, kidnappers seize power in Bayelsa community
•Convert Letugbene town hall to operational base •Paramount ruler, residents scared, on the run •JTF raids town for militants, arms; militia kingpin escapes, 2 suspects in custody By Sam Oyadongha & Emem Idio LETUGBENE- STRANGE to onlookers, Letugbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has been under the vice-like grip of a militia, comprising oil […]
Pakistan flood victims throw note pleading for help
Hundreds of people are stranded across the river in the Manoor valley of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a flash flood hit the region on Friday, destroying at least ten bridges and dozens of buildings. “We need supplies, we need medicine and please rebuild the bridge, we are left with nothing now.” Those are the […]
Rising haircut cost: Students now grow hair to cut cost
Before now, you would hardly see any student with overgrown hair.
Funmi Arewa drops new jam, ‘Breathe’
Funmi Arewa is a vocal powerhouse and a professional singer with over 10 years of experience in the music industry who is based in Nigeria, rose from a background vocalist for several prominent artistes to a songwriter/recording and performing artiste in the creative industry. The afropop/afrosoul, folk performing artiste, vocal trainer, voiceover artiste, music consultant […]
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso: ‘We can make Nigeria better by blocking wastages’
Musa Kwankwaso joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 1998, and became Kano State governor in 1999.
Nigerian farmers spend N48bn annually on pesticides – Prof Alkali
By Emma Una, Calabar FARMERS in Nigeria spend N48 billion per annum on pesticides and to stem this trend, the National Biotechnology Development Agency has developed a new specie of beans which is resistant to pests and drought Professor Mohammed Alkali of the Institute for Agricultural Development ,Ahmadu Bello University stated this in Calabar while […]
Tech firms redefining manufacturers, retail value chain
With the emergence of tech firms in Nigeria, the redefinition of the face of retail business is holding sway as more value is being added to this sector. Before now many retailers had no option of making orders for stock online and getting their goods delivered for free at their store steps. But e-commerce platforms […]
Of Osun, history and Babayemi
By KAYODE OLADEJI NO good building, concept or pursuit can ever be or succeed without a solid and good foundation. The creation or the birthing of the present-day Osun State which has become the pride of all its citizens across the globe as well as its inhabitants, was the by-product of the sweat of some […]
Give attention to root causes of terrorism, poverty —Mohammed
By Ezra Ukanwa First Lady of Bauchi State, Aisha Mohammed, weekend, entreated the Federal Government to address the spate of terrorism and poverty, by giving due attention to their root causes. She, however, said part of the reasons for the festering insecurity and poverty in the country were lack of education, communication gap between the […]
Sensational Gospel music artiste, Oma Oye celebrates birthday in style
Nigerian gospel music singer and songwriter Chioma Oyebisi, popularly known as Oma Oye, founder of Women in Ministry, a platform for women in ministry, today turns a year older. While basking in the euphoria of the success of her new song and video “Daalu”, which hit radio and television stations and made headlines, she celebrates […]
