Buying and selling human beings
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Many Nigerians will gladly sell themselves to travel out of Nigeria for keeps. Back in time, there were plenteous noises against the capturing of Nigerians – and sundry Africans – and selling them as slaves. Now, many Nigerians are ready to pay with hard cash – and even landed property – […]
Lagos govt denies appointing MC Oluomo as GM
•Takes over parks, garages •Assembly backs Sanwo-Olu’s action •NURTW VP, leaders hail MC Oluomo, members’ action By Ishola Balogun, Olasunkanmi Akoni & Ebunoluwa Sessou The crisis rocking the Lagos chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and its national body has led to the suspension of their activities by the Lagos State government. The […]
Buhari, associates to perfect succession agenda in London
Tinubu excluded this time from nominating candidate to NWC President faces challenge on two fronts By Emmanuel Aziken Key associates of President Muhammadu Buhari are gathering in London this weekend to remove the knots in the president’s succession agenda ahead of the scheduled Thursday National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress, […]
42nd Olubadan installation: That history may remember GSM
On Friday, the 11th day of March, 2022, Oyo State Governor, ‘SeyiMakinde, performed a state function that anyone who becomes governor in Oyo State will forever cherish as epochal and historical- the installation of the Olubadan of Ibadanland.
Do you know that CNN’s Zain Asher, is an Igbo woman?
Cable News Network CNN International Anchor, Zain Asher is an inspiration to her peers and the younger generation, but interestingly, not many people knew that she is Igbo of Nigerian descent.
PANDEMIC PUTIN’S POWER PLAY:How it will affect Nigeria; What should be done
SPECIAL REPORT BY DR. DELE SOBOWALE “Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of body and mind will vanish like the evil spirits at the dawn of day.” US President Thomas Jefferson, 743-1826. Seldom does one article expected to be one-off grow into series as this one on Putin’s war in Ukraine and on the rest of the […]
Amazing story of CNN’s Zain Asher, the Igbo woman whose last name is Ejiofor
From Production company Receptionist to CNN Anchor Speaks on growing up in Enugu, UK and US By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Cable News Network CNN International Anchor, Zain Asher is an inspiration to her peers and the younger generation, but interestingly, not many people knew that she is Igbo of Nigerian descent. Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Igbo, […]
Is agitation for Biafra by IPOB enough reason to deny S-East presidency?
By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Peter Okutu, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu & Steve Oko ENUGU—BY this time next year, Nigerians will elect a new president to replace President Muhammadu Buhari whose tenure ends on May 29, 2023. As Nigeria marches towards 2023, the clamour by the people […]
Air Force officer wins appeal against dismissal from service
Flying Officer Baritore Enee has won a dismissal case against the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in a judgement delivered by Justice of Court of Appeal Muhammad Baba Idris in Kaduna.
A nation in search of self-worth
A video of a young girl dancing on a thick, lush carpet of crisp Naira notes went viral recently. She was barely in her teens. She was also covered in a confetti of new currency notes by adults who danced around her.
Anglican Church sacks priest for impregnating help-seeking woman
WAR of words is raging between authorities of the Anglican Diocese on the Niger and one of its priests, Rev Canon Lumenkriti Ebo, who was recently sacked for alleged immoral acts.
