MANY people were feared dead yesterday when some armed men suspected to be members of a cult group invaded a burial ceremony at Ebenebe, a rural community in Awka North local government area of Anambra State.

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo We love to dump the blames on witches. In the last year, I have lost two friends. Both were young men who lived in my village. I became acquainted with them during the previous four years. They were solid and hard-working. They struggled to create a better future for their children. […]

By Emmanuel Aziken When last year, Senator Rochas Okorocha was paraded like a common criminal over the botched attempt in recovering properties confiscated from him by the Hope Uzodimma administration in Imo State, there were many who felt that the incumbent administration had taken to political banditry in its faceoff with  the former governor. There […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba The Jackson Five exploded into the world’s musical consciousness some sixty years ago. It was a family band of five brothers. Chubby cheeked and ‘petit’, Michael was the youngest and the most endearing. He was also the most prodigious. It was no surprise that he became the most enduring. Their father Joe […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki is blazing the trail in the education sector with the formulation of an education policy to sustain the impactful and transformative changes recorded by his administration in the sector over the past five years.

“We just started training our 10,000 recruits effective last Monday and we have been able to change the curriculum to reflect modernism.”

Interviewing a soon-to-be 94-year-old man, who has been a lawyer for more than six decades, is never going to be an easy task. When that interviewee is Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who has not only seen it all but is ideologically rigid, it makes the task even more daunting. Conducting the interview in his living room […]

By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Henry Umoru, Samuel Oyadongha, Rotimi, Ojomoyela, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Omezia Ajayi & Dirisu Yakubu WITH President Muhammadu Buhari signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law, yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will meet, today, to decide on new dates for the 2023 general polls. Last week, the […]

The 2022 Northern Nigeria Peace Achievers Global Award is set to honour men and women who have contributed exceptionally to the growth and development of the northern region. The event which has honoured great men and women from the north is set to host crémé dela crémé from the north to a grandeur event.This was […]

Says extension will fix low productivity, export rejection Samaru College of Agriculture (SCA), of the Division of Agricultural Colleges, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Samaru, Kaduna State, has called on the Federal Government, states, and local government authorities to revive agricultural extension services. The provost of the 100-year-old college, Prof. E. M. Shaibu-Imodagbe, made the call […]