Pregnant woman, 8 others burnt to death in Kwara auto crash
By Demola Akinyemi, ILORIN A pregnant woman and eight others were burnt to death, yesterday, when a commercial passenger bus rammed into a vehicle laden with petrol in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Eight others were said to have survived the crash with multiple burnt injuries. It was gathered that the accident occurred at Ilorin […]
Cadbury Nigeria Unveils Bournvita Bourn Factor Season 3 Winners
Cadbury Nigeria Plc (a subsidiary of Mondelēz International), and producers of the iconic and much loved Bournvita cocoa beverage drink, has unveiled the top three winners in the third edition of its Bournvita Bourn Factor School Talent Competition. Winners in the competition, which witnessed schools’ participation from all over the country, were announced at a […]
Bad governance, corruption responsible for fuel crisis — Kokori
By Chioma Gabriel, Editor Special Features Chief Frank Kokori, former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, in this encounter, expressed dismay over the fuel situation in the country, blaming it on bad governance and corruption. He lamented the way things have been going on since the emergence of […]
2023: Buratai distances self from Presidential election
Nigeria Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd), has dissociated himself from a subtle campaign to drag him into the forthcoming race for the Presidency in 2023.
AbdulRazaq’s gestures that humble Kwara workers
By Demola Akinyemi It was a double jeopardy for civil servants as their promotions, minimum wage were hanging in the balance before the advent of the present administration. Especially before 2019, salaries of workers were paid in percentages. But Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq did the unthinkable and the unexpected when he approved and implemented the unabridged […]
An innumerate election register enables Nigeria’s crisis of illegitimate government
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Democracy depends on numbers.” Theodore Porter, “Democracy Counts: On Sacred & Debased Numbers” (October 22, 2020) IN 12 months, Nigeria will go to the polls for the ninth time in its history to elect a president. If anything has been established in the country’s history over the eight previous occasions since […]
Conducting census for the living and the living dead
By Owei Lakemfa Life in Nigeria is very cheap and living is very costly. But please don’t ask me for the statistics because they are hard to come by Registration of birth, especially in the rural areas is not common, but more uncommon is that of death; the general attitude is ‘God gives and God […]
Abba Kyari: Strong Institutions Not Fallible Individuals are the Foundation for Nation Building
By George Akubo History has shown that only through effective institutions can a solid foundation for nation-building be established. Recent happenings in some agencies and parastatals of government have again revealed the need for the giant of Africa to redirect effort towards institution building which includes, reinforcing acceptable behaviours, norms, values, and the need to […]
My aim is to build first and only school in my village – C BLAQ
YOUTH CARE TRUST FOUNDATION (YCTF) has laid out its plans to construct additional classroom blocks for 3 selected primary schools in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa state. This revelation was made by Charles Ebiemi Itoko aka ‘C Blaq’, the founder/ceo. He made this known during his announcement of the resumption of the second phase of their covid 19 palliatives distribution.
Abia cattle market: Attackers want to destroy relationship between cattle marketers, Igbo communities ― Ohanaeze
By Chinonso Alozie Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Sunday described the perpetrators of the bloody attack at New Cattle Market, Omumauzor in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, last Tuesday as a plot to destroy the harmonious relationship between Northern Cattle marketers and Igbo communities. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, stated […]
FCT elections as harbinger?
By Nick Dazang FOR stakeholders in the electoral process, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council Elections were expected to accomplish, at least, four salient objectives, thereby putting them at par with, if not surpassing, the high water mark Edo and Ondo governorship elections which were conducted on Saturday, September 16 and Saturday, October 10, […]
