Some leaders and statesmen of the 20th Century gained their prominence or notoriety through aggression, conflicts, empire building and the defence of empires. Mikhail Gorbachev gained his through reforms of such extensive scopes that, unlike any other statesman of his class, changed the world for the better. He will be remembered as the man who […]

By Owei Lakemfa The world evolved at various stages of development but conflict and conquest were not usually very far. Great empires rose, but habitually at the expense of the conquered. They also fell, usually due to internal contradictions. But when two nations, Portugal and Spain, rose with the backing of the Catholic Church, it […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has said that he needs to know what is on the table for the Igbo if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, wins the 2023 election. Ikpeazu, who stated this at the grand finale of the Abia @ 31 anniversary celebrations, explained that every part of […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has revealed that 80 per cent of residents patronize the traditional and alternative health care practitioners for their health care needs. This came as it released a code of conduct handbook for traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practitioners as part of efforts to regulate the practice of traditional, complementary […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Victims Support Fund, VSF, has donated food items to 1,000 households at the Okpute Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Oju Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state displaced during their communal crisis with neighbouring Bonta community in Konshisha LGA. The humanitarian organizations also donated an ambulance, medical equipment and […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja The Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali, retd, has queried why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, would allow the release of 98 million litres of petrol per day for local consumption, instead of 60 million litres admitted by its own computation. He wondered where 38 million […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja The Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Mrs. Patience Oniha,  yesterday attributed Nigeria’s high debt profile to lack of revenues and approval of the annual budget with a deficit by the National Assembly, which increased the debt stock of the country. She said Nigeria had been running on budget deficit […]

Rafael Nadal overcame a freak injury scare when he accidentally hit himself with his own racquet to reach the US Open third round on Thursday. The Spaniard defeated Italy’s Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 but only after suffering a bizarre self-inflicted injury when leading 3-0 in the fourth set. The four-time champion, and holder […]

By Benjamin Njoku The lingering battle between the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria, MCSN, and Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, regarding who is legally empowered to act as a Collective Management Organisation, CMO, has taken a new twist, with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, declaring publicly that the former is the only society empowered by […]

In a bid to promote distinction in the academia, the Mewar International University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Crown University Intl Chartered Inc., on academic excellence.