Fubara can transact business with 3 lawmakers, court rules

Fubara can transact business with 3 lawmakers, court rules

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that the Governor of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara, has the legal standing to transact businesses with the lawmakers that did not vacate their seat in the State House of Assembly
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A puerile game of pins and needles

A puerile game of pins and needles

By IKE WILLIE-NWOBU A surge of state-sponsored stupidity recently shot through the illegal military junta in Niger Republic when it mouthed the outrageous allegation that Nigeria and a handful of other West African countries are marching in lockstep with France to sponsor terrorism in the country to destabilise it. It is an astonishing allegation coming from […]

Chinshaka addressing problem of his homeland with art

Chinshaka addressing problem of his homeland with art

A story was told of how Sandra Izsadore, a female Black-rights activist who met Fela in California during his ten-month US tour with Koola Lobitos in 1969, ridiculed the type of songs Fela was playing and encouraged him to go and play songs that will address the problem of his people. Fela got the message, and thus was born Afrobeat.

Olele’s nostalgic memories of Abule-Oja

Olele’s nostalgic memories of Abule-Oja

Why do people write autobiographies? Some do it out of a sense of triumphalism. Others do it to leave behind a defence for their own actions. Still others do it because they think their stories are worth telling.