Beyond the NYSC Camp: Cross River’s rot, locust years, and demands of recovery
By Joseph Odok The outrage over the dilapidated NYSC Orientation Camp in Obubra is justified and overdue. Corps members have endured crumbling hostels, inadequate water, failing sanitation and facilities so degraded that the National Youth Service Corps leadership has threatened or moved to suspend further postings. Capacity has collapsed from roughly 2,500 per stream to […]
FirstBank sustains 65-year commitment to Lagos Amateur Open Golf
By Solomon NwokeThe 65th edition of the FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship will hold in November at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos, as FirstBank of Nigeria Limited sustains its 65-year sponsorship of the tournament. The championship, sponsored continuously under the bank’s first@sports initiative, marks a significant milestone in its longstanding commitment […]
Energy security a partway to digital inclusion – Okwuosa
By Ediri Ejoh Stakeholders in the country’s energy sector have called for more investment towards ensuring reliable energy security, noting that the assumption of replacing fossil fuels with renewables as a solution is far from reality. The Chairman of Oilserv Group, Engr Emeka Okwuosa, made this known while delivering a presentation Titled, ‘Energy Transition In […]
Enugu 2027: INEC omission won’t derail my ambition — PRP candidate
By Chinedu Adonu The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Enugu State, Ray Kene Ogbodo, has said the omission of his name from the list of candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not derail his ambition to contest the 2027 governorship election. Ogbodo, in a statement issued by […]
Enugu APC crisis deepens as foundation members threaten defection
By Chinedu Adonu The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has deepened, with foundation members accusing Governor Peter Mbah of marginalisation and threatening to defect to opposition parties. The aggrieved members alleged that party loyalists who sustained the APC in the state for more than two decades were being excluded from […]
Declare emergency on East-West Road, Oghara groups tell Tinubu
.Call for reconstruction, accountability By Adesina Wahab Groups representing the interest of the people of Oghara, Delta State, have called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the East-West Road and ensure its urgent reconstruction. The groups are Oghara Elite Forum (OEF), represented by Dr. Jacob Ighere, and Oghara Study Group […]
