Kano State Police Command has confirmed that one person was killed while three others sustained injuries after a man allegedly opened fire during a marriage ceremony, popularly known as a “DJ” event. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, said the incident occurred at Tudun Yola on Aug. 16. He said the police […]

His Majesty sat in quiet excitement watching the boat races unfold before him. Around him, residents and visitors had gathered not merely to observe a festival, but to step into a way of life rarely glimpsed beyond the creeks and winding waterways of the Niger Delta. It was, in every sense, a homecoming, not of people, but of a people to their own story.

By Henry Obetta The Abia State government has assured its support for the Federal Government’s Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalisation Programme, YEIDEP, with a target to register and onboard at least one million young people in the state. The state government made the pledge during the flag-off of the programme on Friday in Umuahia.Governor Alex […]

This week, we continue  the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly (iii) The payment, issue or withdrawal from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund of the Region of any moneys not charged thereon or any alteration in the amount of such a payment, issue or […]

Africa is witnessing a scramble for control, but this time the contestants are not colonial powers planting flags. They are terrorist organisations, criminal syndicates, traffickers, mercenaries, kidnappers, and armed groups exploiting Africa’s weaknesses. The result is a continent where insecurity is becoming an alternative system of power. The warning from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) should […]

Nigerian children’s author, environmental educator and scholar Zipa Tenn believes children’s literature is a powerful tool

A private sector-led summit powered by Afretrade, the US Diaspora United Chamber of Commerce, NIED Group, and the Office of Diaspora Affairs of Lagos State — curated to celebrate, alongside the State of California and Lagos State, a landmark milestone in transatlantic economic partnership. The California–Lagos Business & Investment Summit, themed “Building the California–Nigeria Business […]

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and Convener of the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), Pastor William Kumuyi, has paid a courtesy call on the Olota of Ota, Oba Prof. Adeyemi Obalanlege, ahead of the commencement of a Global Crusade in Ota. The courtesy visit was aimed at seeking […]

FOR generations, the people of Onya community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, found their identity in the embrace of the River Niger. It was their highway, their treasure and their ancestral anchor.

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The United States has awarded a $125,000 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant to the Centre for Memories in Enugu to support the digital documentation and physical preservation of the historic Lejja iron-smelting site in Enugu State. Speaking at the launch of the project, the U.S. Consul General, Brandon Hudspeth, […]