Kano’s recent announcement that it spent N1.5bn to bankroll mass weddings should prompt national alarm rather than applause. Kano State remains rampant in the worrying roster of northern states – including Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno – that have for years organised and financed large-scale nuptial ceremonies. Authorities offer three common rationales: to reduce […]

By Hadiza Yusuf KANO — Amnesty International has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and urged Nigeria to play a leading role in efforts to end the conflict and protect civilians affected by the war. The appeal was made on Monday in Kano during the presentation of a report titled City Under Siege, Children […]

A graduate of the Ananse Fashion Incubator, Evans Oghenekevwe, popularly known as Evans Moon, has called for the expansion of fashion and creative development programmes to Delta State, saying many talented young people remain excluded from opportunities that could transform their lives.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has expanded the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI) and will train 26,961 beneficiaries nationwide under a revamped programme. Acting Director-General Edmund Onwuliri announced the expansion at a meeting of the Directorate’s Executive Management, Zonal Directors and State Coordinators in Abuja, where preparations […]

By PAUL NWOSU Any South-Easterner, or indeed anyone from the old Biafra enclave in the South-East and South-South, who watched Ali Modu Sheriff on Channels Television’s Politics Today would have been alarmed by the depth of the hateful tirade unleashed against Peter Obi from a man whom many Nigerians, despite his repeated denials, still associate with […]