IJEBULAND: Inside story of the Awujale succession crisis
For Ijebuland, the wait for a new Awujale has become much more than a traditional succession exercise.
It has evolved into a complex contest involving custom, law, family interests, institutional authority and allegations of political influence.
For doctors in Nigeria, it’s one strike too many
Thirty five-year-old Mrs Gladys Agbo would have been alive with her children if doctors were available at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH to attend to her when she was rushed to the foremost teaching hospital.
Lower Naira Notes: No ‘change’ threatens the informal sector
DESPITE being born and bred in Malumfashi, Katsina State, Iliyasu Danhassan is so much in love with Lagos that he professes this affection for the city to whoever cares to listen.
Bomb attack: Survivors’ tales of pain
Residents of Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital are still in shock over the horror of last Friday’s bomb attack which claimed 13 lives and left 34 others injured. This is even as some of the survivors have been recounting their ordeal and painful experiences
The Warri university and Delta’s triangle of development
A COMBINATION of two occurrences, one natural and the other human, almost marred the much advertised groundbreaking ceremony of the Eagle Heights University scheduled for last Tuesday in the sleepy town of Omadino in Warri South local government area of Delta State
The grand plan to celebrate Soyinka at 80, by the Thespian Family
Thespian Family Theatre and Productions Is celebrating one of Africa’s literary icons, Professor Wole Soyinka, as he turns 80 in July.
Why the Biafran spirit’ll hover for long
WHEN then Head of State Gen Yakubu Gowon, rtd proclaimed the “No Victor No Vanquished”, slogan at the end of the Nigerian Civil War on January 15, 1970, the general assumption was that the Biafran question would be resolved with the post- war programmes that were expected to come with that proclamation. Although the Igbos were obviously vanquished , the declaration created some level of confidence amid overwhelming doubts and despair.
From ATM point to Ritualists’s Den: My miraculous escape, by union leader
The Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Shao Park, Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State,Mallam Salman Rafiu, was unaware of what fate had for him as he went to withdraw money from the Automated Teller Machine, ATM, in one of the new generation banks(names wiitheld) along Taiwo, Ilorin penultimate Wednesday morning.
There’s conspiracy of silence against Niger Delta women –EVELYN URHOBO
Dr. Evelyn Omawumi Urhobo is the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Smart Development Foundation (MSDF), a Non-Governmental Organisation with headquarters in Warri. In this chat with Vanguard, Dr Urhobo speaks on what she sees as conspiracy of silence against the women of the Niger-Delta, noting that if the women are empowered as most of them […]
Welcome to Arepo where vandals are kings
Hundreds of lives, including those of security men and vandals, have been lost to pipelines explosions at Arepo, a community in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The community is host to several oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation, NNPC .
Frequent buildings collapse: Fear grips Onitsha residents
For residents of Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the South Eastern part of the country, these are not the best of times. Reason: The rising occurrence of collapsed buildings in the city has unsettled many residents who are not sure of which building will cave in the next time.
