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.
Dichotomy between degree and HND is ungodly — Sen. Marafa
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Senator Kabir Marafa is the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resouces (Upstream). He represents Zamfara Central on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He is one of the most vocal opposition senators. In this interview, Senator Marafa said it is ungodly and hypocritical to discriminate between degree and Higher National […]
Mubi: The confusion, trauma of an invasion
Apart from the traffic jam stretching from Airport road and the presence of heavily armed soldiers primed for any eventuality, a first time visitor cannot but feel the sombre mood in the town presently threatened by Boko Haram insurgents. Yola and indeed other parts of Adamawa State are facing some perilous times. The roads, busy with people leaving the stricken town, tell the story.
Outrageous electricity bills: Consumers groan as DISCOs smile to banks
WHY would you disconnect my light when I have already paid? Do you know what it means to pay N10,000 for light that I did not even consume? And you have the guts to ask me to pay another money. You even billed us for the pumping machine when you know that we have not had water in this part of Coker Village for almost one year now. If you are in my shoes, will you pay?” a middle-aged woman yelled at the marketing officer attached to the area by Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC.
I influenced ex-Chief of the Army Staff, Ihejirika, to join the military — Ogbonna, former DHQ chief
A former Director of Research and Development in the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, who proposed to make a prototype Armored Personnel Carrier and production armaments locally, Jerry Obike Ogbonna, is a retired navy captain seeking to represent Abia North in the Senate through the 2015 polls. Four years ago, he contested against Senator Uche Chukwumerije in the PDP, but lost. Ogbonna, now in All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), believes that the incumbent senator has stayed too long after 12 years.
Child Dedication: Men from hell killed my wife — Igbo man in Bauchi
Preparations for the dedication of the two months old son of Mrs Loricia Onunkwo, a Bauchi-based Igbo business woman, scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 9 at the Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, Fadama Mada Parish, Bauchi, turned to a nightmare for the Onunkwo family when the nursing mother was brutally killed by gunmen .
