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Ikoyi Club 1938 at 80

Ikoyi Club 1938 at 80

Ikoyi Club 1938 stands tall. It is a pacesetting club that has endured. It has also set benchmarks and defined standards. No annals of clubs would be complete in Nigeria and West Africa without Ikoyi Club 1938 being on the list.

Adeosun deserves commendation, not persecution

Adeosun deserves commendation, not persecution

As a dispassionate observer of the travails of Mrs. Adeosun over the past weeks and based on the contents of her letter of resignation made public by the Presidency, one could not but be emotionally and psychologically sympathetic to her cause, despite her failings to understand how the Nigerian project is being ‘executed’ by those that have mortgaged the future of the country in their exploitative, uncompromising and predatory holds on power for decades.

Reno Omokri in a spell of gaffe

Reno Omokri in a spell of gaffe

He indulges in self-adulation as a bestselling author of “Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years”. Reno Omokri, the self-acclaimed “tormentor of the All Progressives Congress, APC”, in his write-up titled: “Facts That Prove Oshiomhole’s Delusional” published in a national newspaper of September 16, 2018, turned a fact of history on its head and progressed in error in an attempt to drive the odious narrative that the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is inconsistent in his pronouncements. 

Asaba unveils foundation for massacre victims

Asaba unveils foundation for massacre victims

Preparatory to the 2018 commemoration of the Asaba Massacre on October 5-7, 2018, the Asaba Community has empanelled the Asaba Memorial Foundation under the seal and direction of the town’s traditional ruler; Asagba of Asaba, the Advisory Council and the Asagba-in-Council.

S.a.k. Metseagharun: 1940 – 1998

S.a.k. Metseagharun: 1940 – 1998

According to Benjamin Franklin, “if you are not to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing about” This evergreen statement of Franklin is true in the case of the late Samuel Metseagharun who was a notable Itsekiri personality during his life time. He was a unique man in all parameters and he did many things that are worth writing about. He will never be forgotten by the people and history of Delta state.