60 years after, Ilara-Epe savours kingship rituals
For indigenes of Ilara, Epe, the rituals that come with installing the community’s king is not what they were familiar with until weeks back. The post 60 years after, Ilara-Epe savours kingship rituals...
View ArticleHow ineffective communication, intolerance, frustration fuel domestic violence
Globally, there is an upsurge of domestic violence. And Nigeria is no exception. The country is currently witnessing a spate of this evil often resulting in grave injuries and, in some cases, death....
View ArticleHigh expectation as e-Customs project reloads
With the approval of $3.1 billion e-Customs projects, expectations are high that the trade facilitation mandate of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) will not only receive a boost but rub off...
View Article‘Supporting the poor to become productive will reduce crime rate’
The motivation is rooted in the desire to assist others. The truth is that the government cannot do everything for the people. The post ‘Supporting the poor to become productive will reduce crime rate’...
View ArticleI’m passionate about impoverished, underprivileged kids — Patience Diri
I grew up in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. I attended Springfield Nursery School, Borokiri. I later went to U.P Model Primary School Borokiri. The post I’m passionate about impoverished, underprivileged...
View ArticleCywinski… Polish activist who wants to replace Nigeria’s Farouq in jail
Forty-eight-year-old Polish historian and activist, Piotr Cywinski, has attracted global attention after offering to lead 119 other volunteers to spend a month in Nigerian prison in order for convicted...
View ArticleEx-president Jonathan visits Enugu as Igbo opens Business Hall Of Fame
In what comes as his first official visit to the Southeast geopolitical after relinquishing power on May 29, 2015, Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan The post Ex-president Jonathan...
View ArticleWhy we are honouring our exceptional business leaders, by Mbanefo
Nothing happened. I retired voluntarily. I felt it was time to move on. Just the same way I moved from The Guardian, from African Concord, from Federal Civil Service, I left as a level 14 officer in...
View ArticleWhither the e-wallet scheme?
As fertilizer scarcity lingers across Nigeria, the country seems to be returning gradually to the old fertiliser distribution regime, a development posing serious threats to farmers’ productivity. The...
View ArticleHuman trafficking: Illicit trade that thrived despite COVID-19 restrictions
Twenty-year-old Agnes Fubara had looked forward to a career as a news presenter. From an early age, she joined the editorial club in her school to prepare her for journalism. The post Human...
View ArticleMilestones in the fall of Donald Trump
The journey to President Donald John Trump’s eventual loss of a second term in the White House was long in coming. As a deal maker, the outgoing President of the most powerful nation on earth detests...
View ArticleWhite House opens for Biden: How four states stood down winner for four days
After four days of suspense, the White House yesterday beckoned on Joe Biden, the former U.S vice president and candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2020 Presidential Election after he met the...
View ArticleUnending search for balanced narrative over #EndSARS protest
The search for a balanced version of what happened at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, on the night of October 20, 2020, in what many now tag the “Lekki Massacre” appears still far from over as diverse...
View ArticleThrills, frills at Edo University convocation as best graduand gets automatic...
Recently, Edo University, Iyamho held members of the public spellbound with its brand of technological innovations and academic excellence at its second convocation ceremony. The post Thrills, frills...
View ArticleActivist tasks government, stakeholders on climate change education
Judith Eboye Alegieuno, Climate Reality Leader and author of My Weather Companion Book Series, has called on primary and secondary schools curriculum planners in the country to include climate...
View ArticleSt. Francis Catholic school graduates 128, rewards best JAMB\UTME student
The school administrator of St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos, Rev. Fr. Maduabuchi Leo Muoneme, has called on government to look into the crisis of the Academic Staff Union of...
View ArticleLadi Dosei Kwali, a legendary pacesetter
Have you ever wondered whom the woman on the back of the Nigerian N20 currency note, commonly referred to as Muri, is? If your answer is in the negative, then wonder no more. She is Dr. Ladi Dosei...
View ArticleICPC: Shifting focus after two decades
It is perhaps not a matter of sheer coincidence that as Nigeria marked her 60th year of Independence from colonial rule, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC,...
View ArticleAfrican land grabbing: Whose interests are served?
The subject of transnational land acquisitions, infamously referred to as land grabbing, has increasingly become an important policy concern in Africa as acquisitions have grown in scale and number....
View ArticleFarmers/herders’ clash: Plotting roadmap to peace in Ogun
The issue of insecurity ravaging Nigeria has manifested in several forms, the most poignant being the conflict between herders and farmers in some parts of the country The post Farmers/herders’ clash:...
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