When Bangers Wreck Havocs On Lagos Residents
To say that residents of Lagos were in a panic on boxing day when a loud blast was said to have thrown people helter-skelter would be an understatement. However the blast initially believed to have...
View Article2012: A Harvest Of Death Of Promiment Nigerians
As year 2012 winds up, CHIKA OKEKE chronicles on the traumatic and shocking deaths of some prominent Nigerians that made headlines from January to date. It was a harvest of deaths in year 2012 as over...
View ArticleHow I Addressed Almajiri Phenomenon – Emir Of Anka
Progressive and thinker of note, HRH. Alhaji Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad is the Emir of Anka and chairman Zamfara State Council of traditional rulers. In this interview with MUAZU ELAZEH, he reveals how he...
View ArticleZamfara Communities And Reign Of Armed Robbers
Last week, 10 vigilante group members were brutally murdered by unknown gunmen, believed to be armed robbers. Similar actions have left different communities in Zamfara State in fear and uncertainty...
View ArticleFlood: The Avoidable Disaster In Retrospect
The horrible experience garnered from the unprecedented floods across the country is one that the country will obviously take time to recover from as lives and property worth millions of Naira were...
View ArticleNiger Delta Communities Collude With Oil Thieves — JTF Boss
The commander of the Niger Delta Joint Military Task Force, code-named ‘Operation Pulo Shield,’ Major General Johnson Ochoga, in a chat with Osa Okhomina, reviews the campaign against crude oil theft,...
View ArticleWhy Human Rights Commission’s Mass Employment Stirs Controversy
Rather than been applauded within and beyond, rumble and complaints have continued to trail the recent employment exercise carried out by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the grounds that...
View ArticleI Was Excessively Loyal To The Late Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu — Okorie
Chief Chekwas Okorie is the founder of the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA) and now the founder and National Chairman of the United Progressive Party(UPP). He spoke with our Enugu State...
View ArticleMancini, Balotelli In Training Ground Scuffle
It is reported Mancini stepped in after Balotelli went in too strongly on team-mate Scott Sinclair for the City boss’s liking.Balotelli is reported to have taken exception to Mancini’s intervention,...
View Article‘Nigeria Is Worth Dying For’ – Bishop Osagiede
Bishop Ada Gordon Osagiede is the presiding Bishop of the Spirit and Life Bible Church and the facilitator of the New Men in Christ fellowship, one of the fastest growing ministries in the Federal...
View ArticleTraditional Circumcision: Is It Fading Or Waxing In The North?
In the past, when the Harmattan blows cold and lazy across the North, the season would usher in group circumcisions where10-15 male children, either from the same family or neighbourhood are...
View ArticleSexual Assault: Another Child Falls Victim
There seems to be no end to stories of child molestation and rape. When perpetrators of these acts escape the law or are allowed to walk away with just a slap on the wrist, such crimes will continue to...
View ArticleUmuchieze Cattle Market: Unifying Point For North-South
The Umuchieze Cattle Market, near Lokpanta in Umenneochi Local Government Area of Abia state, has not only become one of the largest cattle markets East of the Niger, but has also promoted trade...
View ArticleSHE, Making Lives Easy
Establishing indicators for early childhood care and development and demystifying the process, Shelter the Hurting Initiative (SHE), took the initiative to change the fortunes of Piwoyi settlers. PEMBI...
View ArticleGrand Home Coming For Senator Uzodimma
The Omuma Community in Imo State recently held a reception in honour of their illustrious son, Senator Hope Uzodimma. It was an occasion that attracted dignitaries from all over the country. MILLI IBE...
View ArticleAFCON 2013: The Unauthorised Players’ List By Pundits
In just over a week’s time, the greatest continental football show piece in Africa, the African Nations Cup, will commence in South Africa. The south Africans claim that they are ready to receive the...
View ArticleGratuity For Political Office Holders Constitutional — Abia
The Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Akwa Ibom State, Effiong Abia, in this interview with Bernard Tolani Dada, speaks on issues concerning local council administration,...
View ArticleInsecurity Can Consume Nigeria - Usman Faruk
Alhaji Usman Faruk is a former Military Governor of the defunct North Western State comprising Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger and part of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In this interview with...
View ArticleLokoja: The Cuisine Confluence Of Nigeria
The magnificent River Niger and the mighty River Benue meet in Lokoja, forming the famous confluence from which Kogi derives its official sobriquet, “The Confluence State.” However, some enterprising...
View ArticleKalare Thugs: The Metamorphosis Of Political Musclemen
It is no longer news that unscrupulous politicians across the country are fond of turning unemployed youth in the society to political thugs; ready weapons of intimidation and outright elimination of...
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