Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday confirmed the successful completion of the maintenance and rehabilitation of Third Mainland Bridge. Sanwo-Olu through his official twitter handle on Saturday said, “Dear Lagosians, The Third Mainland Bridge maintenance and rehabilitation is completed, and is
Finally, the arch- establishmentarians have had their way. They managed to install Prof. George Obiozor as the latest president-general of the OHANEZE Indigbo, the foremost sociocultural body in Igboland. It’s nigh a ceremonial title of a largely toothless influence group. Let’s say that
Kayode Soyinka became a man of history in Nigeria and globally on October 19, 1986 when he survived a letter bomb which killed his boss and friend, Dele Giwa. In his recently-released book ‘Born Into Journalism’, Soyinka tells enthralling tales about his life,
The story of Igbo people in Rivers State continues to be a sad one. Every generation in that enclave invariably raises its own Isaac Adaka Boro, Elechi Amadi and Ken Saro Wiwa, men who earned infamy and are forever remembered for their seething
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, in a nationwide broadcast has appealed to the Nigerian youths to discontinue the nationwide #EndSARS protests, urging them to engage the governments on their request. He however stated that Special Anti-Robbery Squad has been disbanded., promising that other request
By Femi Adesina For well over one week, the polity has been suffused with what President Muhammadu Buhari describes as “genuine concerns and agitations by Nigerians about the excessive use of force and in some cases extra-judicial killings and wrongful conduct by men
By Amby Uneze Amby Uneze reviews the reactions on the outcome following the submission of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Contracts awards from 2011 to 2019 in Imo State. In August, 2019, the then Imo State governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha constituted
Gy In loving memory of a literary Icon whose prints in the sands of time shall for centuries continue to reverberate in this terrestrial ball, I shall always count him as one of the few spotless human beings that have ever lived, an
By Femi Adesina Next week, the Muhammadu Buhari administration would be exactly five years in office. Four full years of a first term, and one year accomplished in the second term of four years. In five years, President Buhari has touched Nigeria in
Governor Uzodinma’s move to restore Fiscal Accountability, Transparency in Imo Civil Service and NULGE opposition By MGBEAHURIKE Obinna Recall that Imo State for lagging behind in international best practices vis-a-vis Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS), totally lost out in performance-based grants of
No fewer than 16 persons were feared dead and 20 others injured when a commercial
DAILY BREAD – DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN EASTERN NIGERIA UNION CONFERENCE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES Friday, April 19,
Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday issued a warrant
Real Madrid weathered the storm, silenced the crowd and ultimately ended Manchester City’s brief hold on