———- My favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe’s Things Falls Apart, a novel of monumental, evergreen relevance, translated into over 50 languages, a product of pure genius, a milestone in world literature. Achebe wrote: “…The year that Okonkwo took eight hundred... Read More
———— UK Military personnel will provide planning and training support to secondary schools and colleges with testing at the start of the spring term. The personnel are on standby to support secondary schools and colleges across England to roll out COVID-19 testing to students and staff as the new term begins in January. The Armed... Read More
PROFESSOR BANJI AKINTOYE, THE WORLD-WIDE LEADER OF ILANA OMO OODUA, THE YORUBA GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND EMERITUS PROFESSOR EMMANUEL NWANZE, OF UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, HEAD CALL FOR YORUBA AND IGBO TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE Noting: the history of Yoruba and Igbo relations and the current sorry state of the political and economic situation in Nigeria... Read More
…as gov meets Obas, renders account of stewardship Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has declared that his administration’s determination to extract value from mineral resources abundant in the Oke Ogun area of the state, and the competitive advantage of the area in terms of agriculture to boost agribusiness and the state’s Internally Generated Revenue,... Read More
Time To Find A New Legitimate Socio-Cultural Organization To Replace Oha-Na-Eze Ndigbo …its outcry on marginalization of Igbos in the Nigeria Police Force grossly belated The Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, INTERSOCIETY, is strongly calling on educated Igbo persons, and wise and conscientious others; drawn from middle class and class of... Read More
By UMAR ARDO, Ph.D Judging by the spate of insecurity currently pervading the country, Nigeria can be rightly said to have drifted inexorably into a complete failed state. All over the country, especially in the North, from my home state of Adamawa and Borno in the North-east, to Benue and Niger in the... Read More
More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history. The government has today published figures which show the number of people who have received the vaccine between 8 December and 20 December in the UK is 616,933. The... Read More
…………. Late Chief Nathaniel Ilesanmi Omosehin, the father of the Billionaire Gold magnate, Bamidele Omosehin was buried amidst pump and fanfare on Wednesday, 23rd December, 2020 at Iju Odo, his country home. The funeral programme which held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Iju Odo attracted dignitaries and thespians from Nollywood, the mainstay of the Nigerian... Read More
According to the UK news media… Click more below Credit Daily mail. ANOTHER mutant form of coronavirus is discovered in Nigeria after new strains were found in South Africa and Britain A third new variant of coronavirus has been discovered in Nigeria, medics say The mutant strain is different to those uncovered in the... Read More
By Muyiwa Bamidele The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over the “plot to bomb some places” during Yuletide. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency asked Nigerians to be on the alert, saying it is taking steps to prevent attacks across the country. “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes... Read More