…it’s cheap blackmail, says Igwe Nbamalu The seeming love lost between Governor Willie Obiano and most of the nearly 177 monarchs in the state is a source of grave concern to the indigenes of the state. What with the sweeping suspension of no fewer than 13 monarchs in the state for […]
The discovery of oil in Niger Delta rather than be a source of blessing has turned to curse as the level of development in the region cannot be compared with the extent of environmental pollution and degradation that have come with the crude exploration. But some people in the region are not also helping matters […]
President Donald Trump is leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly. After failing in his legal efforts to overturn his November 3 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, who on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the U.S. presidency, Trump will re-enter private life […]
Dutch documentary reports that Shell employees ordered vandalisation of pipelines to profit from clean-up budgets Nigerian employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell ordered the deliberate vandalisation of oil pipelines for personal gain, a documentary in the Netherlands has reported. Dutch television documentary programme Zembla, together with Dutch environmentalist organisation Milieudefensie, reported in a […]
Mrs. Motolani Samson was sitting on a chair, worriedly watching her sleeping daughter, Adaeze, when our reporter got to her house on October 10. Just as our reporter was completing her interview with Motolani, Adaeze’s eyes fluttered open. The 21-year-old 400 Level, English Language major student, looked pale and weak. She was still recuperating after […]
A United States Board Certified Internist, David Ikudayisi, is the pioneer Medical Director of Glory Wellness & Regenerative Centre, a multi-specialty healthcare centre in Lagos and Abuja. He talks about the importance and benefits of this new branch of medicine among other issues in this interview with REGINA OTOKPA. Excerpts… What is regenerative medicine all […]
China’s latest trip to the moon is another milestone in the Asian powerhouse’s slow but steady ascent to the stars. China became the third country to put a person into orbit a generation ago and the first to land on the far side of the moon in 2019. Future ambitions include a permanent space […]
• No new clothes for any of my children this year, says a customer • We now trek longer distances –Commuters As Nigerians continue to adjust to the “new normal” occasioned by the Coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic, prices of food items, goods and services are hitting the rooftop across the country. These prices, especially of […]
• The area was also gutted last year • We have to start from scratch after losing everything A massive fire that swept through the popular Okobaba Sawmill, a slum in Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, last Sunday left many completely shattered. Many houses in the slum were up in flames as residents were […]
Mrs Ukamaka Obasi, a native of Onueke, Ezea, in Ebonyi State, has recounted how the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Awkuzu, Anambra State, rendered her childless, after allegedly killing her three sons extra-judicially, between 2012 and 2014. According to her: “On one fateful day in July, 2012, I came back to […]