At 16, Bola Aribigbe (not real name) started acting up, nobody could grasp what was wrong or troubling her. She took to fighting, lying, stealing and keeping late nights. The fighting was more disturbing than other vices. She would rather use her fist to talk instead of her mouth. She soon became […]
… as monarch unveils official royal insignia On Sunday, Lagos, stood still for the coronation of the 15th Oniru of Iruland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Abdul-Wasiu Omogbahan Lawal, as dignitaries from all walks of life graced the colourful occasion. Muritala Ayinla reports Call it a gathering of royalty; you might […]
Since 1996, it has been war, sorrow and destructions in Ndiheme and Ndiobasi villages, Ihe Autonomous Community of Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State over a deity and piece of land in the community. UCHENNA INYA reports on the latest destruction in the area in which houses, vehicles and other valuable properties were […]
Pauline Onyibe It is said that education is the base and foundation of every society. Reason Coronavirus pandemic that affected the whole world and crippled the whole system can no longer be condoned as the federal government of Nigeria after waiting for so many months endlessly, decided to reopen schools for the exit classes. […]
In keeping with its vision to raise students, who will become stars in their chosen career, The Vale Tutorial College (T VTC), Ibadan, a foremost Upper Sixth Form College founded by Mrs. Funso Adegbola, daughter of the late Chief Bola Ige, has continued to offer quality A’Level education and breaking new grounds with the students […]
To prevent buildings in Abakaliki city from further collapse, stringent measures have been taken by the state government, UCHENNA INYA reports It is exactly a year ago, that a 16-year-old popular hotel in Abakaliki metropolis, ‘Metroview’, collapsed. The hotel building plan was approved February, 11th, 2001 while it was built and commissioned […]
…as Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, others congratulate monarch at 50 Last Friday, the Oniru of Iru Kingdom, Oba ‘Gbolahan Lawal marked his first birthday on the throne with glitz and glamour. MURITALA AYINLA reports In line with the COVID-19 prevention measure which discourages social gathering, efforts were made to dissuade hundreds of wellwishers, who […]
When on February 21, 1971, Pa Alfred Okorie Esobe, a native of Achi, Umuhu Ezechi in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, fresh from the depredation of the Nigeria civil war, used the little money he had laboured all his life to purchase a plot of land at Igbere quarters in Nbawsi, Isiala Ngwa […]
The prices of some food items have continued to soar in Enugu major markets midway to rainy season. A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in some major markets in Enugu on Saturday showed that prices of foodstuffs had increased by about 45 per cent. At Ogbete Main Market food […]