Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo is the National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). He spoke to PHILIP NYAM on the deregulation of the oil sector, recent hike in prices of petroleum products and other related issues The oil and gas sector has witnessed some reforms in the last […]
It has been a boom season for tailors who are busy making and mending new uniforms for pupils who return to school tomorrow after almost six months of forced holiday. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA reports There is no doubt that tomorrow’s school reopening will come at a cost to many parents and guardians as their […]
As arrangements are underway for the exploration and exploitation of bitumen in Ondo State, prominent traditional rulers in Ikaleland have called on the Federal Government to revoke the licences of any exploiter who fail to comply with the provision of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act. They also called on the licensed […]
The people of Ibeku, aborigines of Abia State capital city of Umuahia, annually celebrate the New Yam festival like any other part of Igbo land where its maiden harvest is celebrated with pomp and pageantry. According to Ibeku land folklore, celebration of the king of crops in the area as yam is known in […]
Seven local government areas in the Anambra North Senatorial district will never forget year 2012 in a hurry. The year will ever remain in the sad memory of the seven local governments who share boundaries with Omabala Urashi and River Niger. Going by the records of the flood disaster which occured in the year, it […]
Against the raging controversy over the recent fuel price hike, former governor of Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva in this interview with newsmen says the delay in the deregulation of the oil sector was lack of political will by past governments. JOHNCHUKS ONUANYIM captured the report What is […]
Mr. Godwin Obaseki is Governor of Edo State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. In this interview, he bares his mind on his achievements in his first term, squabbles with the former governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and his acceptance rating among Edo people and the […]
•Ugwuanyi, Ohanaeze vows to get to the root Emene, a satellite town near Enugu metropolis was turned upside down recently. On that day, young people who have not physically witnessed a war had a foretaste of what war looked like. Men of the Department of State Services (DSS) early in the morning invaded […]
Senator Shehu Sani, an author, playwright and human rights activist, until recently represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview with MUSA PAM he talks about the protracted banditry, kidnapping and Boko Haram activities in Northern Nigeria, and offers some suggestions including the imperative of a Northern Nigeria Security Summit among […]
There has been a wide belief in Nigeria that the depth of a grave must be six feet, but Sunday Telegraph’s investigation to determine how the ‘six feet standard practice’ came about, revealed that the depth specification was given in error and followed by many in error, writes CHIJIOKE IREMEKA Many are wondering how, […]