The just-concluded Face of Idoma International Pageant 2021 has been trailed with tons of mixed reactions, especially with the fact that for the first time in the history of the prestigious pageant, there emerged a non Idoma winner in the person of Onumaegbu Chidinma Ruth (Miss Sapphire), an Igbo native who defeated 17 other girls to win the coveted crown at the grand finale of the Idoma International Carnival held in Otukpo, Benue State, on Sunday, 26th December, 2021. The people may be divided over the fair and inclusive approach of the organizers that has produced a “non-Idoma face of…
Author: Sunny Green Itodo
Death, especially that of innocent people or martyrs; whether it’s Saint Stephen in the Judeo-Christian scripture, or Procris in ancient Greek mythology, or Ikemefuna, the ill-fated lad who was sacrificed to Umuofia in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”, is often laden with grief. Painful is a mild word to describe the pang of the tragic death of Sylvester Oromoni Jr, the 12-year-old Secondary School student, who was allegedly assaulted at Dowen College, Lagos State. But as painful as it’s, he was just one of the many martyrs of Nigerian school bullying. Before the martyrization of Sylvester Oromoni Jr, the issue…
Internet-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia, defined Celebrity as “A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.” The same encyclopedia defined Nudity as “The state of being in which a human is without clothing or specifically not covering the genitals.” The Merriam Webster Dictionary defined Trend as “A general direction of change: a way of behaving, proceeding, etc., that is developing and becoming more common.” While the Oxford Languages dictionary defined Current as “Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now.” Yeyebrity is an…
NIGERIA, the acclaimed ‘Giant of Africa’ nestled down almost at the center of the curve on the map of the African continent. It is bordered by Niger on the north, by Chad on the northeast, by Cameroon on the east, by Benin on the west, and by the Gulf of Guinea on the south in the Atlantic Ocean with a total boundary length of 4,900 km (3,045 mi), of which 853 km (530 mi) is coastline. Nigeria occupies an area of 923,769 square kilometers, with a population of over 211 million (World Bank estimate). Its highest point is Chappal Waddi…
One of the most significant events of disloyalty in history is the Bible Story of Judas betraying Jesus (the Christian Messiah) as recorded in each of the four canonical Gospels. The Gospels narrate how avarice and prejudice drove Judas Iscariot to sell his kinsman and master, Jesus of Nazareth for thirty shekels of silver like a piece of cake. Sadly, there are still “judases” among us. If not, how do one explain the ludicrous press conference convened by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, and Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Senator George…
