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Onyeka Onwenu Adds Vocal Prowess To Gabrael Eziashi’s “Woman”

Ayotunde Ayotunde Olumilua Jun 10, 2021

Over time, there have been some timeless songs dedicated to the female gender. The classic Sweet Mother by Nigerian/Cameroonian singer Nico Mbarga springs to mind when one thinks of giants in the pantheon of great songs dedicated to women irrespective of the different capacities they play in our lives. As a result of the current […]

Nokia Luna Net Joins Smart Communication System!

Akpan Akata Jun 08, 2021

Johannes Rieder, a designer with a pinch of engineering says it was his childhood dream to be an astronaut. But, he wears glasses and that was enough to disqualify me so he instead started to read, write, listen, watch everything space as an attempt to fill the vacuum of a crushed dream -yes, like the vacuum […]

The Heirs Insurance Challenge In A Highly Unstable Society

Akaolisa Emmanuel Jun 02, 2021

Hiers Insurance and Hiers Life were officially launched 1st June 2021 in Lagos state, Nigeria, though they have been operating for about 7 months now. In attendance was the governor of Lagos state, Mr Sanwo Olu, Mr Tony Elumelu the chairman of Heirs Holding, bank CEOs and major industry players. Elumelu delivering his keynote stated […]

Remaking Nigeria, Sixty Years After

Chido Onumah Jan 05, 2021

“…Nation-building is a futuristic venture; it is not something you do looking back. If a nation would be tempted, like Lot’s wife, to keep looking back, perhaps that nation will turn to a pillar of salt.” – Tope Fasua in Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices “A country is as good and redeeming as those who engage in its […]

EMMA OKOCHA: THE GREAT CHRONICLER OF THE HISTORY NIGERIANS WOULD RATHER FORGET

Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Dec 26, 2020

Emmanuel Okocha’s book ‘Blood on the Niger: The First Black-On-Black Genocide’ was already out for about eleven years before I read it for the first time in January 2013. It was befitting I encountered the book in its revised and updated edition in Asaba, the capital of Delta state, where my Lolo and I had […]

What are Africa’s Security Challenges in the 21st Century?

Jideofor Adibe Nov 30, 2020

It is quite humbling when a distinguished academic you read his works as an undergraduate asks you to review his book. That was exactly what happened when Professor Tunde Adeniran asked me to review his book, Africa’s Security Challenges in the 21st Century: Power, Principles and Praxis which was presented to the public on November […]

N-Power: FG gives update on outstanding payment for Batch B

Peters Okwudili Sep 04, 2020

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has given an update on the payment of stipends to beneficiaries of N-Power. Farouq on Thursday at the interactive forum with state focal persons for the Social Investment Programmes held in Abuja, appealed to beneficiaries of Batch B to be patient, adding that […]