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Fifty-one years after the Nigerian civil war, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, among others are to share ideas at the second Never Again conference in Lagos. In a statement, chairman of the …

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sabur Dimeji Bankole, will, on Friday, January 15, tie the nuptial knot with Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu.  Bankole, who divorced his first wife in 2017, had, in the past few years, been …

No doubt, the Nigerian music industry is thriving like never before. At the turn of the last decade, we witnessed the rise of new artistes such as Wizkid, M.I. Abaga, Davido, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Tekno and others. These stellar entertainers steadily created continental chart-topping hits …

The choice of the topic ‘Onodu Anyi bu Igbo taa’ (The State of Igbos in Contemporary Society) stirs mixed feelings in me and I believe that this is true of any Igbo son and daughter who is conscious of our history and journey as a nation within a country.   …

We’re reconstructing roundabouts to ease transportation, says gov Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, appealed to Governor Hope Uzodinma to stop demolishing his legacy projects during his eight-year administration in the state. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, he (Okorocha) described the demolishing …

The Federal Government’s plan to push airports’ ownership and operations to private investors that are equipped with both the know-how and financial muscle is straightforward. But details get complicated and hobbled in backwater in the absence of an agreeable legal framework and yet unresolved credibility hangover. WOLE OYEBADE writes. When …

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night.   The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on …

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has launched a security outfit known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN), which it said will protect the south-east and south-south from criminal activities.   Spokesperson of the proscribed group, Emma Powerful who made the announcement on Sunday December 13, said the outfit is a replica of …

The Oyo State Police Command says a soldier and a civilian have been killed during an effort to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen at Panorama Farm Mekun in the Oke Alaro area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday evening, December 12.   …