At last the Miyetti Allah group is being dressed in the borrowed robe of respectability. It was only after the governors meeting in Akure on Monday that I heard of the new acronym by which this apparent backer of terrorism is known. It is now officially the MACBAN, the Miyetti …
Read More »Destiny takes Burna Boy to White House
• Song Makes Biden-Harris Inauguration Playlist • Joins Sia On Revamped Version Of Jazzy Pop Single Hey Boy Afrobeats star, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy again made headlines during the week, as his song, Destiny, a track off his 2019 and Grammy-nominated album, African Giant, was among the …
Read More »Obasanjo, Kukah, Amaechi, others for confab on civil war
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 …
Read More »Dimeji Bankole to remarry, weds Kebbi governor’s daughter
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 …
Read More »The Voices Redefining Naija Music
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 …
Read More »The state of contemporary Igbo nation
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. …
Read More »Stop demolishing my legacy projects, Okorocha tells Uzodimma
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 …
Read More »How legal framework stalls airport concession plan
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 …
Read More »Katsina abduction: 333 students confirmed missing – Gov Masari
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 …
Read More »IPOB launches security outfit for south-east and south-south
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 …
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