By Correspondent in Ilorin. The three tiers of government have been urged to establish dance hub and tourist attractions to boost public heath and generate and improve the nation’s revenue profile. A lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Professor Jeleel Olasukanmi Ojuade of the Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts University of Ilorin, stated…
By Correspondent in Ado-Ekiti. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouq Yahaya, have urged Nigerians not to leave the fight against the ongoing insecurity ravaging Nigeria to the federal government alone, but join hands with the government to win the war. The duo gave the advice in their speech…
By Correspondent in Abuja Africa shall soon witness the crowning of the first Hiatian-American queen in Nigeria,following the conferment of traditional title of Bmazazhi on Marie Antoinette Jean Pierre Theligene by the Karu Traditional Council of Nassarawa State in Nigeria, come September at the Esu Karu’ Palace. His Royal Highness,The Esu Karu’,Pharm(Dr) Luka Pants…
EGBUNA ‘Pungent and lucid, the 388–page book is Beginning from today, we begin a serialisation of excerpts from BEN EGBUNA’s riveting memoir, ‘A Destiny Fulfilled’. It is a study in the development of an individual and the institutions destiny took him through, filled with candid close-ups on leading names in the media and politics of…
By Suyi Ayodele *The Benin massacre of 1897 was yet another in the series of the unpardonable atrocities perpetrated by the agents of the Royal Niger Company in their bid to secure for Britain, economic dominion of the Niger Delta”.* This quotation describes the unfortunate event that led to the death of one of Africa’s…