A visit to Anambra State reveals why it is known and called the home of hospitality. Bounded by Imo and Abia State in the south, Benue and Kogi State in the north; Delta State in the west and Enugu State in the east, Anambra State could best be described as the home of entrepreneurs in […]
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In the Yoruba traditional religion, divination gives the priests unreserved access to the teachings of Orunmila. Esu is seen as being in charge of justice, order and the transportation of sacrifices (Ebo). Esu is the one said to give authority (Ase) to the oracle when the need arises. Esu is also the one that holds […]
It is not easy to find out the truth in Nigeria. The Baga killings are a case in point, with politicians and government officials offering vastly different information – from 150 dead to 2,000. News of another attack by Islamist militants from Boko Haram often starts as a vague one-liner as was the case on […]
Ordinarily, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is endowed with intelligent, courageous and fair-minded leaders who would not fall for the temptation of egotism. But these are not ordinary times and the vibes from within the palaces of the movers and shakers in the APC portend imminent danger to a stable all-inclusive government based on the […]
Rising from a lull which saw the group missing in action at the just concluded presidential and other elections in Nigeria, foremost civil society group in Nigeria, CLO is putting its house in order and ready to take its place as the No. 1 egalitarian crusader in the country. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR had a […]
AGOZINO AGOZINO recalls the Life and Times of the one-time Information Minister, Comrade Uche Chukwumerije who died last Sunday in Abuja. AS William James captures in his epic poem, “the greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts life.” In life, Comrade Uche Chukwumerije, the cerebral information strategist, Marxist thinker and […]
The football pitch of Medical Hostel, University of Benin (UNIBEN), was a beehive of activities recently as students trooped out to watch the maiden edition of the Le-Bolt Cup. Organised by Osehike Igwubor, a final year Medicine and Surgery student in collaboration with the University of Benin Medical Students Association (UBEMSA) the event was a […]
It was an atmosphere of fun last Wednesday, April 15, 2015 when the University of Lagos Engineering Society (ULES) organised the second edition of the ‘Engineering Ladies Day’ to celebrate its female members. According to the president of the association, Tobi Bamigbelu, the programme is an annual event that is set aside to honour female students […]
In Grudged Employment and the Struggles of a Nation, Wilson Onose writes about the everyday experience of job seekers, especially, the young and restless. Quite a good number of books and periodicals have appeared in the last few years, but, Grudged Employment and the Struggles of a Nation, a new book by Wilson Onose, has […]
At a moment when the average Nigerian craves for change in all sectors of the economy, it will astonish you to know that, even the dead who are buried in public cemeteries are clamouring for change as well. A visit to public cemeteries, makes one to one wonder if indeed the dead are actually resting […]
The strength of the woman as a burden bearer comes to the fore again in this courageous 28 years old, who defied her parents and married a blind man. Today, she is nursing her second baby of the marriage. GOD’S COVENANT SNR spent time with the couple at their home and reports. A look at […]
A banker accused of killing her husband alarmed neighbours at the Oworonsoki area of Lagos last Sunday. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports that the mother of two is police net. Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation department may have a hard nut to crack as one Mrs. Busayo Olafare, a banker is alleged by her in-laws […]
JOY EKEKE reports the celebration of Life and Times of the founder of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Surulere District, Ayo Ni O, Special Apostle Prophet Gabriel Olubunmi Fakeye. The life of Special Apostle Prophet Gabriel Olubunmi Fakeye can be described as Scripture-coded and Scripture-fulfilled, for while some people receive visions from God, others are […]
The arbitrary sell off of government assets since the Second Republic has been a source of distress and poverty to millions of Nigerians who are retired from those companies without benefits. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR looks into the ongoing privatisation of steel rolling mills in the country and reports. Stakeholders in the steel, oil […]
While many people in our society today frown at polygamy, veteran actress, Joke Silva is all for it as she explains to GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR. She first came to limelight in that short but intense television soap, ‘Mind Bending’ that really bent the mind of viewers in the 1980s and left no one in […]
Motor park touts in Lagos operate through a vicious network, whichis a daily nightmare to commercial bus drivers and law enforcement agents, who are careful not to meddle in their affairs. JOY EKEKE reports. Agbero, a sobriquet for ragamuffins, who find solace in the motor parks, doing odd jobs, is synonymous with all social vices […]
The Society of Nigerian Artists(the parent body of the Visual Arts Society of Nigeria and the Nigerian Guild of Professional Fine Artists) has cried out to the incoming government of President-elect, General Muhamadu Buhari, to address the art and culture sector and establish for them a National Museum of Modern Art among others. GBUBEMI GOD’S […]
A friend of about 28 years,Oronto Douglas breathed the last in the early hours of Thursday after about seven years courageous battle with cancer.That it took one of the worst forms of cancer to take him out of this world is a statement on the inner strength of the mighty man in the small frame […]
The powers that be at INEC must have a wicked sense of humour. They have set up the most controversial and crucial presidential elections in Nigeria’s recent history for the 14th of February 2015. Without being dramatic, these elections are bound to either make or break my fatherland. Both parties are geared for war. And […]
That the proposed $16 billion Export Processing Zone (EPZ) project in Delta State would flare up ethnic tempers between the Itsekiri and Ijaw was inevitable. JOE OGBODU examines the events that led to the botched groundbreaking of the controversial mega project. THE GENESIS Bickering over who should call the shots on local content brought into […]
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