Features
A study into the growing number of disabled beggars on the streets of Anambra State has revealed that stigmatization by the people and marginalization by the government are factors that fuel the culture, but respite is on the way. OKEY CHRIS reports from Awka. All doors closed to people living with disability in Anambra […]
GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR visited the State correctional centres in Lagos recently and observed that Nigeria’s leaders of tomorrow are struggling with reforms behind the walls that hold no promise for their future. His report…
The 6th Convocation Ceremony of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, (COOU) formerly known as Anambra State University (ANSU) Uli, has come and gone, with 5 graduands emerging as best graduating students for 2013/2014 academic session having bagged “first class honours” respectively. The epoch-making event which witnessed conferment of the honorary Doctor of Letters
Call it Okrika, Bend down, Boutique or whatever you like; Katangowa market is the most popular second-hand clothes market in the outskirts of Lagos. There you can find different grades and shapes of used items. JOY EKEKE takes you to the world of Okrika in Katangowa. Katangowa Road in Agbado/ Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area […]
Your refreshingly new Daily Times, recently discovered a people, stripped of the barest of human dignity during the week, in Lagos, the Centre of Excellence. If you are squeamish, reading this may upset your vision, but inside this squalor, our correspondent found something unique, something struggling to break forth in the midst of an otherwise […]
The high level of insecurity on the waterways in Bayelsa State is now a source of concern to the people, as they, daily, live in fear of the unknown. Worst hit are Azuzuama axis, Koluama, Foropah, Ekeni, Brass, Nembe and Akassa, all located in different parts of the state, which are flashpoints for kidnapping, piracy […]
Since Chiemerie took murder in her stride sometime ago, the youth is learning to carry her cross all alone. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports that no family member showed up at the station or at the court before being sent to Kirikiri prisons. Chiemerie seems to have chosen a path she may have to travel […]
It was a gathering of radical, unapologetic thinkers at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The occasion was the celebration of a most distinguished exegete, language engineer and polyglot, Octogenarian Modupe Oduyoye at 80. Deputy Editor, YEMI OGUNSOLA and Features Editor, GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR were part of the […]
The National Assembly and Presidential elections may have come and gone with all the high and low points that had trailed the exercise. Down here in Anambra State the turn of events presented issues that actually proved book makers wrong when the results were made public. Aside from Presidential elections which the State voted massively […]
Political scheming over who gets what in the next dispensation has become intense in oil-rich Delta State, reports JOE OGBODU. One thing is clear as the next election date draws near: all the ethnic nationalities in Delta State are scheming for one position or the other. So, it is now a game of interest. While […]
The Ondo State Fire Service was established in 1976 as an agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Works. In this investigation, Daily Times Correspondent, ‘TOSIN AJUWON assesses the poor state of the fire service and why the state government needs to take urgent steps to improve the fire service. Iyabo Adelabu, a 35-year […]
Indeed, love knows no bounds; it sees nothing else but that which it wants to see and associate with. This aptly describes the union of Bimbo and Abiodun Oluwa, a deaf and dumb couple who tied the knot some years ago. The life of this couple can only be compared to that of the mythical […]
Barely 10 weeks after two separate fires swept through the famous Balogun Market on Lagos Island, another fire disaster came calling in the early hours of yesterday. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR was there and reports. While the nation waited for INEC Chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega to formally declare the winner of the 2015 Presidential election […]
A roadmap to peace between warring Fulani herdsmen and Agatu people of Benue State may be in the offing at last. FREDDIE ADAMGBE in Makurdi reports that a recommendation that will give herders a right of way in the community if implemented is before the State Government. The recent attack on Egba Community in Agatu […]
Our features desk felt the pulse of the nation in the last 72 hours and reports a possible tale of the unexpected. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR reports with additional report from JOY EKEKE. Tension, apprehension, insecurity and anxiety, key factors that necessitated the shifting of the presidential and National Assembly polls from February 11 to […]
Form Unity Govt, fight corruption, fix Nigeria, implement confab report Barely 24 hours after the declaration of General Muhammadu Buhari as President- elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), prominent Nigerians across the country have been presenting an agenda on what they expect him to do to fix Nigeria. Top on their agenda […]
Despite the unprecedented level of investment in the power sector and increase in electricity tariffs, power supply situation in Nigeria is still the same with the gap between demand and supply widening sharply in the urban areas even after the privatization exercise. Even though power generation has barely improved beyond 4000 megawatts over the past […]
Members of the Rotary Club of University of Benin have installed a 300 level Social Works student, Olaloluwa Adene, as the 30th president of the Rotary Club, UNIBEN district at a gathering held at the Banquet hall of the institution which attracted dignitaries from the various Rotary districts in Edo State. Speaking at the event, […]
An American don, Professor Danny McCain, has urged Nigerians to be optimistic about the outcome of the general election which comes up on March 28 and April 11, 2015. McCain, who is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Religion & Philosophy, University of Jos, Plateau State, gave the charge during a lecture in Ilorin, […]
