By Ovat Abeng Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress( NDC), Mr Peter Obi, has challenged all those seeking to lead Nigeria in the 2027 election to come before the electorate, defend their records and answer questions about their capacity to govern the country. Obi, who spoke at a press conference on Friday to mark…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old man, Mr. Kelechi Madu, who was reported missing in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of the State, with the arrest of four suspects, including a friend of the deceased who allegedly masterminded the killing. The development is…
By Our Reporter Seeking a safer, more sustainable lifestyle grounded in family values, former American linguistics professor Pablo Segun and his Nigerian-born wife, Aanu, have officially relocated their family of seven from the United States to Ondo State in South-West Nigeria. The couple, widely known on social media as “Familia PablAnu,” made the permanent move…
By Orok Duke, PhD “Children of a lesser God” is a metaphor used to describe marginalized or misunderstood people—like the deaf protagonist in Mark Medoff’s 1979 play and 1986 film. The phrase originally comes from Alfred Tennyson’s 1859 poem Idylls of the King, where it describes a world degraded by war. It implies that if…
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, August 25, 2026, a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid ul Mawlid, commemorating the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the holiday on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry,…
A Senior Manager for Prevention Programmes at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Taofeek Adeleye, has warned Nigerians against using palm oil, vegetable oil and other oil-based substances as lubricants during sexual activity, saying water-based lubricants are the safer option when condoms are used. Adeleye spoke in Lagos on Thursday at a national training of media personnel…
By JOF Media The Joseph Ogogo Foundation (JOF) is steadily redefining what community development can achieve when humanitarian intervention goes beyond immediate relief to address the interconnected challenges confronting rural communities. Across Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, the Foundation has embarked on a series of carefully targeted interventions designed to improve access…
By Kelvin Obambon The Cross River State Government has officially flagged off the distribution of 20,000 bags of fertilizers to 8,000 smallholder farmers across various agricultural value chains in the state. The initiative, implemented under the Farm Input Support Programme (FISP), an intervention of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), is designed to ease input…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command, said it has recorded another significant breakthrough in its ongoing intelligence-led operations against kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes across the State. According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s Public Relations Officer in a statement in Awka on Wednesday, “In the early morning of today, 19th…
By Ovat Abeng There was pandemonium in Onitsha at the River Niger Head Bridge, after a policeman pulled the trigger on a trader over an argument resulting from payment of N5000 bribe. Though the allegation could not be immediately verified, sources said the man was pushing pharmaceutical products in a wheelbarrow to a motor park…
