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Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a global public policy and business advisory Council focused on the development of Mbaise and Imo State, in Nigeria, has resolved to adopt agriculture as a strategic pathway to empowerment of youths and mitigation of insecurity in the rural areas and as tool to tackle the …

Nestlé Nigeria’s Maggi cooking show is sizzling in the South West of Nigeria. ‘O Ta Lenu’, the third in the series of Maggi cooking shows retains the same MasterChef style which MAGGI introduced as ‘Muna Kwarya’ in Northern Nigeria and ‘O setigo’ in Southern Nigeria last year. O Ta Lenu …

  By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Jan. 31, 2022 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Monday expressed his desire to join the 2023 presidential race under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tambuwal, who made his intention known during the state PDP stakeholders’ meeting, said the decision is …

Symbols, like gestures, are central features of organised human society. They are crucial for constructing or interpreting meanings and ideations. Few universal symbols permeate all cultures and communities, but most symbols found their usage and resonance within specific societies. Humans across generations have used these symbols to communicate meaning and …

By Dennis Udoma. President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan has urged the Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, in its determination to develop the country. He made the call in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, during the Thanksgiving service and commissioning …

By George Edomwonyi Auchi (Edo), Jan. 29, 2022 Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday tasked traditional rulers to entrench religious and ethnic tolerance in their domains to foster peace and unity in Nigeria. Osinbajo made the call during the conferment of a chieftaincy title; the Oduma (Lion) of Auchi, …

London, Jan. 29, 2022  Boris Johnson could finally get sight of the highly anticipated “partygate” inquiry as early as this weekend, after police insisted, they had not delayed its publication. Reports circulated of a potential outside challenger for the Tory leadership as the wait continued for the official investigation by …

The Federal Medical Centre, Abuja and Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) will Friday, January 28, 2022, present a public enlightenment program on the sickle cell disease. The program, which is part of their monthly Collaborative Grand Round has as theme “Current Trends in the Management of Sickle …

Our attention has been drawn to a write up titled: “RIVERS AIRCRAFT: AGAIN WIKE LIED AGAINST AMAECHI, by George Tolofari, former Rivers State Commissioner of Transport (2007-2015), dated, January 26, 2022. We are truly amazed at the sheer desperation with which Mr. Tolofari and indeed several key figures of the …

A lecture in memory of renowned civil rights crusader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will hold on Wednesday,  January 26, 2022. The hybrid program (in-person and virtual), which is being sponsored by the Africana Institute and the Student Life & Activities Office of Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey,  United …

Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, a serial entrepreneur and former Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc., has hailed Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant as a stretch factor that has taken on and surmounted huge challenges, while positively disrupting the face of e-commerce in Nigeria. She made the call recently at the …

By Akeem Abas Ogbomoso (Oyo State), Jan. 23, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday described the late former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State as a generous, kindhearted and decent man. Osinbajo made the remark during a condolence visit to the family of Alao-Akala in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The …

“I have used Owerri/Orlu road, now under reconstruction. A lot of work is going on there, including on Sundays. I couldn’t believe it. But it made me happy and pleasantly surprised. You and the Governor must continue along this trajectory. My people, Ndigbo say: “Agbachaa  oso, aguwa mile.” The above was …

United States of America (USA)-based Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee, USA (NAPAC-USA), has hailed as laudable the recent approval, by President Muhammadu Buhari, of a Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund. President Buhari announced the approval of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund during the presentation to him at State House, …

On August 27, 1985, he was taken out of Dodan Barracks, the then seat of government, in Ikoyi, Lagos, by those who had overthrown him in what was popularly called a palace coup. President Muhammadu Buhari was not to return to a place that was his abode for 20 months, …

African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) has said that the establishment of Dangote Oil Refinery will bring about a 36 per cent reduction in the importation of petroleum productions into the continent. Besides, the organisation expressed a belief that the success of Dangote Refinery project could incentivise the rise of similar projects …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has joined many all over the world to celebrate former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku as he clocks 89. A statement on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, its National Publicity Secretary, said “It is heart-warming to recall that Anyaoku has scored …

  By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Jan. 18, 2022 Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has appointed Commander of the State Security Network (Amotekun Corps), Chief Adetunji Adeleye, his Special Adviser on Security Matters. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by Mr. Richard Olatunde, Chief Press Secretary …

The Knights of St. John International (KSJI), an international fraternal organisation of the Roman Catholic Church, has described as fantastic and exemplary, the transition  committee set up by the governor-elect of Anambra State,  Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Praising the composition of the committee, the organisation said that it was an indication …

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has joined in eulogising the Most Reverend Dr. Emmanuel O. Chukwuma, OON, Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and the Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion as he attains the age of 68. Ohanaeze, in a statement by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, its National Publicity …

Oga Mi, Compliments of the season. Today, I feel comfortable raising this subject with you because, as the Honourable Commissioner for the Environment, you are doing your second tenure on the driving seat of this critical ministry, following your initial 2011-2015 stint under Governor Babatunde Fashola. This connotes that you …

The Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC) and Concerned Citizens of New Jersey, United States of America (USA) are putting together a public enlightenment program on health, with special emphasis on COVID-19 and its variant, OMICRON. Participants are expected from all over the world. With the theme – “Children Returning …

 …Honours departed service personnel, says Lagos prioritises welfare support for deceaseds’ families, veterans The solemn sound blaring from an array of bugles and the energetic flight taken by a flock of white pigeons lifted the spirits of members of the Nigerian armed forces in Lagos State on Saturday, as Governor …

The Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. Two names were very prominent in the assemblage: Margery Chuba Okadigbo, the Chairman, and Constance Harry Marshall. The presence of the personalities gives more than an inkling into the character of our President. …

Dr. Boris Emeka Oji, MD, is a Board-certified Physician by profession and the Chief of Medicine at Banner DelWebb Medical Center in Phoenix Arizona, United States of America (USA).  He is also the founding international President of ZESPRONET, an association of Alumni of the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Abia State, who …