PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), The State of The African Diaspora (SOAD), has pledged to do everything within its reach to ensure that artifacts illegally taken away from Africa museums to Canada, Europe and America are repatriated back to the continent. SOAD Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms....
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has appealed to traditional and religious leaders to take the lead in mobilizing their subjects especially youths in preserving their norms and values been their identity. The governor stated this on the occasion of the 2022 Bura Cultural Day...
Chief Chukwuemeka Onyeso, Prince of the Onyeso dynasty of Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra has said that the Nri traditional institution is the oldest in Nigeria. Onyeso, an octogenarian, said this at the unveiling of his book entitled “Dirt On White Spectrum” in Nri on Friday. The...
Colourful posters of some artifacts expected to be received by the Oba of Benin have adorned some major streets of Benin City ahead of the ceremony on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the posters which also carried the photograph of Oba Ewaure II, were seen...
A tribute by SIMON SHANGO – As we entered the temporary Secretariat of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), at Lapal House Igbosere at Lagos Island on that day in 1978, my attention was drawn to this man. He was not tall but not too short, with silvery hair,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said the ongoing Miss Africa Pageant will further unite Africa, discourage indecent dress culture, promote tourism, while empowering the Africa women. To this end, over 61 delegates from different African countries, have arrived Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to...
The Israeli coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, is the most expensive city in the world, according to the latest analysis from the British Economist magazine published on Wednesday. Tel Aviv takes the top spot from the French capital Paris, which dropped to a shared second place with Singapore. Next...
Tanzanian tourism authorities has said that they were at the final preparations to start a process of introducing cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest single free-standing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Jos – The ancentral maiden Amok Ibaas Foron festival which is the apex cultural festival of the Ibaas Foron community in Plateau State usually hosted by the paramount ruler, Gwom Ibaas,. Da Dr Luka Pagyang Pam JP to mark his coronation anniversary will hold on 10th...
By AVADOO IORNAV, Makurdi – Former Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA, Hon. Adikpo Agbatse, has called on relevant stakeholders to immortalize a renowned traditional ruler in Tiv land, Late Tor Jato-Aka for his positive contributions in sustaining the unity of the Tiv people while...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Lagos – Many years ago, I read a book titled ‘Effective Leadership And The Ambivalence of Human Interest’ authored by Innocent I. Asouzu, a catholic priest, Professor and Lecturer at the University of Calabar. Among other remarks, Asouzu in that volume underlined that In the process...
By SAM EKPE – The President of the less privileged, the one man riot squad, Dikde na Ogbo ogu, Odogwu nwoke, Mgborogwu Oji, Ogba Ogu nwanne, Onyiri Dike na Mba, Omepuru Onyeodiiri. These are few of the fond titles and names associated with the late Eze Maxwell Omeire Kanu,...
Mr Michael Balogun, Chief Executive Officer, Tour2Nigeria, on Saturday urged the Federal Government to rehabilitate roads leading to most tourists’ sites in Nigeria which were in deplorable state. Balogun gave the advice in Lagos during Hospitalitea 4.0, organised by Women in Hospitality in Nigeria (WIHN), with the theme “Leveraging...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and Joseph Din’s family over the passing of the retired army captain. Asiwaju Tinubu described the late Captain Din “as an elder statesman, prominent...