Beginning from Tuesday November 26 – final internment on the November 30th, 2024 in his hometown, Unongo village near Jato Aka, Kwande local government of Benue state, I met Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo for the first time in the early 1960s at the annual convention of the Community...
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The literary world and admirers across Nigeria and beyond continue to honour Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka as celebrations for his 90th birthday extend into their second week. On Tuesday evening, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted a special dinner at the State House to pay tribute to the renowned...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Legendary music promoter and Chairman of Evergreen Musical Company, Chief Femi Esho, passes away at 77. Chief Esho died on Monday in Lagos after a brief illness, according to a statement issued by his daughter, Bimbo Esho. She said: “We announced the passing...
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has announced the suspension of Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, Senior Pastor of the City of David parish. A senior church official stated that the suspension is in response to public backlash following the extravagant birthday celebration for Pastor Iluyomade’s wife, Siji, which took...
Enugu State Government has said that plans are underway to revamp the 85 abandoned tourist sites spread across the state. The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday. Madueke said that the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has called for unity among the various ethnic groups in the state to protect their heritage in the face of impending threats to their ancestral lands. The appeal was made during the 2024 Nzem Berom cultural...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, on Tuesday mourned Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 1980s TV sitcom, ‘The New Masquerade’, who died at the age of 81. Kosoko, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, described the late actress as a...
The Oyo State Government has inaugurated a 10-member committee for the 2024 World Sango Festival, to hold in August. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Sango Festival, was enlisted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the list of World Heritage...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has cleared all arrears of staff owed salaries from 2015 – 2018. “All the 149 staff of Obudu Mountain Races have been paid salaries up till date”. “International investors and corporate bodies to take up and sponsorship of different...
The Court of Appeal President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) on Thursday paid glowing tribute to the late Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua. Until her death on March 8, Justice Orji-Abadua was the presiding...
By NGUHER KENDRA ITYOACHIMIN, from Bournemouth – Nigeria is Africa’s most populous black nation, a country with a rich cultural heritage and diversity, it has a population of over 200 million people, it boasts of 250 ethnic groups and about 500 distinct languages, Nigeria like many...
A former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Friday appealed to Nigerians to stop killing each other and allow the country to make progress. Danjuma made the appeal at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Nwonyo International Fishing and Cultural Festival at Ibi, in Taraba. The retired...
Seven days after the ritual of cleansing, the flag waves around the temples, and dancers, singers, and drums invoke the presence of the Deities. Oweigbele–men of extraordinary powers with sacred unknown passwords as Akparans and kolokolowei stretched forth to pray at the waterfront and return to drop their...
By THEOPHILUS ABBAH – Not desperate, never agitated, not rebellious, not a mischief-maker, Chief (Architect) Gabriel Aduku exited this world of desperation, agitations, rebellion, and mischief on March 10, 2024, few weeks after his 80th birthday. He was an unexplored treasure to humanity, a rare human resource...
The Special Adviser on Media to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, has said the government is putting measures in place to make the state a tourist destination. Ogbeche said this at an event organised by his friends and media practitioners tagged: “Celebrating Our...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Participants at the Kanem Borno Global Summit has resolved to promote and sustain the cultural and historical values of Kanem Borno empire. Chairman of the Borno Emirates Concerned Citizens Forum, Ambassador Zanna Boguma, stated this in a communique issued after a press conference...
What is it about the sight of a woman’s naked body that evokes shame and disgust? Recently, artworks by Laetitia Ky, who has made the feminine body her primary subject, have gone viral on Nigerian social media spaces with the Ivorian artist’s unapologetic nude portraits and their unflinching depictions of menstruation...
The remains of Nollywood actor Tolani Oyebamiji aka Sisi Quadri who died on Friday, March 1, has been buried in his hometown in Agbowo area of Iwo. Sisi died after a brief illness at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso . Mr Marufudeen Lawal, Chairman Odun...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and his Yobe State counterpart, Governor Mai Mala Buni on Sunday, attended a grand durbar procession organized by Borno State Emirate Council in collaboration with the Borno State Government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) to commemorating a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged his government commitment to collaborate with the Federal Government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) among others to ensure the establishment of Kanemi Museum in Maiduguri, the state capital Governor Zulum also assured the traditional institution...