By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has flagged off the third and final dry run of the 2022 edition of the annual Carnival with a pledge to stage the best carnival of all time. This year’s Carnival has “Agro-Industrialization” as the theme. Speaking at...
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has charged the indigenes of the ancient city of Ile-Ife, at home and diaspora, to come home and work for the growth and development of the town. Ooni gave the charge during the grand-finale of of Ife Day 2022, whose...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described a famous song Buga’, released by Kizz Daniel, as a connection and reflection of FESTAC77, held in Lagos State. FESTAC ’77, also known as the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, was a major...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Olumakaiye family, the Anglican Communion, and Christendom in general, over the passing of The Most. Rev. Dr Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, the Archbishop of Lagos, aged 53. The President in his condolence message issued on Monday by his...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR has expressed deep pain over the sudden death of his close friend Dr. Paul Unongo. General Babangida, in his condolence message on Thursday, said he has lost a true friend and a remarkable Northern elder whose brilliance...
The Governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong, says the Plateau State Festival for Art and Culture (PLAFEST) will revive cultural heritage of the state. Lalong said this in Jos on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of PLAFEST. He said “our diverse languages are eroding and now going into extinction....
No fewer than 10 countries are expected to participate in the 2022 Annual Calabar Carnival, Mr Eric Anderson, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Development, Cross River has said. Anderson made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that...
Amb. Felix Duke, the National President of Creative Industry Group (CIG), says it is unbelievable and difficult to accept that a Gospel music legend, Sammie Okposo, is no more. Duke, who said he was still in shock over Okposo’s death, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Egyptian archaeological mission working at a temple in the delta province of Menoufia found several mummies with golden tongues, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced Thursday. The tombs, which date back to different eras, including the Late Period of ancient Egypt and the Greco-Roman civilization, contained...
Gov. Ben Ayade on Sunday declared that Cross River could not remain raw materials producer alone but would aim at adding value to them through industrialisation. Ayade said this in Calabar while flagging off the second Dry-Run for the 2022 Calabar Carnival with the theme: “Agro Industrialisation.” Represented by...
In a spate of five days, Nigeria has lost two of its cerebral and finest journalists turned spokespersons to key government officials. They are Mal. Danladi Ndayebo, and Mohammed Isa Funtua, PRNigeria reports. Ndayebo, died on Monday from internal injuries he sustained in an auto crash that occurred last...
The remains of Tunde Mark, son of the former President of the Senate, David Mark, has been laid to rest in his home town Otukpo, Benue amidst tears. Tunde who died on Oct. 21, 2022 in a London hospital at the age of 51, had battled with cancer for...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has paid glowing tributes to Tunde Jonathan Mark, son of former Senate President, David Mark who was buried Friday, November 11th, 2022. Governor Ortom who joined other political and religious leaders across the country spoke during the requeim Mass...
In a recent episode of the viral tv show, #WithChude, the host Chude Jideonwo, sits with Founder and Creative Director of Orange Culture Nigeria, Bayo Oke-Lawal to discuss dealing with bullying and defying the norms, and the rise of his career in fashion industry. On the defiance it took...
“… The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes” (Shakespeare Julius Caesar 1599). Tunde Jonathan Owoicho Mark’s death fits into the latter. Arguably, the death of Tunde Mark; son of the 12th President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator David Mark last Friday was akin to more than a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday morning, undertook a private visit to the widow of the late rights activist, Mr Ariyo Dare-Atoye, Mrs Abiola Dare-Atoye, to commiserate with her on the passing of her husband. Okowa said...
On October 28, 2018, the inimitable political strategist and tactician, whom steadfast loyalists and followers would gleefully describe as a political Iroko to the pains of those on the other side of the divide, Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, the Iyasele (Prime Minister) of Esanland, took the eternal bow and...
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, said that his ascension to the throne some 20 years ago was to fast-forward an ancient traditional society to the 21st century. Achebe, who is the Chairman of Anambra Traditional Council, said this in his address at the 2022 Onitsha Ofala Festival...