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Happy Birthday Chief Oku Ukpong

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An accomplished Environmentalist, a believer in the noiseless delivery of selfless service to both his immediate community, Oro-Ukpabang and humanity as a whole.   Born into the iconic family of Late Engr. Robin Oku Ukpong and Late Madam Akon Oku Ukpong of Udung Uwe Village in Urue Offong Oruko, Akwa Ibom State. His father was the first engineer ever to come from Oro Nation and was one of the local civil engineers who constructed the Niger Bridge in Onitsha, the third largest ethnic tribe in Akwa Ibom State. For his…

Mandela: ‘A Statesman on the World Stage’ By Omoniyi Ibietan, PhD

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Today is the birth anniversary of the late President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. He is otherwise called Madiba. His life and times have been intentional banners that Africa has raised consciously to the world and rightly so, because he is an iconic, institutional brand when it comes to statesmanship, fight for justice, love of man, as well as ecumenism in its broadest definition and by every stretch of contention. Indeed, the world has concurred to Mandela’s greatness, particularly since 2009 when the United Nations declared…

Setting the record straight:Hajj not a capital flight – By Fatima Sanda Usara

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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) observed with dismay how some media outlets, for whatever reasons, have carried on with campaigns of calumny against the Commission despite several press briefings and press releases clearly explaining reasons and solutions to hitches encountered in the 2023 Hajj operations.   In its bid to carry the press along, who in turn it is believed would clarify issues for their readers, NAHCON had kept the press updated about all knotty issues even before they become obvious, and sometimes only after the hurdles were…

Why your next of kin won’t have access to your money when you die – Nigerian man explains

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Many Nigerians believe that their next of kin automatically inherit monies in their accounts when they die, but this has been said to be untrue.   The issue which has generated lots of reactions came to the attention of many Nigerians after a Twitter, user, @moderate_ustaz, described Nigerian banks as dubious and advised people to be wise, saying next of kin is useless in banks.   He said banks go through a legal probate process to determine who gets the monies in their deceased customers’ accounts.   The man explained…

Accidental second wives By Funke Egbemode ([email protected])

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Are there really women whose main and original ambition was to become second wives? I mean, are there women who never once had a goal of meeting a fine young man whose first wife they want to be? Do some women consciously set out to be second or third wives? Take a look at your young daughter, your sister, look back at your teenage years, your female teenage friends, your classmates in the university, did you actually hear any of them talking about playing second fiddles in marriage? Yet, I’m…

The First Time I Fell in Love… By Haruspice

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I was three years old when I fell in love for the first time. We had just returned to the village from Zaria. I saw her for the first time and my eyes went straight to her neck, sitting like a nipple of the breast was her Adam’s apple. While she breathes, the air that passes through her throat shoots out the Adam’s apple. It was a fascinating sight to behold. I was burning inside me, as if she was inside me, she looked in my direction and stretched her…

Why we are planting 200 million trees – the rationale By Ibraheem Dooba

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The urgent and present danger The world is getting warmer. And when we lose 40% of our forests, the world would’ve reached a point of no-return where we would experience daily natural disasters such as heatwaves, floods and droughts.   We’re already getting there. Already, we lose 10 billion trees every year.   Accordingly, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports that 97% of climate scientists agree that this unfavourable outcome is due to human activities such as carbon emissions.   Africa Will Die First …   But Africa contributes…

Common Symptoms Of Pulmonary Embolism, Early Treatment Can Reduce Risk Of Death

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A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks and stops blood flow to an artery in the lung. In most cases, the blood clot starts in a deep vein in the leg and travels to the lung. Rarely, the clot forms in a vein in another part of the body. When a blood clot forms in one or more of the deep veins in the body, it’s called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).   Because one or more clots block blood flow to the lungs, pulmonary embolism can be…

Destiny killers at the Gate… By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

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A Must read…   They are ordinary Nigerians like us, they mount the gates to offices where our opportunities abound. Just like you, they are out at their duty post to get their daily bread. Tragically, they exist as destiny killers- deny people legitimate entry to fixed appointments. Severally, I have had my appointments truncated because of the actions of the men at the gate. Because they see the gate where they mount as their own kingdom of power , they exert power over zealously.   The second set of…

THE PAINS OF BARRENNESS: A PSYCHOSOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW OF NDAGI BE NNAGI FOR NAICREW BY Adamu Idris Manarakis

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Name:- Hon. Prof. Adamu Idris Manarakis niw Institute:- ILLEC, Minna, Niger State. Book Review:- Ndagi be Nnagi (Nupe Novella), Date of Birth:- 06-05-1988. Number:- 07031649587 Email:- [email protected] Adamu Idris Manarakis niw (Tashiru Nupe & Director ILLEC) was born in Kpakungu, Minna, Niger State. He hails from the ancient city of Bida in Niger State. By the grace of God, he is the founder of the 1st Nupe Language School that was established on 19-11-2016. The school later metamorphosed into the 1st Indigenous Language Institute in Niger State. As an Indigenous…