Transition
14 Sep
The historicity of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry will not be complete without mentioning the name of Engineer Boniface Madubunyi and his Mabon Energy formed in 1983. It was he who pioneered and revolutionised seismic surveys of Nigeria’s ultra-deepwaters for oil and gas prospects.
14 Sep
Chief Sir Alphaeus Azubuike Umezurike was born to the Umezurike family of Ndume Ibeku in Umuahia on May 25,1929. He attended St Mary’s Primary School Ohokobe/Umuohu; Ibeku Central School; St Thomas School Azumini; Creek Road Commercial School Port Harcourt. His tertiary education was through private tuition of the Rapid Result College, London.
17 Aug
Life‘s providence arranges for how we meet one another, but what transpires afterward is up to the individuals involved.
1 Jun
Ayodeji Ladipo Banjo, Emeritus Professor of English Language who passed on recently belongs in Nigeria’s Hall of Fame. A gifted teacher and excellent administrator, Banjo raised thousands of eminent persons for Nigeria.
18 Feb
In the pantheon of centenarians, not many in that privileged class can stand shoulder to shoulder with Ezinne Maria Nwaego Onwuemegbulem, my mother who transited to higher glory recently at the age of 101.
18 Feb
For Edwin Egwonomu Ogidi-Gbegbaje, a recently retired permanent secretary in the Delta State civil service, it was time, recently, to gracefully bow out after 35 long years of meritorious service, as there is a time and season for everything under the sun.
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24 mins ago
Nigeria’s “Renewed Hope” budget has faced a stark reality with soaring inflation and a plummeting naira igniting a construction crisis.
28 mins ago
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has solidified its ranks as state chairmen backed Acting Chairman Umar Damagum, while the Labour Party (LP) ignited grassroots energy, rallying youths for a bold 2027 presidential bid and setting the stage for a possible opposition showdown.
33 mins ago
About 4.7 million barrels of Nigeria’s latest blend of crude oil is being exported to Spain and the United States in about seven cargoes as market volatility continued yesterday due to crude inventory build-up.
35 mins ago
Over the years, there has been routine lamentation about prison congestion nationwide, amid futile remedial measures by successive administrations.
38 mins ago
The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems not to be losing ground.
38 mins ago
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the North “is currently under siege of the bad governance of President Bola Tinubu's administration”, stating that the “poor socio-economic policies” of the Federal Government were affecting the region adversely.
39 mins ago
With some sports administrators of Nigerian origin doing great things across the world and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the best in the world, many are in awe that the country’s sports are still dogged by poor administration.
40 mins ago
Foremost scholar of public administration, Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, in this interview with MUYIWA ADEYEMI, spoke on how the six regional development commissions can lead to true regionalism, and resolve contradictions in the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy.
41 mins ago
The revenue available for disbursement among the three tiers of government rose by 5.5 per cent or N113 billion to N1.411 trillion in October.
42 mins ago
The Federal Government said a viable insurance sector is needed to address the risks linked with Nigeria’s blue economy and realise the sector’s potential.