Nigeria’s dearth of cultural relativism or empathy is more evident than ever in the last decade. We have been described as a mere geographical expression or a national space, and the numbers of ethno-religious crises we have recorded thus far attempt to give credence to such assertions. Culture is the social identity of a collective, […]
Continue ReadingJohnny Edward Kelechi Iheanacho’s superb first-time volley away at Burnley has been named Leicester City’s Goal of the Month for March, The PUNCH reports.The award comes after he was named the Premier League’s player for the month of March.Iheanacho’s strike beat goals from Ayoze Pérez, Youri Tielemans, Shannon O’Brien, Esmee De Graaf and Sam Tierney.The […]
Continue ReadingNike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it got orders from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 194 bank accounts belonging to firms and Bureaux de Change to enable it to conduct investigations into suspicious activities.It disclosed this on Thursday in three separate documents on its website. In one of […]
Continue ReadingMaiharaji Altine, Gusau Six Peoples Democratic Party Governors have visited Zamfara State in an effort to persuade Governor Bello Matawalle not to join the All Progressives Congress.The governors, including Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Darius Ishaku of Taraba, Umar Fintiri of Adamawa and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, were […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, Abuja A former President of the Senate, David Mark, has urged Nigerians to bury religious and ethnic differences and come together to establish a common front against forces threatening peaceful coexistence amongst the people.Mark said it was time for men and women of good conscience to rise to the occasion and proffer solutions […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu, Abuja Leader of the All Progressives Congress Council in the North-Central, Kassim Muhammad, has urged Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to drop his alleged presidential ambition to allow the zoning of the party’s chairmanship to the geopolitical zone.Muhammad, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, urged the national leadership of the […]
Continue ReadingOkechukwu Nnodim, AbujaThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced plans to resume active oil exploration in Sokoto Basin.A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by NNPC spokesperson, Kennie Obateru, said the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, said exploration for crude would resume in the Sokoto Basin.The statement read in part, “Kyari also hinted […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Bajela Chairman, Local Organising Committee, and Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, says following a discussion with the Federal Government, the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival will no longer be called off midway into the competition. There had been confusion over the continuity of the festival after the LOC announced that they would […]
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