The death has occurred of Madam Ego Emesua, of Kolo community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. She passed on to glory surrounded by her children and family members in the late hours of Thursday, 7th September 2023, after a brief illness. Aged 81, Madam Emesua was a devoted member of The New…
By Mazi Omife I. Omife( Mbuze Mbaukwu)omifelord@gmail.com In my school days, I used to live with my mother, late Pauline Chikeme Omife, nee Madichie, at 100 foot Road, Ogui New Layout Enugu. Some people erroneously call the place Enugu Urban Area or Urban Jungle which it is not. Urban Jungle designates the areas from Ama…
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), M.S. in Educ. 1943, M.A. 1944, was born in Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana). As a young man, he was a school teacher before leaving his homeland to further his education in American universities. He later traveled to England where he worked for the decolonization of Africa and in the Pan-African movement…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio represented President Bola Tinubu at the burial ceremony of Senator Ken Nnamani’s wife. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio who represented President Bola Tinubu at the burial ceremony of Senator Ken Nnamani’s wife, delivered his condolence message on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid glowing tributes to Sen. Ken Nnamani’s wife,…
He said he wanted meI cried that I hated himThey said I have to go with him I wept for I was just a kidThey took me out of the playgroundHe took me into his backyardHe made me to be his house wifeThough I was just a little child He said he will pay my…
New PG thanks Ndigbo for his emergence, promises to advance Igbo course …Hails Gov. Ugwuanyi for transforming Enugu Old Government Lodge The five governors of the South East states and other leaders of the zone on Sunday unanimously adopted and inaugurated Chief Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, the Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo, as the new President General…
The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Queen Silekunola Naomi Ogunwusi, has opened up on why it would be difficult for her to reconcile with the monarch. She said she can’t return to the palace with the king now married to six other women. According to her, she is soft and can’t survive amid…
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has said that he did not have any disagreement with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the Second Niger Bridge. The monarch’s position was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Chinyelugo Anionwu, chief of staff to the Onitsha traditional council. In a statement on Monday, Garba Shehu,…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo says individuals parading themselves as traditional Rulers without certificates of recognition from the State Government risk jail sentence. Speaking at the Governor’s lodge Amawbia when he received the traditional Ruler of Awka Community, Obi Gibson Nwosu and some prominent Awka people, Governor Soludo who described as an abomination for one to parade…
