Benue burning; it shouldn’t be buried
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Benue burning; it shouldn’t be buried For most folks, only news with geographical and consanguine proximity to them is what attracts and keeps their attention. Man’s innate selfishness makes this so. But Johnn Donne disagrees; I also disagree. Writing in his “Devotions upon Emergent Occasions”, Donne postulated that, “No…
Iran-Israel war: US strikes three Iranian nuclear sites
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Breaking Iran-Israel war: US strikes three Iranian nuclear sites US President Donald Trump late yesterday announced on Truth Social that the US has struck three key nuclear sites in Iran, namely, Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz, which lie at the heart of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. What about the three facilities? Natanz: The nuclear complex,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares EDITORIAL Nigeria must not become a-one-party State? The current gale of defections by politicians from the opposition parties in the country to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is concerning to lovers of political pluralism, and by extension, democracy. In fact, some observers see this as smacking of a drift from multi-party system that…
Israel launches airborne onslaughts on Iran,takes out top military officers and nuke sites
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesOn a scale yet unprecedented, Israel, Friday, 13 February, by about 3 a.m., Israeli time, launched a blitz of air assaults on the Islamic Republic of Iran, killing scores and destroying military assets worth billions of dollars. In an operation dubbed in Hebrew, “Am KeLavi” (Rising Lion), Israel sent virtually its entire air force…
Children’s Day and matters arising
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares The Concourse – 04.06.2025 – By Soney Antai Children’s Day and matters arising As it has been doing since 1964,Nigeria, last 27 May,celebrated Children’s Day. That’s a day marked annually in honour of children with regards to their concerns: security, education, care, challenges and prospects. But its observance dates vary among countries….
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares 05/25 Bitter Pills – By Des Wilson President, Governor and LG Chairman as shepherds! ‘A good shepherd always feeds his sheep first, even when he himself is hungry’. – Matshona Dhliwayo The Holy Book draws from the cultural experience of the Jews where it uses the metaphor of a shepherd to glamourise and…
I believe in LG autonomy – Gov Eno • Announces computer teachers to be employed for 31 LGAs
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares I believe in LG autonomy – Gov Eno • Announces computer teachers to be employed for 31 LGAs By Ernest Udoh-Robert Akwa Ibom State Governor Pastor Umo Bassey Eno has expressed strong belief in local government autonomy, saying that it encourages healthy competition amongst Local Government Councils. Eno mentioned this during…
Still on Uromi 16
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Still on Uromi 16 The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government and …. S.14(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) On 28 March this year, news of the killing of 16 northern Nigerians…
FA Cup at a glance
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWatchmanPost Sports With Chris Umosen FA Cup at a glance Before saying what FA Cup competition is, it is pertinent to have a glance at how the beautiful game of football came to Nigeria. Football was introduced to Nigeria by a Briton by name Baron Mulford, in…