ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesColumn Bitter Pills By Des Wilson African Christmas Give me An African Christmas We’ll spend it together In Peace and Love To heal our land Ed Jordan, Lyrics of song African Christmas (2011) It seems we are at the beginning of a new era, or the end of an epoch. Strange and happenstance…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNIGERIA’S OIL LICENSING ROUNDS: FUNDAMENTAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT *By Akpandem James A significant shift is taking place in Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector where indigenous energy companies are increasingly entering the field and positioning themselves to compete on a larger scale. Local oil companies (LOCs) are acquiring assets divested by International Oil…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesEx-US President Jimmy Carter joins his ancestors Former United States’ President, Jimmy Carter and Nobel peace laureate, who led his country from 1977 to 1981, is no more. He died, Sunday, 29 December, 2024, aged 100. Carter, a man with very humble beginnings, was born in the Plains, Georgia, and was the longest…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares 2024 Globe Soccer Award categories and winnersAlongside the standout men’s and women’s categories, here is a rundown of the other winners.Best Men’s player (18 finalists): Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)Best Midfielder (11 nominees): Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Best Forward (10 nominees): Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) Best Women’s player (12 finalists): Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona) Best…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Akwa Ibom-born boxer, Itauma, set to erase Tyson’s record– By Eno Udo Akwa Ibom-born heavyweight boxer, Moses Itauma, is now only a few fights away from challenging for a world title to become the youngest champion ever, should he win. The 19-year-old, born to an Akwa Ibom father and a Slovakian mother, might…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBishop Kukah blames govt for food queue stampedes The Roman Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Matthew Kukah, has blamed the recent stampedes at food distribution centres in parts of the country, on what he describes as the failures of Nigerian governments to address mass hunger troubling the Nigerian masses. Channels TV reports Kukah…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA CHRISTMAS DAY MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PASTOR UMO ENO, PhD, GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO, DECEMBER 25, 2024. 1. Today, we join millions of Christian adherents to celebrate Christmas which signifies the birth of the Prince of Peace and Saviour of mankind, our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Christmas is a season…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Eno Udo No fewer than 80 persons have been crushed to death in Ibadan, Abuja and Okija, Anambra, in a space of three days when crowds surged desperately to receive free food items and gifts. In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, more than 35 children died in a rush that ensued during gifts…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares 2nd Akwa Ibom State Gov Abbe dead The second Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Major General Godwin Osagie Abbe (retd) is dead at age 75. Abbe, who was an army colonel, when he served as military governor of the state from 31 July 1988 to 5 September 1990, reportedly died in Abuja…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Lookman beats Messi, Ronaldo in The Guardian‘s 2024 best male footballers’ ranking Still basking in the euphoria of his emergence as Africa’s best footballer for 2024, The Guardian has selected Atalanta and Super Eagles’ striker, Ademola Lookman, among the best 100 footballers in the world for 2024. He is ranked 22nd, outshining…
