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…
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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…
Wrong trading spots: Win-win situation possible
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares The Concourse By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Wrong trading spots: Win-win situation possible It’s not for nothing that the ancients told us that a hungry man is an angry man. Such a man is not interested in the niceties of sanitation and hygiene when he sees food. He’s not also interested…
Abodunrin as metaphor
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By award-winning columnist, Soney Antai Abodunrin as metaphor (First published in WatchmanPost edition of 02.04.2025) As you are reading this, Joseph Abodunrin is no more. Well, what does it matter? You don’t even know who he was, or do you? I bet that more than 98% concoursites never knew him, and never…
What’s scouting in football?
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares WatchmanPost Sports with Christ Umosen What’s Scouting in Football? Scouting, according to its literal meaning is a world youth programme that focuses on outdoor activities and social development. This group is otherwise referred to as Scout Movement. However, scouting in…
Ibaka Road notes
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai, Award-winning columnist Ibaka Road notes Death, the ice-old bastard, again struck in Oroland. This time, it snatched away an officer and a gentleman, a titled chief and knight of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Eyo Inuekim, who worked with the Nigerian Customs and…
Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out The Frontier ′March 18, 20250 Minutes read0 •Timaya Afrobeats singer Inetimi Alfred Odon, popularly known as Timaya, has raised the alarm over the reported destruction of farmlands by Fulani herdsmen in his home state of Bayelsa. He called on the government…
Musings about life
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai, award winning columnist Musings about life The present is a reality, death a certainty, Life a swiftly passing possession. They who enjoy know what they are getting. The rest is dismissed as altogether in the air – R. A. Watson As a…