In line with the change mantra pervading the corporate and political landscape in Nigeria, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (Union Bank) has unveiled a new brand identity. The refreshed brand which was unveiled at a spectacular launch event in Onikan Stadium, Lagos this week, is in line with Union... Read more
PROFESSOR ANEZI OKORO TO BE CONFERRED WITH THE OLAUDAH EQUIANO LIFE-AWARD, 2015
News October 26, 2015
The 7th COAL CITY BOOK CONVENTION will hold this year on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th November at The Exhibition Hall of The Alliance Francaise (French Cultural Centre), in Enugu. The Olaudah Equiano Life-Award, which will feature at the Opening Ceremony, will be conferred on celebrated Dermatologist and... Read more
PRESS RELEASE The Delta Book Club, a subsidiary of the Enugu-based Delta Publications (Nigeria) Limited and conveners of the annual Coal City Book Convention, have postponed until March 2016 the announcement of the winning entries for their N250,000.00 Abubakar Gimba Literary Award, which was hatched earlier this year... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Efik National Association are currently carrying out a medical outreach programme where free surgeries and medical care are availed needy residents in rural communities in Cross River. The group which is incorporated in the United States of America say they are in the state for... Read more
20 Indigent Students Benefit From Obong Of Calabar Scholarship
Nigeria October 26, 2015
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Twenty indigent students of Efik stock, studying in various tertiary institutions in Nigeria, have benefitted from the Obong of Calabar Scholarship scheme. Addressing the beneficiaries at the a ceremony in his palace in Calabar, the monarch, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V,... Read more
Edo FA Wants Falode In Women’s Football Revolution
Sports October 26, 2015
The Edo State Football Association led by highly experienced sports journalist, Frank Ilaboya, has added fillip to the questions being raised by administrators of the game and said that Edo Queens Chairperson’s, formerly known as Inneh Queens, Aisha Falode has the capacity to turn things around. Ilaboya, who... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has proposed a budget of N350 billion for the 2016 fiscal year. Christened “Budget of Deep Vision”, the 2016, which is Ayade’s first budget as governor represents 273.7% increase over the 2015 appropriation bill of the immediate... Read more
Electricity: UMAHI directs EEDC to reconnect Afikpo communities
Nigeria October 25, 2015
The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has called on the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to restore electricity to communities in Afikpo North Local Government Area on or before Monday next week. Governor Umahi made the appeal at Government House Abakaliki when the management and board of the EEDC... Read more
The Nigerian Army on Thursday sought to partner with the Ebonyi State Government in area of agriculture to achieve collective gains. The Chief Transformation/Innovation Officer of the Army, Maj. Gen. Edward Nze, disclosed this when he led a delegation from the Army headquarters in Abuja on a courtesy visit ... Read more
Political prisoners and the call for Biafra
Opinion October 24, 2015
By Olufemi Olu-Kayode I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny. The right of self-determination is... Read more
