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Paul Biya is well, alive – Cameroonian official

PRESIDENT Paul Biya, 91, is alive, hale and hearty, government sources in Yaoundé said in reaction to the latest rumours about the death of Biya, who has been President since November 1982, when he stepped in after President Ahmadou Ahidjo’s surprise resignation.

October 8, 2024

Opinion·People & Places

Honouring a ‘forgotten genius’: Professor Felix Oragwu at 91, by Ndubuisi Ezeogu

Imagine achieving something so groundbreaking that the world catches up 56 years later, yet your name is barely mentioned. That is the story of Professor Felix Oragwu, a brilliant mind who led Biafra’s Research and Production (RAP) team during the war. At

March 26, 2025

Travel & Tourism

Redemption for ‘Ojukwu Bunker’ as Abia govt moves to retool National War Museum, Umuahia, for tourism

The Abia Government says it will collaborate with the Federal Government to upgrade the National War Museum and Ojukwu Bunker, both in Umuahia, into world-class tourism destinations. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Okey Kanu, who disclosed this at the Government House, Umuahia,

March 18, 2025

News·People & Places

Hostages Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu back in Israel after release by Hamas

Shoham and Mengistu looked frail and thin at handover at Rafah. Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert and Hisham al-Sayed set to be released in Nuseirat, reports Times of Israel (ToI) Released hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu have crossed the

February 22, 2025

People & Places

Just human: I quit private school teaching job because of poor pay, and took to keke tricycle riding, but I still plan to own a private school – UNICAL female graduate

The saying that what a man can do, a woman can do even better, is made manifest in the life of Joy Amarachi Ihezie, a Sociology graduate of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar, Cross River State. After graduating from university Miss

February 13, 2025

Opinion·People & Places

NOTES FROM ATLANTA | Borno man who fought in America’s Civil War in 1860s, by Farooq A. Kperogi

In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, and triumphs of Black Americans. My focus this week is on an intriguing, superbly

February 8, 2025

Opinion·People & Places

Osita Ngwu: Honour to a performing Senator, by Sheddy Ozoene

In early 2022, when Osita Ngwu expressed interest in representing Enugu West constituency in the Senate, many dismissed his aspiration as a pipe dream. Many notable political heavyweights had lined up for the coveted seat after Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was serving

January 28, 2025

Opinion·People & Places

Henry Seriake Dickson, servant of God and man: A birthday tribute, by Steve Nwosu

Dateline, Maitama, Abuja. It was a little past 8pm, Thursday, January 23, 2025. We had just f dinner, and I was standing in the open compound, trying to make a phone call, my back to the front door, when an Editor friend

January 28, 2025

Opinion·People & Places

Trump’s America, still America, their America, by Ikeddy ISIGUZO

AMERICA, as most of us call the United States of America, USA, is a big country with confusions that match its size. The latest is the presidency of Donald Trump, whose face knots delightfully when he issues another threat – it could

January 25, 2025

Opinion·People & Places

William Ruto and abductions in Kenya, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were lucky. Sir Evelyn Baring invented the manual on this form of predation as governor of colonial Kenya for seven years until 1959.

January 20, 2025

People & Places

N.E.S.H. Foundation visits, condoles with Chief Ben I. Okoye, promoter, Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Company Ltd, over mother’s passing

On Thursday, January 3, 2025, Chief Ben I. Okoye (Onwa di ebube Nnewi), and his siblings held the funeral rites, comprised of a burial service and a reception at Umuenem Otolo Nnewi, Anambra State, for their mother, the late Mrs. Mercy Njideka

January 15, 2025

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People & Places

Paul Biya is well, alive – Cameroonian official

Honouring a ‘forgotten genius’: Professor Felix Oragwu at 91, by Ndubuisi Ezeogu

Redemption for ‘Ojukwu Bunker’ as Abia govt moves to retool National War Museum, Umuahia, for tourism

Hostages Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu back in Israel after release by Hamas

Just human: I quit private school teaching job because of poor pay, and took to keke tricycle riding, but I still plan to own a private school – UNICAL female graduate

NOTES FROM ATLANTA | Borno man who fought in America’s Civil War in 1860s, by Farooq A. Kperogi

Osita Ngwu: Honour to a performing Senator, by Sheddy Ozoene

Henry Seriake Dickson, servant of God and man: A birthday tribute, by Steve Nwosu

Trump’s America, still America, their America, by Ikeddy ISIGUZO

William Ruto and abductions in Kenya, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

N.E.S.H. Foundation visits, condoles with Chief Ben I. Okoye, promoter, Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Company Ltd, over mother’s passing

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