BY TONY EKE THE first hunger protests left regrettable but avoidable tragic trails on Nigeria’s socio-political firmament. Even though a recurrence may be relatively far away, one of the issues thrown up in the course of the demonstrations is the exposure of the underbelly of Nigeria as a country of contradictions. The varied degree of […]
THE Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) on Thursday, visited the University of Delta, Agbor, to rub minds with the authorities of the institution on possible areas of collaboration that will benefit both parties. Receiving the DOPF delegation, led by the Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Enebeli, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Stella Chiemeka, commended the […]
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the appointment of the following qualified Nigerians to serve on the board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund): Special Adviser to the President on (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement obtained by Nigerian Kicker. The Board members are: (1) Alhaji Aminu Masari — […]
BY TONY EKE AN unusual feature of the build-up to the Hunger Protest which began last Thursday 1st August reflected the nature of the protest itself. At its wit’s end, the Federal Government not only dished out veiled threats to the protest planners but also made it seem as though the protest would bring about […]
BY TONY EKE THE creation of the Ministry of Livestock Development by the Tinubu administration may seem purposeful from the conceptual framework yet it’s beguiling in every material classification. As noticeable since his emergence fourteen months ago, there’s something cryptic about the policy initiatives of President Bola Tinubu as a veil lies beneath the potential […]
THE Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) expresses grave concern over the alarming increase in kidnapping incidents and herder attacks in Delta State, particularly Delta Central and Delta North. We call upon the Nigerian Police Force and all relevant security agencies to intensify their efforts in curbing these menaces that threaten the peace and security of […]
In a letter co-signed by the Regent, Prof. Anthony Onuora Edozien MD (Ochendo Asagba) and the Secretary of Asaba Palace, Chief Patrick N. C. Ndili, the Asagba-in-Council wrote: “Our distinguished Senator Prince Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District in Delta State (our Anioma) is in the vanguard for the creation of Anioma State. […]
A torrent of tributes has poured in from different parts of the world as Black Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka clocked 90 years yesterday. Whether in speech or in writing, Soyinka’s attainments both as a writer and activist had received the most profound, commendatory appraisal from a broad spectrum of scholars, the intelligentsia, […]
Minute by minute they live: The stone’s in the midst of all. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. “Easter 1916” by W.B. Yeats BY TONY EKE IN penning the above excerpt of poetic memorial for the Irish martyrs in the Easter Rebellion of 1916, W.B. Yeats, one of the greatest […]
BY TONY EKE NIGERIA is hardly short of a tragic incident at any given time. Outside of the regular casualties in the Northeast and Northwest regions, the latest tragedy involved one of our hapless, young compatriots Miss Glory Adekolure on the outskirts of Benin City, a fortnight ago. The fresh graduate died in one of […]