Anambra Airport: Time for indigenous transporters to key into development
ONLY incorrigible cynics may find it difficult to attest to the enormous history that was made last Friday in the Anambra Airport...
First flight at Anambra Airport tomorrow
According to the Anambra State Governor, Dr Willie Obiano, the decision to start the project, taken only two years to the end...
Mass WASSCE failure: Why now?
THE general performance of candidates that sat for 2020/2021 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria depicts anything but...
Ebubeagu, initiative in ripe time
GOVERNORS of the South-East, Nigeria, during their last Security Summit with heads of security agencies in the zone, on Sunday, decided to ...
Amid festivities; don’t disregard COVID-19 safety measures
OVERTIME, events have continued to shape societal norms, restructure tendencies and force adaptations to realities of the time irrespective of divergent beliefs...
Security… more than just govt’s business
SOME weeks ago, Anambra State and other parts of the Southeast Zone witnessed various attacks targeted at security personnel and public facilities...
Anambra’s ban of unauthorised tinted glasses, hooded number plates in vehicles, timely
THE ban on use of tinted glasses and hooded vehicle number plates in Anambra, announced last Sunday, by Governor Willie Obiano has...
Seven years of multi-sectoral transformation of Anambra
NO MATTER how anyone takes it, an irreversible transformation on all sectors has been going on in Anambra State since March 17,...
Need to clear drainage before the rains come
IN EITHER days or weeks, the rains will return but our sewage are blocked, unfit for the deluge of flood expected as...
Observing COVID-19 protocols while waiting for vaccines…in Africa’s interest
RECENTLY, global COVID-19 pandemic challenges took a further stretch with different variants spreading across many countries.
UNITED Nations,...
Reducing fire incidents in Anambra
COMMISSIONING of 120 new fire fighters in Anambra by Governor Willie Obiano, Wednesday, couldn't have come at a better time given the...
Ohaneze Ndigbo and new template for socio-cultural, economic renaissance
IT MAY be apposite to asseverate that the election of new leadership to pilot the affairs of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation...
Worry over schools resumption amid COVID-19 resurgence
NIGERIAN pupils in public schools were out of school for many months last year, so were their counterparts in many countries. The...
Yuletide amid COVD-19: Need for circumspection while celebrating
CHRISTMAS has always offered opportunities for people to reunite, mingle, bubble and party in churches, marriage ceremonies, launchings and other social events....
Ensuring safety on roads this Yuletide
ROAD safety is all about putting measures in place to avoid or reduce the risk of road traffic mishaps, injuries and deaths....
Remembering Odumegwu Ojukwu, reformer, revolutionary
HIS was an enigma of sort. His name sparks instant contention whenever mentioned in national discourse. While he lived and died as...
Insurgency, Nigeria’s threat to food security
THE spate of killings in Nigeria has in recent time become worrisomely high. Despite gallant efforts of Nigeria’s security agencies, especially, the...
Making Presidential team’s dialogue with geo-political zones worthwhile
SAYING that the Nigerian nation is facing very challenging times is merely stating the obvious. The auguries are increasingly being manifested in...
FG, ASUU impasse: Time to sheath the sword
THERE is no doubt that Nigeria’s tertiary education is seriously under threat. The impasse in negotiations between the federal government and the...
Saving the Police to save Nigeria
THAT Nigeria is in dilemma is just stating the obvious going by the aftermath of the #EndSARS nation-wide protests. The Nigeria Police ...
Creative manufacturing, handmade sector can craft post-COVID-19 future
THE COVID-19 pandemic has had a mixed effect on consumption. Some categories and distribution channels for “essential goods and services” – from...
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding father, Last leader of Africa’s liberation era, dies at 97
KENNETH Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died at...
Researchers train bees to smell coronavirus
RESEARCHERS at Start-up InsectSense and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research have trained bees to extend their tongues when they smell the coronavirus. The coronavirus,...
New app tracks human mobility and COVID-19
TO UNDERSTAND just how COVID-19 affected human movement on a global scale, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department...
Tobacco kills 146m Africans yearly – WHO
...Says one in 100 global deaths is by suicide
WORLD Health Organisation has revealed that no fewer than 146...
