By Prof. Terhemba Wuam According to the historian Jorma Kalela, “Why history?” is more fruitful than the question of “what is history?” The former question is posed because people need knowledge of the past, which they can use as they deem fit as the past is always used in the present. In the United States…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) to seven years imprisonment for money laundering. The court also ordered that the two companies belonging to Nwaoboshi -Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the…
The GoNigeria Initiative has announced the names of young Nigerians who won the top three prizes in the GoNigeria English Rap Challenge. GoNigeria organised the Rap competition to encourages youth participation in the electoral process. In a statement, titled, “Winners emerge in the GoNigeria English Rap Challenge”, the group announced Didam Jonah Duniya, from Kaduna…
