Relatives, officials fly to Singapore to bring Mugabe home

In this file photo taken on December 13, 2007 Zimbabwe’s then President Robert Mugabe gestures at a ZANU-PF extraordinary congress in Harare. – Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced September 6, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Joe / AFP) Close relatives and government officials flew […]

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How correct are some popular beliefs? – 9

Conclusion By Samueli In conclusion, please permit me to share with you a quotation from the work In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message: “…He who absorbs a wrong interpretation of God and His Creation, and does not exert himself to grasp It more purely, has not absorbed It at all. Indeed, it is far worse, for […]

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Tribunal nullifies Orji Kalu’s election, orders fresh poll

The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days in eight wards in Arochukwu Local Government Area and several polling units in Ohafia and Isukwuato LGAs where votes were cancelled during senatorial election in Abia North […]

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Anambra approves extra N10, 000 monthly for NYSC members serving in rural areas

Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Monday said corps members deployed to rural areas of the state would be paid N10,000 monthly each. He stated this while declaring close the 2019 Batch ‘B’ stream two orientation course at the Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the State. He said the NYSC permanent orientation camp […]

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I can convert Nigeria’s gas flaring to electricity, replace kerosene with biofuel -Aneke

Last Thursday, Nigerian-born Dr Mathew Aneke won the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Science, alongside a Chinese researcher, Wang Meihong, for their works on carbon capture, utilization, and biomass gasification and energy storage for power generation. Aneke, an indigene of Enugu State and a Chartered Energy Engineer, who works at the University of Sheffield’s Department of […]

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Ogunoye crowned 32nd Olowo of Owo

Akeredolu optimistic reign would foster peace Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye was yesterday crowned as the 32nd Olowo of Owo amid jubilation by his kinsmen, even as his topmost kinsman in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, expressed optimism that the reign of the new monarch would strengthen the existing peace in the ancient community. At […]

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UNIMED pioneer students complete programme amid celebrations

Palpable joy was felt at the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo as pioneer students of the University ended their academic programme barely four years since the establishment of the university. The 400 level students from Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology departments decked in white T-Shirts came out of the examination hall in a festive mood […]

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How correct are some popular beliefs? – 8

“My belief is the only right one!” By Samueli A few years ago, two colleagues of mine, one of them a clergyman, admitted in conversation that some aspects of the faith they both adhered to do not make sense when considered rationally. They however maintained that they would continue to follow their faith regardless!  All they […]

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Colleagues appeal for release of abducted Ondo professor

Colleagues of abducted professor at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Prof Gideon Okedoye, have appealed to government and police authorities to fast track action and ensure an unconditional release of the don. A statement by the institution’s Joint Action Committee, JAC, aasigned by Comrade Dayo Temola said: “With utmost shock and […]

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