The world is fast changing its old garments. Yes, it’s tumbling down and gliding on its head. Agape love is feigned and hate fills the human minds and earth’s dwelling places. Particularly, superpower nations have failed a simple test of love and a harmless co-existence of nations. To weaker nations, the powerful profess to … Read more
OFFICIAL dates marking a ‘100 Day in Office’ of the Edo State government had since elapsed. But, its elected governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, kept receiving torrents of tributes. From the cross-sections of the ‘Heartbeat State’ of the Nigeria’s nation and the widespread, it had been a cascading hailstones of applause for a supplied Okpebholo, … Read more
Few days ago, precisely on Friday 27 December 2024, the much-awaited unveiling ceremony of the bust of Prof Lucy Amadin Osemota (Nee Ogbeide), was done with appreciations and conviviality at Orhuaghide Primary School, in Orhua community, the heartland of Irhue clan of Uhunmwode Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State, Nigeria. Thereby, Orhua, an agrarian … Read more
THE diplomatic mission’s thrusts of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and powerhouse, had been penetrating and eventful. It had endured and metamorphosed on the international relations rungs, sometimes undulating, but motivational enough to have spurred (continue to goad) African countries and black nations of the world, who perceive the country’s pivotal role, in the somewhat … Read more
PRESENTLY, it isn’t well with Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the outgoing governor of the state. It is same with his die-hard followers, the ‘Torgbas’ (a.k.a. 4 + 4 = Ogbane!) mob. Somewhat, it comes to a bad news for they who held onto the yam tuber and the knife. They have fallen out of … Read more
ALTHOUGH it is widely thought to have been outlawed and society now have a sigh of relief, “Female Genital Mutilation” (FGM), is still secretly and defiantly practiced in traditional Nigerian communities. In Edo, a frontline state of Africa’s most populous country, with a sobriquet of “Heartbeat of the Nation”, it is true to its description … Read more
IT was on a Saturday morning when Abuja, Nigeria’s densely populated capital-city, experienced a lull from its noisy activities. Alas, the city is often criticised by its pioneer developers, that it comes short of a ‘serene’ administrative headquarters intended to swap the congestion and slums of Lagos, the nation’s commercial hub, and former capital. Malachite … Read more
‘THE inspiring acts of great men will often remind all to live a life sublime”; A didactic maxim of the Tibetan devoutness would say.. What could be a better inclined appellation for a gentlemanly Prince Goddy Jedy Agba, a blue blood (with no usual airs of royalty), who hailed from the kingdom of Obudu, a … Read more
“Iye no koko omo, kevbe owa gha fiya, ede ‘hia aghaa ye re rhe”, It is a memorable lore of the Great Benin Kingdom of Nigeria which also expresses this world-view translation; that; “A Mother, who fended for her children and husband, as well as for other neighbours, will always be celebrated in her lifetime … Read more