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By Oma Djebah Nigeria is going through a rather rough patch of time. At the heart of the country’s current political challenges is the ill-health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a fact which seems to have emboldened self-serving sections of the political class, reportedly working to drag the Military into politics. An obviously angry Chief of…
May 26, 2017
About 100,000 black GIs were stationed in the UK during the war. Inevitably there were love affairs, but US laws usually prevented black servicemen from marrying. So what happened to the children they fathered? Fiona Clampin met two such children in Dorset, now in their seventies, who have not given up hope of tracing their…
May 21, 2017
Since last week, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the foreign intelligence arm of our nation’s intelligence network, has been in the news for the most annoying, baffling and wrong reasons. The shocking discovery of $43m( about N13bn) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) in a plush Osborne Ikoyi flat, allegedly hidden by the…
April 22, 2017
Professor Felicia Adetowun Ogunsheye, nee Banjo, the first female professor in Nigeria clocks 90years today. She was born on the 5th of December, 1926 in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Her younger brother was the late Colonel Victor Adebukunola Banjo, a hig-ranking officer in the Biafran Army who was later executed by the late…
December 5, 2016
Godwin Obaseki, the new governor of Edo State already has his work cut out but he must leverage on the big ideas hovering around him writes OLAMILEKAN OKEOWO. Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki who is affably called the Investment Grand Master by friends and associates can actually ride the wave of change that…
December 5, 2016
Though the victories of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last two governorship elections in the country have heightened apprehension in the rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, possible contenders for the governorship seat are already emerging, writes JOHN OGHOJAFOR, The New Diplomat’s South-South Bureau Chief. If the victory of the…
December 5, 2016
In August this year, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, inaugurated a committee to probe the administration of the past governor of the state, Jonah Jang, who is now a senator. ATANG IZANG writes on the findings so far and the obstacles thrown in the path of the panel. Perhaps the most trending…
December 5, 2016
Born on November 23, 1949, Helen Esuene is the twelfth child of the family. Named after the famed Helen of Troy, Helen grew up with exceptional beauty and intellect. However, though Helen is Greek for “Bright One” her parents fondly called her “Glory”. Helen distinguished herself right from the primary and secondary school,…
December 5, 2016
Mr. Ben Rowland Igbakpa is a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly where he represented Ethiope West State Constituency for one tenure of four years. He was thereafter appointed by the erstwhile governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, as Commissioner in his cabinet and was assigned the Ministry of Transport portfolio. …
November 7, 2016
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By Oma Djebah Nigeria is going through a rather rough patch of time. At the heart of the country’s current political challenges is the ill-health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a fact which seems to have emboldened self-serving sections of the political class, reportedly working to drag the Military into politics. An obviously angry Chief of…
May 26, 2017
About 100,000 black GIs were stationed in the UK during the war. Inevitably there were love affairs, but US laws usually prevented black servicemen from marrying. So what happened to the children they fathered? Fiona Clampin met two such children in Dorset, now in their seventies, who have not given up hope of tracing their…
May 21, 2017
Since last week, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the foreign intelligence arm of our nation’s intelligence network, has been in the news for the most annoying, baffling and wrong reasons. The shocking discovery of $43m( about N13bn) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) in a plush Osborne Ikoyi flat, allegedly hidden by the…
April 22, 2017
Professor Felicia Adetowun Ogunsheye, nee Banjo, the first female professor in Nigeria clocks 90years today. She was born on the 5th of December, 1926 in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Her younger brother was the late Colonel Victor Adebukunola Banjo, a hig-ranking officer in the Biafran Army who was later executed by the late…
December 5, 2016
Godwin Obaseki, the new governor of Edo State already has his work cut out but he must leverage on the big ideas hovering around him writes OLAMILEKAN OKEOWO. Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki who is affably called the Investment Grand Master by friends and associates can actually ride the wave of change that…
December 5, 2016
Though the victories of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last two governorship elections in the country have heightened apprehension in the rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, possible contenders for the governorship seat are already emerging, writes JOHN OGHOJAFOR, The New Diplomat’s South-South Bureau Chief. If the victory of the…
December 5, 2016
In August this year, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, inaugurated a committee to probe the administration of the past governor of the state, Jonah Jang, who is now a senator. ATANG IZANG writes on the findings so far and the obstacles thrown in the path of the panel. Perhaps the most trending…
December 5, 2016
Born on November 23, 1949, Helen Esuene is the twelfth child of the family. Named after the famed Helen of Troy, Helen grew up with exceptional beauty and intellect. However, though Helen is Greek for “Bright One” her parents fondly called her “Glory”. Helen distinguished herself right from the primary and secondary school,…
December 5, 2016
Mr. Ben Rowland Igbakpa is a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly where he represented Ethiope West State Constituency for one tenure of four years. He was thereafter appointed by the erstwhile governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, as Commissioner in his cabinet and was assigned the Ministry of Transport portfolio. …
November 7, 2016
