How Mockery Spurred Charity Ubia, an Akwa Ibom Girl to Aim for Excellence
She was a typical local girl in the university and her classmates made jest of everything about her including her tatty dressing and her fantasy of becoming an anchor for the broadcast giant, the...
Uko Akpan: The Eclipse Of An Iconic Bard
For the very proud people of old Abak Division in Akwa Ibom State the finality of death is a very painful reality. Otherwise, with the passage of Chief Uko Akpan, the iconic traditional musician...
Pilots Making In-flight Errors Say Pandemic Makes Them ‘Rusty’
A pilot preparing to pull a passenger jet away from an airport gate forgot to disengage the parking brake, damaging a part of a towing vehicle that was trying to pull the plane to...
Traditional Surrogacy: Who Owns The Child?
Surrogate motherhood refers to a situation whereby a third party female is commissioned to carry a pregnancy on behalf of another couple, delivers a baby and hands the child over to the commissioning parents...
COVID-19 Second Wave: Why Cases Are Spiking Despite Awareness
The global community has been hit hard in an unprecedented way by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nigeria and Nigerians have not been spared. Sadly, this is in spite of the tremendous efforts being made...
AfCFTA: Examining Nigeria’s Steps Toward One Africa Market
As African Union (AU) member countries start the ‘One African Market’ on January 1, 2021 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria stands at the threshold of being able to maximise the trade...
SPECIAL FEATURES: Christmas: Residents Groan As Prices Of Commodities Rise In Benue
As the Christmas and New year celebrations approach, Benue state residents have begun to groan over the rising prices of food commodities in the stores and markets across the state. Residents who spoke to The Next Edition...
Human Security Dimension Of COVID-19 Pandemic
In December 2019, a new class of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (later renamed COVID-19) Pandemic came like a thunderbolt to the whole world, as nobody saw it coming, not with spying satellites in the...
Stakeholders Pick Holes In Osinbajo’s Stance On Orientation Camping For NYSC Members
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s recent Economic Sustainability Committee report suggested that all camps where the National Youth Service Youth Corps (NYSC) orientation exercises are usually undertaken should be closed for 24 months because of the...
Gregory University Set For Mid-Semester E-Tests
Following the successes recorded on the ongoing online lectures of the Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, the institution has concluded arrangements for the conduct of a mid-semester e-tests for students. According to a release...
EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19: Amidst Global Scarcity, Aba Artisans Set to Break Record in PPE Production
When necessity is the mother of invention As the global scarcity of personal protective equipment (PPE) deepens amidst the spiraling cases of COVID-19 infection, respite is coming to Nigeria, the NEXT EDITION can authoritatively report...
Stakeholders Proffer Solution To Challenges In Education Sector
Education stakeholders under the auspices of Concerned Parents and Educators (CPE), met in Lagos on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 to find solutions to problems in the education sector. Tagged ‘Save Education In Nigeria Dialogue’ the...
SPECIAL REPORT: Pindar, the Chibok Boy Who Wants To Be Medical Doctor
While the world seems to have moved on after the initial shock that greeted the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State in April 2014, there are still many yet to overcome...
