Nigerian Women Shattering Glass Ceilings?
Many, with the trend of appointments, particularly in the private sector in Nigeria, see women as shattering glass ceilings in their numbers. The past two years have seen Mrs Toki Mabogunje and Hajiya Saratu Iya...
Chukuku: FCT Community Where Frying Of Akara Is Forbidden
Akara (Bean cake) is a popular street snack and staple food in Nigeria and some other African countries. Though its origin is said to be from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, it has found its way...
Benue IDPS: I Don’t Want To Die In Camp, Septuagenarian Cries Out, Says Inmates...
Pa Titus Aondona (not real names) 70, is a father of 14 children from two wives. On a daily basis, he sits in front of a shade at the Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
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...
