As lovers of peace across the world mourn the glorious transition of Pope Francis, and await the emergence of his successor, the Guild of Interfaith Media Practitioners (GIMP) Nigeria has acknowledged the late Pontiff as a champion of interfaith tolerance and global peace. In a press statement by the Secretary of Trustees/Governing Board of the Guild, Mr. Samuel Egburonu, Pope …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has said that his administration is working hard to ensure a crime-free state by providing adequate security for the people and investors, as one of its five solution agenda. Soludo asserted that, while delivering on the state’s five key agenda which revolves around Security, Law and Order; Infrastructure and Economic Transformation; Human Capital …

Comrade Garba Muhammad, a leading aspirant for the post of National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has appealed to other aspirants and members of the union to eschew rancour and work together for the progress and unity of the Union, especially the forth- coming Triennial Delegate Conference. In his Eid Maulud message,he charged all to, in the …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbass has urged Nigerians on the streets to suspend the ongoing nationwide protests, saying top officials of the government are currently discussing the issues affecting the country. In a statement signed on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Kirishi, Abbas said he has since reported the grievances and …

This was the question a friend of mine in his late 20s asked me when we woke up on April 14 to the news that Iran had launched over 300 drones and missiles towards Israel. Apart from video war games, the young man has not seen any wars. Nigeria’s civil war ended nearly two and a half decades before he was …