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NCDMB targets building smart learning centres until the last out-of-school children have been reached

NCDMB targets building smart learning centres until the last out-of-school children have been reached

In a landmark move to address the educational needs of Nigeria’s out-of-school children, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
Yesterday & Today: What led the Irish Reverend Father Shanahan to become Anambra Ìgbos’ favourite priest?

Yesterday & Today: What led the Irish Reverend Father Shanahan to become Anambra Ìgbos’ favourite priest?

Before Christian identities came to become part of daily life in present southeastern Nigeria, polytheist feelings guided every thought until…
Prostituting and roadside hawking getting a tighter room in Lagos’s T.H.E.M.E.S crop of future milestones

Prostituting and roadside hawking getting a tighter room in Lagos’s T.H.E.M.E.S crop of future milestones

After setting the blueprint for the future years with the T.H.E.M.E.S agenda Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu set out starting his journey…
October 1 in Nigeria is christened National Survival Day, not independence

October 1 in Nigeria is christened National Survival Day, not independence

Marking Nigeria’s 64th independence day anniversary on 1 October 2024, there was a feeling that the journey as a country…
Can Bobrisky survive a lawyer-voodoo-priest super force trying to prove he bribed EFCC?

Can Bobrisky survive a lawyer-voodoo-priest super force trying to prove he bribed EFCC?

It was Martins Otse, a blogger known on socials as VeryDarkMan, or VDM for short, who had alleged that the…
Will the Nigerian rail service shake off a stench of ruin coming shortly after 1898 birth?

Will the Nigerian rail service shake off a stench of ruin coming shortly after 1898 birth?

As Nigeria stands on the cusp of celebrating 64 years of independence, the iron tracks that once symbolised progress now…
How thick is the shell that keeps the Nok culture all covered up and unknown?

How thick is the shell that keeps the Nok culture all covered up and unknown?

Maybe the Nok culture will never lose its air of mystery but it should not be ruled out that future…
A bystander’s view of the 1945 Nigerian general strike

A bystander’s view of the 1945 Nigerian general strike

As World War II ended in 1945, a significant chapter in Nigeria’s history began to unfold. The year marked the…
The Battle of Adwa: Inspiration for Nigeria’s Independence all the way from Ethiopia

The Battle of Adwa: Inspiration for Nigeria’s Independence all the way from Ethiopia

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria celebrated its independence from British colonial rule, marking the culmination of decades of nationalist efforts…
What’s Wole Soyinka’s best drink to sleep or work?

What’s Wole Soyinka’s best drink to sleep or work?

The only Nigerian and the first black African to win a Nobel Prize in Literature Prof. Wole Soyinka has been…
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