Culture & Style

Joseph Irikefe A mass wedding was held for more than 300 widows, divorcees, and indigents at the Gwandu Emirate Palace in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. The mass wedding, which was organised by the Kebbi State government…

Joseph Irikefe Determined to ensure that Igbo language does not go into extinction, some Igbo women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) have designed a programme to promote speaking and writing of Igbo…

Joseph Irikefe   The traditional ruler of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has been sacked as the Chairman of the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The decision was taken at a meeting…

Joseph Irikefe The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council (ASTRC) has criticised Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration following the recent suspension of the traditional ruler of Neni kingdom, HRH Igwe Damian…

Joseph Irikefe   A child rights advocacy group in Bayelsa, DO Foundation, Thursday, condemned the December 26, traditional marriage between a 4-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year- old man at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local…

Maureen Aguta   The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has said that Catholic Churches in the country would not bless same-sex unions. The bishops said the blessing of the same-sex union is against God’s law, the…

Joseph Irikefe Human rights activist and author, comrade Paul Njoku, has urged African Catholic communities to ignore Pope Francis after he formally mandated priests to bless same-sex unions. Recall that a new…

Joseph Irikefge   Three young men have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herders in Ajalli River in the Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. The men, who hail from the Akama Oghe community in the area, were…

Maureen Aguta The Nigerian creative industry has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years.  Today, you have American actors interested in featuring on Nigerian movie screens and we also continue to see more Nigerian music…

Maureen Aguta   Daughter of late Professor Dora Akunyili, Nigeria’s most celebrated director general of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Njideka Akunyili Crosby is currently the most…