–Blank News Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: AS a diplomatic reporter, most of my work is among the diplomatic community. Having covered the foreign Missions in Nigeria for over 10 year now, I can say authoritatively that Indonesians are full of hospitality….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE fourth Abuja Literary and Arts Festival [ALitFest21] presented by the Abuja Literary Society [ALS] is set to take from 25th September to 2nd October 2021.Now in its fourth year, ALitFest21 has become a landmark…
ODOGU ISELEGU(FOR WOLE SOYINKA AT 87) At eight seven, your roadIs full of sacrifices on the bankOf a suffocating stifling river. And the vapour of vanityShy away from your blinding presenceLike the leaves of Itikoti shrine. Daring deity of duelsBorn into clamorous…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has felicitated with Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa on his 62nd birthday anniversary. Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Osita BIOSE: TWO indices that can easily draw attention to any rustic environment are its human and natural resources. Humans who are gifted to turn around things, turning the impossible to adorable features in their localities are…
✓✓Organizer Sets Over One Million Naira For Traditional Dancing Competition Winners -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): As the Peace General, Icon of Niger Delta and Freedom Fighter, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo AKA Tompolo, the Ibe Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, marks his Golden…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA):: HON. Anthony Elekeokwuri, is the member representing Ika North-East Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly. On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, he will be among those to discuss the topic, “Effective Tax Administration For The Delivery Of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): FEW hours to the 2021 edition of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture, the Maris Trust Council has revealed the reason behind the choice of the Holy Week as the date for the annual Lecture. Speaking when he unveiled…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKORUWE: A book written by Comrade Utoware G.O Udumubrai on the ‘History of Isoko Nation in the Niger Delta’ at the weekend, was unveiled and presented to the public at the National secretariat of Isoko Development…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO/ North-East Bureau: Gashaka Gumti National Park, the nation’s largest park has received a boost with a donation of accessories from Africa Nature Investors. The park, which is located in Taraba and Adamawa states, and hosting…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Sunny A. DAVID (Editor S’East Bureau): In the spirit of giving and motherly love, the wife of Atani Monarch, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Odua Nwanyi Ngoddy organized a Christmas get- together for the children…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By AZUA ALONU: When we told our English teacher, we were going to put on stage J.P Clark’s Play. Ozidi, he said: You will murder the play. Our dramatic society in our estimation very virile, we were…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The early hours annual, ritual rainfall of June 1 may have unknowingly announced his passage to greater glory. It heralded a sad news. Majekodunmi Fasheke, known by his stage name Majek Fashek or the rainmaker…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A CBS series based on Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer novels and helmed by David E. Kelley, of The Practice and Ally McBeal fame, was to begin production – as in, fully-invested cast and crew ready to proceed – on Monday, March 16 of this…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Pastor Joseph Obaro IKUPA: Born 54 years ago to Urhobo parents from Ughievwen kingdom in Ughelli South LGA of present day Delta State, Rev. Ejiroghene Francis Waive is a man among men. From a humble beginning he…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Oyolo KIGHO: QUOTATION: “If there are any who desire to be strangers in their own country, foreigners in their own Cities and always children in knowledge; let them Please themselves, I write not for such humours”. …
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKOEUWE: The people of Uzere in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, came together in love and unity to celebrate the annual Uzere fishing festival at Lake Aze to commemorate the final peace that…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Patrick OCHEI: The veteran journalist and Chairman, Board of Delta Broadcasting Service, DBS Asaba, Comrade Felix Ofou has been showered with encomiums by friends and staff of DBS to celebrate his birthday. The man, Ofou, born on…
SHADOWS AND NOTHINGS(A Review) As a journalist, I have had cause to review a number of books. And I must confess, reviewing this particular book was not a task but an admirable pleasure. Maybe because I have an unbreakable bond with fiction….
… As London Based Promoter Gives Reasons For Shift In Date -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Patrick OCHEI: The oldest Igbo performing musician alive and Ekpili music crooner, Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka will be celebrating his 60 years anniversary on stage come…
-Blank NEWS Online (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) – From Albert OGRAKA: Award-winning Argentinian restaurant, Gaucho Dubai, has gone all out this Valentine’s Day to one very special wedding proposal. The stylish restaurant located in Dubai’s DIFC, is offering a their “Diamond Dining”…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) BOOK REVIEWER; NKECHI MADUEMEZIA Shadows of pain Shadows of gain Shadows of despair Shadows of repair Shadows and nothings Shadows of love Shadows of hate Shadows of today Shadows of yester years Shadows and nothings Shadows I see…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: Hotel De Pearl located at Okpavie community in Oleh kingdom, Isoko South South local government area, has been commissioned by HRM Anthony William Ovrawah Omogha 1, the Odiologbo of Oleh kingdom and chairman Isoko traditional…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Michael Ekokoruwe: The Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, Hon. Eta Enahoro, Managing Director Skywards Resources limited, Hon. Joel- Onowakpor Thomas, Chief executive officer, Elomas group of companies and others have officially launched a…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The people of Ibrede community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State has at last selected one of their own, Mr Aruhor Gregory as the new Odio-Ologbo of Ibrede Community. Mr Aruhor Gregory from Edi family…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, has felicitated with former Nigeria Military President and head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR, on the occasion of his 78th birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory message signed personally…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: DANTINATO GOLD RESORT LTD, a World Class Hotel has been officially commissioned by His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Gcfr, former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria at Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State. Speaking at the…
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is billed to commission the multi-million naira world class hotel, DANTINAJO GOLD RESORT LTD at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State on 18th May, 2019. According to the Chief…
The devastating fire in Paris occurred during Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Christian calendar. By Carol Kuruvilla Parisians and onlookers around the world reacted in horror Monday as a fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral. Parisians and onlookers around the world…
-By Azua ALONU: Do you think we are enveloped by what professor Wole Soynika called a cloud of sadness by the death of our loving Icon. No. Certainly not at the ripe age of ninety seven when he has emptied himself into…
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the 14th edition of Sharjah Biennial (SB14) commenced on Thursday at the Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Art Spaces in Al Mureijah. SB14, held this year under the title ‘Leaving…
BOOK REVIEWER; NKECHI MADUEMEZIA O the pen that keep my thoughts open And is the screen to all that happens Whether awake or asleep O the pen that knocks at docks That deep into sea depths Of known and unknown O the…
The Songs You Sang For IKEOGU OKE 1967 – 2018 Ikeogu died The epitaph he wrote stole our prophesy Of agelessness and ripen longevity Did the spirits tell him of his departure And he could not negoiate his stay? How early it…
-By Nosa Omorodion: Joseph Nwamana’s plays, Ezeh Ojeh and The Great Flood have a unique feature of setting and style. These are styles he seems to have adopted in all his plays so far as they are first noticed in his first…
Grosvenor House’s award-winning Pan-Latin experience – Toro Toro – celebrates the future with a venue and menu revamp Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai’s most influential Pan-Latin Restaurant, Lounge and Bar – Toro Toro – unveils a refreshed approach and a glamourous refurb…
The first property from progressive new hotel brand, SALT, will open in Mauritius on 1 November 2018 Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Newly launched hotel brand, SALT, today announces its first property, the 59-key SALT of Palmar that will open on the east…
The Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on DESOPADEC Matters, Chief Prosper Iwoma Edo MIIPS, has congratulated the Ovie of Igbide Kingdom, HRM Obukeni 1, on His 44th Coronation Anniversary on the throne. In a congratulatory message to HRM Obukeni…
The Ugoani of Okpanam Kingdom in Oshimili North Local Government Council of Delta State, HRM Michael Mbanefo Ogbolu, has approved the conferment of the chieftaincy title, Enyi 1 of Okpanam Kingdom, on the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah. A…
There are a lot of actors who could play 007 once Daniel Craig retires from the role he despises: Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender (even though he’s Irish), Tom Hiddleston (of Hiddleswift fame), David Oyelowo (who actually voices the character in the audiobooks). Hell, even controversially-mustached human…
Nigerian reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died, sources close to the musician said, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He was 60 years old. Kimono was said to have taken ill on Saturday on his way to the US. Friends rushed him…
