Category: Society and Culture

We were all pensive and full of rage as Mrs. Nwadinume Ukandu was being buried with none of her two children in attendance. Her relations had decided to arrange a...

Abimbola Oyeyemi, a frustrated woman who allegedly killed her son at her family house in Ado Odo/Ota LGA of Ogun state has been arrested. (more…)

My people had nothing like chieftaincy title or a "chief" or anybody so designated before 1900s when the expeditionary Major Moorehouse arrived Nnewi after conquering most of the Igbo mainlands....

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively about the notion and importance of...

We’ve been seeing many parenting fails on different social media sites. Though some are quite hilarious and forgivable, some crossed the line to the extent of abusing a child. Recently,...

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the governor of Ogun state, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and federal and state lawmakers are among the top dignitaries expected at this year’s Oronna Ilaro Festival with the...

The Longman dictionary of contemporary English defined extinction as ‘’when a type of person, custom, language stops existing’’. Examples of extinct languages in Nigeria includes (a) Ajawa; formerly spoken in...

Enugu — Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Enugu State police command, have arrested one Uchenna Ikwuegbu who was allegedly on the verge of launching a robbery attack on...

People tend to remember and describe things in positive terms, even when the reality doesn’t justify it. Psychologists call it the Pollyanna principle, and according to one hypothesis, this “positivity...