It depends on what you mean by biggest. The tallest tree is a coast redwood (sequoia sempervirens) at 115m (379ft) tall, but that with the largest volume is the giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum), which has a more substantial trunk; the tre...
When the history of the national strike, street protests and rallies that followed the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government on January 1, 2012, will be written, the name of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State will feature prominently. T...
One man that was least expected to attend the meeting of traditional rulers in Imo State, which held on January 11, 2012, at the prestigious Imo Concorde Hotel, was the embattled traditional ruler of Obinugwu Kingdom and former chairman of the state co...
A Magistrates’ Court in Enugu, yesterday, granted bail to the Enugu Labour leader, Mr Ozoeze Festus who was arrested and detained last week for allegedly attempting to breach peace. Uzoeze was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bord...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has decried the deployment of armed troops to the streets of Lagos, describing it as undemocratic. The party, in a statement in Lagos, yesterday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that ...
The South East caucus of the House of Representatives has urged traditional rulers, religious leaders, civil society groups, zonal caucuses of the House of Representatives and other stakeholders to stop targeted killings of Ndigbo in the northern part ...
The Bauchi State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has expressed dismay over the sudden suspension of the nationwide strike against the removal of fuel subsidy describing it as an embarrassment. The state Labour chairman,...
President of the National Council of Women Societies in Nigeria, Chief Nkechi Okenmiri-Mba, yesterday, described the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Oujkwu as a brave and intelligent leader who was willing to accommodate anybody regardless ...
Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that “failed politicians- turned -overnight comrades are the ones worsening the problem of Nigeria, despite the efforts of the present administration to address them.” Obi, in an evening broad...
The emergency sitting conveyed by the House of Representatives members on Sunday, January 8, 2012 continues to dominate public debates. The subsequent dismissal of the motion of the House by President Goodluck Jonathan and his kitchen cabinet hav...
Senator Emmanuel Paulker is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream). In this interview with journalists, he explains why reforms in the oil sector are slow. He also spoke on the controversy surrounding the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) a...
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE APPEAL COURT VERDICT WHICH WAS IN YOUR FAVOUR? It is another victory that goes a long way to demonstrate that this is election made by God and whoever is fighting this election is simply fighting God. This victory is not mi...
I remember vividly the NITEL field workers who were king in my neighbourhood, as they were in other places serviced by NITEL. They were courted by hapless customers who were hostage to the monopoly services of the government-run telecommunications comp...
Prof Turner Timinipre Isoun, was Minister of Science and Technology. He is currently the chairman of Niger Delta Wet Lands Centre as well as Nigeria Communication Satellite, NICOMSAT. Iin this interview with journalists in Abuja, he expressed optimism ...
He calls himself King Samuel Oluwafemi aka Opalemo. A Nigerian gospel artiste from Ilaro, in Ogun State. The artiste who is also into the business of clearing and forwarding spoke to AJIBADE ALABI in Lagos, on his life as gospel artiste. You intr...