Each year growing number of our African American brothers and sisters are reclaiming their Igbo heritage, thanks to the incredible DNA project by our sister Ada Naja Chinyere Njoku and her group. Chinyere has traced her heritage back to Ala Igbo, and several years ago was reunited back with her Igbo family through an incredible […]
Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State on Monday said the planned construction of a cargo airport in Lafia would add value to the economic well-being and revenue base of the state. Almakura said while receiving the panel on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) from the Federal Ministry of Environment in Lafia, that the project was not […]
Akuma-Kalu Njoku, Ph.D., a diligent and soft-spoken man, is a Professor of Folklore Studies and Anthropology. In many ways, Prof. Njoku’s intimate insights and unique knowledge of Igbo ethno-folkflores and tradition –especially the historical foundations and sites of the Arochukwu/Ohafia/Bende region of the Igbo nation, have set him part, in my view, as the major resource […]
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied allegation that substantial part of the $1 billion China-Exim Bank loan obtained for the Kano-Lagos rail project was diverted under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Bashar, had last week, according to the […]
The Federal Capital City Administration, FCTA, has revealed that the ongoing multi-billion Naira Abuja Light Rail Project, is 67 per cent completed. This was disclosed at the special media parley organized at the weekend by the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Obinna Chukwu. Chukwu said the Lots 1A and 3 of the project stretching from kilometer […]
The Lagos state government has once again shifted the completion date for the Blue Rail from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko on the Lagos Badagry Expressway to next year. The project, which was started in 2006 by former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is yet to be completed 9 years after. Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, […]
