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By: IRABOR CHIJIOKE  Igbo which is  occupied by the Easterners in Eastern Region, has been in existence over more than 3000 years  ago.. Before the Creation of Nigeria and has two Kingdoms Such as Aro and Nri Communities.. An Infographic will be used to give a vivid picture of how they came to being.. Finally, it is necessary to note that the Igbo's are very industrious and Socio-Economically advanced in their Enterprise in fast-tracking human capital development...

M.O.K Abiola  By John F. Berry August 17, 1980 International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. has made questionable payments of millions of dollars beginning in 1975 and continuing into this year to gain huge telecommunications sales contracts in Nigeria, according to ITT sources. Central to the Nigerian payments is a politically powerful businessman named Alhaji Chief M.K.O. Abiola, who, sources say, has received large payments and has distributed some of the funds to Nigerian government officials. By all accounts, including those of a senior ITT official in an on-the-record statement, Abiola has been paid lavishly to represent ITT interests in Nigeria. ITT officials say the payments to Abiola have been salary and commissions which, they say, are perfectly proper because of Abiola's role as a business partner with ITT in Nigeria. Abiola, who will be 43 later this month, has the title of chairman of ITT Nigeria and owns about 40 percent of the subsidiary in his company according to IT...

By:International News agency : : The Catholic Church has launched an investigation after two nuns became pregnant while carrying out missionary work in Africa. The two women have not been named but they are both reported to originally be from Africa and now belong to two different orders in Sicily. The pair were posted to their home continent as part of their charity mission, but upon returning home they discovered they were pregnant, despite having taken a vow of chastity. One of the women, aged 34, discovered her pregnancy when she went to hospital with stomach pain, Italian news agency ANSA reports. She is believed to belong to a convent in Militello, Sicily, but the 34-year-old has now moved to Palermo to prepare for the birth of her baby. It is thought she may choose to give up her monastic life and focus on raising her child. Salvatore Riotta, the mayor of Militello, said the news of the nun’s pregnancy left the village “shocked,” adding it “should have been kept quiet.” The se...

The catalog of coarseness – especially among our youth – is exhaustive. We may not be paying attention because of the struggle to survive, but pornography is rising rapidly. The concept of childhood innocence is gradually slipping through our fingers. In entertainment, crudeness often substitutes for creativity. Most of us still frown upon incest, the sexual abuse of children, and public inferences to sexual acts. Yet even these are not universal convictions; search any of these issues online, and one will find that each is advocated by a surprisingly large and articulate collation of persons and groups. Parents shouldn’t be surprised that their children are already aware of these issues. Are you also aware that public shame is no longer as strong as it used to be in the past? To the discerning Nigerian, these things are not just troubling but deeply painful. The statistics on divorce, cohabitation, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, addiction to drugs or alcohol, etc. are indispu...

Politics: ASABA-THE ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections, in parts of Asaba and its environs is being marred by late arrival of materials.   Our correspondent who is monitoring the exercise in area, reports that the materials were still being sorted out at Uzoigwe Primary school and Ahaba primary school. However, there is a large turnout of voters in the areas visited.  Some voters spoke to newsmen, expressed anxiety over the delay in the commencement of the exercise. There was large turnout of voters at Uzoigwe Primary School, Ward 09 of Oshimili South Local government area, but officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were still sorting materials for distribution to units at about 9am. Commercial buses however stationed at the school waiting to take materials to the polling units.  A voter who identified herself as Ngozi Okolotu, said materials arrived the ward at about 3.00am but INEC officials failed to commence sor...

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced the postponement of the elections in some parts of Lagos, Rivers and Anambra States following disruption of the exercise due to violence.  INEC boss, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Specifically, INEC said elections in Akuku Toru and Bonny local government areas of Rivers state as well as some parts of Anambra and Lagos would be conducted on a later date, saying mostly affected is the contest for the federal legislative seats.  “The commission has received reports of violence and ballot box snatching in some areas leading to the disruption of the process. We have asked the Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs and the Electoral Officials on ground to submit their firsthand reports in relation to some of these incidents.  We are still receiving reports relating to incidences in some states of the federation but we have received reports relating to incidences in Akuku Toru and Bonny local government areas of...

It took Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential candidate and his wife about six minutes to cast their votes in Adamawa.  The former Vice President described the voting as “so far, so good.” He voted about 10 20 am. He said the turn out was impressive and hoped that INEC would be able to cope. He said he looked forward to a smooth transition. Asked whether he would accept the result wherever it swings to he said “I am a democrat”.