Lifestyle Archives - Page 114 of 141

Dec

09

2022

Taraba Campaign: Peter Obi Promises To Bring Prosperity, End Poverty

Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Economy, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has promised to utilise the human and natural resources in Taraba State to bring prosperity to the state and end poverty. Obi, who stated this at the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo on Wednesday in continuation of his nationwide campaign, promised to change the fortunes of the state and Nigeria in general if given the mandate to rule the country come 2023. According to him, “I will make Taraba an economic hub and a tourist centre for Nigeria. The untapped mineral resources and the Mambilla Hydro is enough to transform the…

Dec

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

BBNaija star, JMK called to Nigerian Bar

Entertainment, LifestyleBBNaija, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Nigeria

Big Brother Naija reality show star, Jumoke Zainab Adedoyin, popularly known as JMK, has been called to the Nigerian Bar one year after graduation. The BBNaija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eye’ housemate, On Tuesday, shared the good news in a post on her Instagram page. Posting photos of herself in a black robe and wig, the reality show star described the latest achievement as a testimony that she can become anything she wants to be in life. She wrote, “Being called to the Bar has just proven to me that I can become anything; I can be JMK the reality…

Dec

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

133 million poverty index: Twists, turns as FG, States trade blame

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBusiness, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

The recent report by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that about 133 million Nigerians live in poverty is generating serious controversy, with the Federal and State governors now trading words. Recall that in the early month of November, NBS disclosed that 133 million Nigerians were multi-dimensionally poor, saying that the figure represents 63 percent of the country’s population. The report blamed the country’s rising poverty on poor access to education, living standards, health, employment, and security. It further indicated that 65% of the country’s poor people (86 million) live in the North, whereas 35% (nearly 47 million) live in…

Dec

05

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dr. Chidia Maduekwe to seek approval of Land for siting of Ohafia Center for Igbo Studies.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Lifestyle, News, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Ohafia Improvement Union, Politics

Called "Okpu Agu House" The Ohafia Center for Igbo studies promises to be one of the strategic centers for learning about Igbo cultural heritage, food, and tradition, albeit Africa, a continent whose roots in culture and tradition speak her origin. The unveiling of the masterplan for the beautiful edifice is what converged the Ohafia people at Ssndralia Hotel Abuja on 4th December 2022 in an epic event that saw the gathering of who is who in Ohafia from all works of life and politics. it is on record that the Ohafia War Dance has, in its own right, become a…

Dec

04

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Statistics: Buhari spends 225 days on medical trips, visits 40 countries

Health, Lifestyle, Opinion, PoliticsHealth, Lifestyle, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent at least 225 days away from the country on medical trips since assuming office in 2015, a Sunday PUNCH investigation has uncovered. On February 5, 2016, eight months after assuming office, the President took his first medical trip to London, the United Kingdom, spending six days. Buhari’s second medical trip would follow four months later on June 6, 2016. He spent 10 days treating an undisclosed ear infection after which he rested for three extra days before returning to Abuja on June 19, 2016. On January 19, 2017, the President embarked on his second-longest…