Over 100 property owners in Lafiaji community, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, are planning legal action against the Federal Government as they are being issued demolition notices to evacuate their properties for the Lagos- Calabar Highway construction. This was made known in a statement titled, ‘Being the text of a press conference addressed…
Kathleen Dehmlow Kathleen Dehmlow (Schunk) was born on March 19, 1938 to Joseph and Gertrude Schunk of Wabasso.She married Dennis Dehmlow atSt. Anne’s in Wabasso in 1957 and had two children Gina and Jay. In 1962 she became pregnant by her husband’s brother Lyle Dehmlow and moved to California.She abandoned her children, Gina and Jay…
The Ibadan International Film Festival (IIFF) has officially announced the selections for its third edition, set to take place in September 2024. This year’s festival has garnered significant attention, receiving over 3,000 submissions from more than 150 countries, showcasing the growing global interest in film and storytelling. Highlights of the Festival The IIFF aims to…
In case you slept through the entire week, here’s a summary of what happened around the world. The Democratic National Convention had a carnival of sorts and a coronation most unexpected as Biden passed the torch all be it, a little bit reluctantly. Events have come to prove that he made the right decision for…
We live in difficult times. We also live in fearful times. Hunger stalks the land. Inflation stings. Everywhere you look, you see people wearing long faces. The land is green. The sun blazes forth in its majestic glory everyday. The heavens give off their dew and rain, but there is no food in the land….
As the abduction of citizens of various social statuses continues unabated across Nigeria, security agencies find themselves grappling with an escalating threat that seems to belittle their achievement, writes ISMAEEL UTHMAN From schoolchildren to VIPs, no one is safe from the pervasive menace of kidnapping ravaging the entire length and breadth of the country. Despite…
Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention was quite packed. They had Bill Clinton, they had Oprah Winfrey and they had the Vice Presidential candidate, Tim Walz who came on sprightly to accept his Party’s nomination. Ever the teacher and coach, he could not help but wrap up his speech with a football analogy. Here…
After a 4-day trip to the Middle East in a desperate attempt to broker a Ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Antony Blinken has come up empty. Once again, like many times in the past, in a curious irony of events, the side that’s stronger wants peace. The weaker, and more vulnerable side demurs. It’s hard…
A big revelation for Day 2 came in the form of Stephanie Grisham. She was Communications Director for Trump and a very close aide to Melania. There’s a story I’d like to tell before I continue. There’s an anecdote about a Pharaoh who became a tyrant. When he was asked why he became a tyrant,…
The Democratic National Convention begins tonight in the great city of Chicago. 56 years ago, the Democratic Convention held in the same city in 1968 against the backdrop of the Vietnam war as American boys and girls were being sent abroad to give their lives for a cause that the nation could not define. Martin…
