DIVESTMENT WAS IN OUR BEST INTEREST FOR VALUE RETENTION IN-COUNTRY — SEN LOKPOBIRI. The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Ph.D, has reaffirmed that divestment is a vital component of the energy business. When strategically executed, he said, it delivers measurable benefits to Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. He emphasized…
UNMASKING GLOBAL CONTROL AGENDAS There have been a lot of things going on that many are not aware of, and i think it’s time i start opening the eyes of the people a bit to how they are secretly concluding the plans to control you, to get you—and guess what? Forever. This is not a…
Prof Roko’s Death: Ordeals of Academics in Nigeria Amidst thousands of unread WhatsApp messages, with more flowing in as Sallah day, Friday, June 6, 2025, progresses, I noticed an unusually lengthy message sent to my direct message (DM) by a well-respected senior professor; I couldn’t help but pay attention to it. It was a message…
Bayelsa Agog as Gov Diri Leads Gusau, Dikko, Olapade and other Dignitaries to Prosperity Cup Final. The crème de la crème of Nigeria football and stakeholders in the sports sector will converge on Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital for the final of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football spectacle, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity…
Sanwo-Olu debunks rift with Tinubu, says it’s a father-and-son relationship Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dismissed rumours suggesting there is any rift between him and President Bola Tinubu. Last week, speculations spread online about a possible strain in their relationship after the President appeared to have snubbed Sanwo-Olu during the inauguration of Phase 1…
Ojude-Oba 2025: Tinubu pledges to harness culture for economic growth, national growth The Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, has reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to position Nigeria as the foremost black nation in the world. Speaking at the 2025 edition of the Ojude-Oba festival held at the Awujale Pavilion in Ijebu…
Healing Nigeria in the spirit of Adha, by Hassan Gimba This article was published on July 26, 2021, after the Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Kabir of that year. It remains relevant and vital, with a few adjustments, to be re-published. Muslims the world over have celebrated the Eid-ul-Adha or the “big Eid” or “big Sallah”. We are,…
EID-EL-KABIR: Governor Diri Tasks Nigerian Leaders On Sacrificial Leadership Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has called on all leaders cutting across politics, religious, business and traditional institutions to make necessary sacrifices for Nigeria to be a better place. Governor Diri made the call at the weekend, when he hosted the Muslim Ummah in the…
Terror war: Public betrayal, our biggest setback, but we’re winning – CDS Musa This edition of Ebony Herald International Magazine features a compelling interaction between renowned columnist and Professor of Agricultural Engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. M.K. Othman, and Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, OFR. The discussion delves into…
Nigeria: Repentant killers, distracted Senators, and a nation in peril … Time to face reality In 2011, I wrote an article asserting that Nigeria is at war with her North and Central African neighbours. Yes, we are at war, but we are masking it with different names; banditry, Boko Haram insurgency, killer herdsmen, etc….
