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CARL UMEGBORO is a legal practitioner (Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria) and human rights activist. He is an associate of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom). He is a prolific writer, social policy and public affairs analyst. Prior to his call to Bar as a lawyer, he had been a veteran journalist and columnist, and has over 250 published articles in various leading national newspapers to his credit. Barrister Umegboro, a litigation counsel is also a regular guest-analyst at many TV and radio programme on crucial national issues. He can be reached through: (+234) 08023184542, (+234) 08173184542 OR Email: umegborocarl@gmail.com

AMBASSADOR Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has … Continue ReadingDeath strikes Nelson Mandela’s family, SA President mourns

Health

Natural ways to prevent heart diseases, diabetes, vision loss

AdminJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020

By Chukwuma Muanya A new research published last week in the Journal of Physiology showed that 12 weeks of easy-to-administer … Continue ReadingNatural ways to prevent heart diseases, diabetes, vision loss

Politics

Asiwaju and the latter-day Nostradamus

AdminJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020

By Tunde Rahman SOME people never learn but I will tender to them a word of sound advice in hope … Continue ReadingAsiwaju and the latter-day Nostradamus

Technology

Online is a lifeline

AdminJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020

By Juliet Ehimuan DURING lockdown many of us did things we would never have thought possible from a distance. We … Continue ReadingOnline is a lifeline

Government

CCB: The necessity of online asset declaration

AdminJuly 13, 2020

By Victor Emejuiwe WITH the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19, the asset declaration portal of the CCB should be made effective … Continue ReadingCCB: The necessity of online asset declaration

Opinion & Analysis

NBC as a stumbling block

AdminJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020

By Anike Ade-Funke Treasure I recently heard a presenter sign off on a programme on a radio station in Lagos … Continue ReadingNBC as a stumbling block

Metro News

Police nab a 60yr old man for defiling 9yr old child

AdminJuly 12, 2020July 12, 2020

OPERATIVES of the Nigerian Police Force has nabbed a 60 years old man, Mr. Ndubisi Okafor for allegedly defiling a … Continue ReadingPolice nab a 60yr old man for defiling 9yr old child

Society & People

Buhari salutes Eddie Aderinokun at 80

AdminJuly 12, 2020July 12, 2020

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari celebrates with veteran journalist, poet, author and sports administrator, Otunba Eddie Aderinokun at 80, today July 13, … Continue ReadingBuhari salutes Eddie Aderinokun at 80

Sports

Buhari hails Kamaru Usman for retaining UFC title

AdminJuly 12, 2020July 12, 2020

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has commended Kamarudeen Usman on the successful defence of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title with … Continue ReadingBuhari hails Kamaru Usman for retaining UFC title

Metro News

NDDC: ‘Her four former husbands should tell about her character, not me’, Akpabio knocks former Ag.MD

AdminJuly 12, 2020July 12, 2020

MINISTER of Niger-Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to the damning allegations made against him by Joy Nunieh, a former … Continue ReadingNDDC: ‘Her four former husbands should tell about her character, not me’, Akpabio knocks former Ag.MD