Confluence Reporters

Nigerians are no doubt talented people and many Nigerian youths have proven this on several occasions. 

There are many Nigerians who have carved a niche for themselves as figures to reckon with in their chosen fields of life. 

There is no doubt that Bola Ahmed Tinubu is one of the most successful politicians in Nigeria who has not only succeeded as a former Governor of Lagos State but has also been able to raise other political leaders. 

 Abdulaziz Atta was the second son of late Atta of Ebiraland, HRH Ibrahim Onoruoiza Atta who ruled Ebiraland between 1917-1954.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called for a national mobilisation to combat the menace of insecurity bedeviling the country.

Chuks Okocha   Who becomes the next chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the tenure of the incumbent, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, expires on November 9?

Many Nigerians have written their names in gold and posterity will definitely remember their sacrifice in the struggle for the country's Independence that eventually came to a reality 60 years ago on October 1,1960.

courts to shut down as judiciary workers, others back strike, aviation unions to down tools,  flights to be disrupted  N1.3tn spent on electricity subsidy in two years –Osinbajo  Despite the two court orders restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from embarking on their planned nationwide strike on Monday, the two labour unions have said they will go ahead with the industrial action.

Since the return of democracy in 1999, prominent Nigerian politicians have been involved in certificate scandals, some of these prominent politicians had lost their positions while others have been fighting not to sink in the murky waters of politics.

•S’East, N’East to be catered for in next borrowing round Sunday Aborisade and Leke Baiyewu The House of Representatives has approved the request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the Federal Government to borrow foreign loans totalling $22.79bn.

While many Nigerians are in doubt if Maryam Sanda who was sentenced to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, is still in prison, the Nigeria Police have come out to make a demand that will add more problem for her.

Designed with a three-phased commissioning sequence, its first phase targets 1.3million tonnes of steel per year, the second, 2.6 million, while the third is 5.2million respectively.

Life can be horrible sometimes, it can make one to regret the essence of living on the surface of the earth. At such time, life becomes unbearable and many human beings who found themselves in this condition had wished to die just to evade the continued horrible experiences being subjected to.

Culture is distinctive, it's highly different from what is obtainable in one community to the other. In an era where virginity of women is not seen as anything or count as an honour, Ogori, a community in Kogi Central senatorial district of Kogi State still treasures virginity as a pride of womanhood and celebrate young girls who keep their virginity.

Sometimes life can be frustrating and may make one to regret the essence of living. Such is the devastating story of Pastor Clinton Kanu who spent 27 years in prison waiting for his execution every month. Before his arrest in 1992, Pastor Kanu was an ambitious, influential with government connection, has two residential houses, four cars and a well-paid job. Pastor Kanu who is now 56 years old was arrested and wrongly sentenced to death at the age of 27 years for a murder he did not commit. During the 27 years in prison, he was waiting for his execution every month, life outside the bars feels far from a pastor that was once influential. Kanu lost his father, mother, uncle and brother in the 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit but he still has a sister, Victoria Okoroji, where he normally goes to eat. After his release last April, he manages to get an apartment on the third floor of a moderate building in Enugu, and always makes his sway across the road to h...

Kaduna State governor, Mall. Nasir El-Rufai who is widely known as a no-nosense man has demonstrated it once again after he withdrew the operational licence of Liberation College Tirkania over an allegation of rape of a nine-year old pupil by the school proprietor identified as Mr. Samuel Ejikeme.

Following the confirmation three cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Saturday, which has brought the cases of the virus in Nigeria to 22, there is need to ask what is left for Nigerians as the nation's capital is hit with the deadly virus.

By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Victoria Ojeme, Luminous Jannamike and Shina Abubakar Issue 14-day ultimatum to FG on his release Demand apology from FG over ‘desecration’ of Federal High Court by DSS Call for sack of operatives involved in act Ask President Buhari to address the nation on his commitment to human rights Judiciary battered than never before, SANs lament Insist it fared better under military rule.

By Ralph Omololu Agbana • Most Violent, Most Controversial In Kogi History • 10 Persons Confirmed Dead Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the November 16, 2019 governorship election. Against all predictions to the contrary, he has made history, as the first minority to win a governorship election in the state, back-to-back. Yahaya Bello not only secured a landslide block votes from all five councils in his Kogi Central base, he also won majority of the votes in Kogi West, leading in five of the seven councils. Then the unexpected happened; the offset of the majority Igala in Kogi East Senatorial District, where the APC candidate took two out of the nine councils. The PDP candidate, Engr Musa Wada is an Igala. Thus, Bello, a minority won in 12 of the 21 local government areas. It is the first of its kind in the state’s history. But the election also goes down in history as the most violent and controv...

All may not have been heard over the controversial impeachment of the Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr Simon Achuba, who was on last Monday hurriedly replaced with the former Chief of Staff to the governor, Mr Edward Onoja.