Images of Ebiraland

By Abdelghaffar Amoka  16/02/2025 Electric power engineering was never among the courses of my choice before getting to the university. It has always been medicine: Yes! I wanted to be a Medical Doctor. However, physics chose me when I got to the university. After the Nation Youth Service in 2001 and with the coming of GSM in Nigeria and the internet becoming popular, I found interest in telecommunication. Fiber optics and photonics was of particular interest. I remember borrowing some books on photonics from IEE, now IET library in London, as a student member of the Institute.  A few years later, I found a new interest in dielectrics, a branch of physics with applications in high voltage equipment. That was how my PhD work got me into high voltage engineering, a branch of electric power engineering. High voltage engineering became my first love since I could not find a wife then. At the end of my PhD in 2012, I realised that Nigeria's electric power in...

10th January 2025 Egbiraland, once a place known for its culture of beauty, pride, and traditional values, now stands at the crossroads of moral decay. What was once a flourishing society with its women revered for their striking black beauty has now descended into an abyss where vanity and desperation fuel dangerous, demeaning practices. From the rising trend of prostitution in local hotels to the scourge of skin bleaching, the fabric of the community is unraveling at an alarming rate. It is in the heart of this transformation that the true horror of the situation is most evident. Hotels in Egbiraland, once peaceful havens for travelers, have become something else entirely — clandestine rallying points for a troubling new trend. Women, once symbols of respect and dignity, have become mere commodities, their worth now dictated by their ability to please and entertain men for monetary gain. Young, unmarried women, as well as married ones dissatisfied with their homes, are tu...

By Ismail M. Kabir  In an epoch making children cooking competition held in Lokoja today, an 11 year old Olayemi David emerged the winner. The event tagged 9JA Kids Cooking Competition which was organized by Precious Gold Empire  and hosted by the First Lady of Kogi State, Hajia Sefinat Ododo was first of its kind in the state. Children between the ages of eight and thirteen (8-13) engaged in a 3-Day highly competitive cooking contest, showcasing various menus from the Okun, Ebira and Igala traditional delicacies. A cash prize of Two hundred thousand naira ((N200,000) was given to the overall winner while the first runner up got One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000) and the second runner up got One hundred thousand naira (N100,000). The youngest contestant, 8 years old Olusegun Testimony Inioluwa from Yagba West local government stunned the judges for her tireless zeal and incredible cooking prowess which attracted both cash gift Kogi First Lady, Her Exc...