Images of Ebiraland

Matthew Ohiani Adeiza, a 400-level student of Mass Communication at the University of Jos, has emerged second place winner of the 2009 edition of the Culture of Enterprise International Student Essay Contest. The second place prize is $5000. The award ceremony at which Mr Adeiza was physically present, took place yesterday at the Harvard Club of New York. The first place winner was Matthew Shaffer of Yale University while Rachael Bishop of Mercer University, (both in the United States), came third. The essay contest is an initiative of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, ISI, a non-governmental organization committed to academic excellence and holistic education. It is based in Delaware, United States. Interested students post their entries to an address on the essay website at www.cultureofenterprise.org The annual international student essay contest is on the topic, "Can Character and Communities Survive in an Age of Globalization?" The contest is designed to encourage...

A fuel tanker laden with with diesel has just crashed into Adavi LG corpers lodge, Okunchi Adavi local government of Kogi state. The incident which happened at about 10 minutes past 12pm thiss afternoon left about 5 injured and a woman crushed to death. EbiraView, upon arriving the scene almost immediately after the crash, put a call to the office of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) whicch aattracted rapid response from the sectoral office in Ogori-Mangogo. As at the time of filing this report, the lady, simply identified as Bariki (Mama Nazir) was still trapped under the huge truck as youth in the area threaten to block traffic flow to attract the needed response from the Local government. They, however, heeded to the plea from the traffic men who promised to put the situation under control. The deceased, EbiraView gathered, arrived from Kano yesterday to pay a visit to the family. After braiding her hair this morning, she went to fetch water from a nearby compound but met he...

Screening excercise for the 2nd phase of Community Free Eye Care Service by Asmau Foundation for Orphans and the less priviledged commenced 22nd March 2010 at the Local government health department, Okene. [ Click here to download the p resentation ] At a time of devastating global economic challenge, Asmau Foundation is touching the lives of Anebira in an uncommon way; rendering sucour to the less priviledged. Due to the rising threat of blindness in the country and the world, the foundation recently embarked on a broad campaign against blindness in Ebiraland, in tune with the United Nations’ target of reducing blindness to its bearest minimum by year 2020. Towards the end of year 2009, the foundation demonstrated a feat when it conducted Free Eye surgeries on about 200 people with Cataract or Pterygium as its first Phase of Community Eye Care Service in Ebiraland. This resulted in sight restoration to over 50 people, about 200 provided with Free (corrective) Eye glasses and more tha...

Mercy with a shaven head Update: Feb 13th, 2011 Star actress, Mercy Johnson Ozioma a.k.a. Mercy Johnson, speaks about her life, the movie industry and other issues Q: You have played different roles in the Nigerian movie industry to the extent that your fans dont know the kind of person you are. How will you describe yourself? A: I am like the girl next door. Most people know me as Mercy Johnson but did not bother to find out about the Ozioma aspect of me. Mercy Johnson Ozioma are my real names and Ozioma in my dialect (Kogi State) means a girl with good luck. The fourth child in a family of seven, I was born about 26 years ago to an ex-military officer. I left my mother at the age of two to live with my father who was constantly being transferred from one station to another as a military man. I am proud of my dad because he taught me all I needed to know about crossing the bridge from being a child to an adult. Q: Was acting part of your childhood ambition? A: After my se...

EbiraView, on behalf of entire Anebira wish to congratulate our astute son, Muhammed Bello Adoke (SAN) on his appointment as the Justice Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Muhammed Bello Adoke - AGF and Justice minister You have been assigned a national trust, and we’re trusting you to deliver. Our expectation is basic; a wholesome transformation of the nation’s judiciary. We pray for almighty Allah’s guidance and protection as you heed the national call. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN); Justice Minister & AGF Minister of Justice and Attorney-general of the Federation Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) was born on September 1,1963. He was educated at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and graduated in 1985 with a degree in Law. He was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1986. He worked variously with Kwara State Schools’ Management Board; Kano State Ministry of Justice as pupil Counsel; Messrs Zakari Yaro & Co; and I. M. Boyi & Co; before establishing Messrs M....

First, we concede an all-time opportunity of governing this State to Igalas when we arrived Kogi State. The nostalgia of old-time brotherhood in the then Kabba Province urged us to allow Igalas have a bite at the cherry. Now they have transfixed themselves to the position where they can consume all the cherry while we watch helplessly. We became beleaguered and disconsolate in a State in which we rightly have a stake. We danced to the perpetual music of calculated stratagems aimed at undoing us. We seemed not to be shrewd enough to decode the message. While the political chapters unfurled gradually in the State, we allowed ourselves distraught by the shameful season of anomie we foisted on ourselves. At every political opportunity, we hamstrung ourselves by literally selling our land to others because of in-house bitterness. Our existential story became one “life”, according to Herbert Gold, “in which dog-eat-dog is man’s (our) closest pal”. We focused more on settling scores with our...