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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 8 May 2021 Master of ceremonies and author, Joyce Daniels, speaks about her passion for nationhood and why she left behind her anatomy background, in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE When and where were you born? I was born in Warri (Delta State), on January 31, 1982. It was then Bendel State. We lived in Warri, then we moved to Port Harcourt (Rivers State), where I lived for 25 years. I spent my elementary school and university years in Port Harcourt. I attended the Federal Government College Staff School; the Federal Government Girls Secondary School, Ab...

Chief Olufolake Solanke, SAN: First Female Senior Advocate of Nigeria A Teacher and a Lawyer, Chief Folake Solanke OON, CON, SAN was born on March 29th, 1932 in Abeokuta. She attended Ago Oko Primary School, Abeokuta from 1937-1939, Emo Girls School, Abeokuta from 1940-1944 and Methodist Girls High School, Yaba Lagos, from 1945-1949, where she consistently took the first prize in English and Mathematics. With a privileged background, born to the prominent J.S. Odulate (founder of Alabukun Medicine), she travelled to England. In 1951, she entered the King’s College in the University of Durha...

11 min read Behind the suburban Amadi-Ama community in southern Port Harcourt is a vital inland water body. This is the Amadi Creek, an estuary which lies on the north of the Bonny River, upstream from the Bight of Benin. Aside from the destructive oil spills, the waterway is also struggling with the swirly toxicity of plastic junks, exposing the fauna to more harm. Peter Daniel, an energetic and muscular man in his 30s, sits on an abandoned brick amidst a vast chunk of plastics. Living as a fisherman in Amadi-Ama community, Mr Daniel spends a lot of time fishing at the creek.