From the monthly archives: July 2009

How to do Floral for work

On July 26, 2009 · In Allure

On first thought you might think there is no way you can wear a floral dress to the office Working in a smart office environment doesn’t mean giving up all the fun things in your wardrobe.

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Our government and our roads

On July 26, 2009 · In Vista

Lucky knows how anxious I am about being early for appointments, and yet he chooses to report for duty as late as he can. I’m not taking it any more.” “Darling, but he’s a good driver who used to be punctual. It’s the rainy season and the floods which make him report late.”

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Amnesty offer: Waving the flag of surrender

On July 26, 2009 · In Frankly Speaking

Thank God, it has not taken the government long to realize the futility of the military solution. The consequences of military intervention are now staring us in the face because the action preceded thinking. Now Yar’Adua is waving the flag of surrender in the form of amnesty and only minor war lords are responding.

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Keep blood pressure low

On July 26, 2009 · In Allure

You are not just what you eat, but what you also absorb and eliminate!
The most important measures for wellbeing are:

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Halliburton Bribe Sharing : Ex-rulers shortchanged to the tune of $30m

On July 25, 2009 · In Headlines

* Abdulkadir Abacha in another $23m scam

By Kingsley Omonobi

JEFFERY Tesler, the British pointsman in the distribution of the alleged $190 million  Halliburton bribe to former Nigerian rulers and other officers is said to have shortchanged them to the tune of $30 million.

The British lawyer, Sunday Vanguard gathered, pocketed the money after deceiving [...]

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South South govs’threat: Yar’Adua respects Niger Delta people – Presidency

On July 25, 2009 · In News

BY DANIEL IDONOR

THE threat by the South-South governors to pull out of the amnesty deal for militants in the Niger Delta, last night, drew response from the Presidency which said President Umaru Yar’Adua has’tremendous respect’ for the people of the area.

The six South-South governors, after a meeting in the Delta State capital, Asaba, [...]

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Ohakim ruffles feathers over defection, faces legal suit

On July 25, 2009 · In News

BY CHIDI NKWOPARA

IMO State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, formally left the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) yesterday and pitched his tent with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PPA leadership is threatening to drag the decampee to court. Speaking to welcome Ohakim into the PDP family, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua described the governor as [...]

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S-South govs threat: N-Delta emancipation nearer – MEND

On July 25, 2009 · In News

By EMMA AMAIZE

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says emancipation will come faster than expected for the Niger-Delta if the South-South Governors sustain the tempo of their current agitation against unjust laws and policies against the region. It also says it is erroneous for anyone to say its recent attack on the [...]

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South-East under siege : Robbers, kidnappers on the rampage

On July 25, 2009 · In Periscope

They forced my driver out of the car, pushed him down and used the butt of their gun and hit him at his waist. He slumped. Then they asked him to get up again and open the booth and the car. They removed my brief case and my suitcase containing my soutane and personal effects. They also removed the suitcase that carries my vestments and mitre for celebrating Holy Mass.

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Akingbola assumes duty as pro-chancellor of AAU

On July 25, 2009 · In News

*Calls for sacrifices

THE newly appointed pro-chancellor and     chairman of Governing Council of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, has called for more sacrifice on the part of stakeholders to ensure speedy development of the University. This appeal was made after the inauguration of the new governing council in Akure [...]

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Owie hails S/South govs for dumping amnesty deal

On July 25, 2009 · In News

By SIMON EBEGBULEM

FORMER Senate chief whip and leader of the Action Congress (AC) in Edo State, Senator Rowland Owie, has hailed the South South governors for pulling out of the Federal Government amnesty programme, saying that the Federal Government had exhibited “unseriousness” in solving the Niger Delta problem by its decision to go ahead [...]

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Rivers opens NLNG jetties

On July 25, 2009 · In News

By JIMITOTA ONOYUME

RIVERS State government has ordered the temporary re-opening of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) jetties at the Eastern Bye-Pass, Port Harcourt and Bonny Island, closed a week ago.

The state government’s position came after a closed door meeting between the management of NLNG, led by the chairman, Chief Osoboye LongJohn and [...]

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Metu sets NNPC/Mobil record, Odumosu, new national record

On July 25, 2009 · In Sports

Nigeria’s fastest man Obinna Metu yesterday made history in the NNPC/Mobil Track and Field Championships when he took the men’s 200m after winning the 100m Friday as Ajoke Odumosu highlighted the last day of the championships with a new national record in the 400m hurdles inside the mainbowl of the National stadium in Abuja.

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Obasanjo was not qualified to be PDP candidate in 1999 – Okwesilieze Nwodo

On July 25, 2009 · In Interview

At that time too, Babangida started to move around to convince people on the need for an Obasanjo presidency, especially those who were rooting for Ekwueme. He also convinced Abdulsalam Abubakar to throw the weight of government behind the Obasanjo agenda. That was when the military came into the picture.

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