With his ‘Lightning Bolt’ poses, play acting for the cameras and care free attitude, he delighted fans at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, but Usain Bolt is very serious when it comes to sprinting.
Saturday last week, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital went agog when militants left the creeks and came to town. This time, not to wreck havoc but to surrender their arms and ammunition. They came in their hundreds and numerous arms were given up.
IT is like us, we are again throwing money at a problem that we created. The idea that qualifying for the 2010 World Cup is being pursued as if it is the major problem of Nigeria is becoming obscene. Worse still, the interventions that are coming from bodies like the Presidential Task Force on the World Cup have exposed our level of preparedness for the decisive game against Tunisia.
AFTER a petty and unnecessary muscle flexing over “chair_sharingâ€, the House of Representatives and the Senate parted ways over Constitution Review. While the House simply calls its own “Committee on Constitution Reviewâ€. the Senate in an avuncular and cynical manner still carries on the initial name Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR).
Governor Ibrahim Idris of Kogi State can be described as a conqueror. Three times, he defeated his predecessors in elections. Despite this feat, his critics say he is not in charge in the state. With journalists in Lokoja, the state capital, Gov Idris spoke on his numerous achievements, politics in the state and the legacy he intends to leave behind . Excerpts:
Twenty nine out of the 36 footballers who were selected to represent Nigeria in this year’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup tournament, have just been disqualified on the grounds that they lied about their ages and are too old to participate.
THE survival of a nation depends on the good its leadership can bring to bear on the people of the nation.
If you have visited the Ikeja General Hospital lately, you would have noticed a blocked drainage that could only have been a breeding place for mosquitoes
By Anayo Okoli
Umuahia – IN a bid to ensure the success of the Federal Government’s 7-Point Agenda, a group, Yar’Adua Foundation Movement, Abia state chapter has commenced an enlightenment campaign in the rural and urban areas of the state, to explain to the people of the state, the need to ensure the success of [...]
Kano - The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero has called on Panasonic International to be alive to their corporate social responsibility while operating in the state.
The Emir, who spoke during the official commissioning of the ultra-modern showroom and service centre in Kano expressed delight over the decision of the firm to establish such [...]
Jos – The Osun State Government has donated the sum of five million naira to indigenes of the state affected by the last November crisis in the Plateau State capital expressing commitment to protect its citizens wherever they might be.
Deputy Governor of the state, Erelu Olusola Obada who made the donation on behalf of [...]
By Anayo Okoli
Umuahia – Governor Theodore Orji has promised that his administration had concluded plans to offset the backlog of salaries of teachers and other workers in the state in the next one month.
Meanwhile, Governor Orji has blamed the rising rate of kidnapping and other criminal acts on poverty. The state has meanwhile [...]
Onitsha -The proposed Onitsha Trade and Tourism Fair, billed to take place between November 27 to December 7 will no longer hold at the Chuba Ikpeazu Memorial Stadium, Onitsha as scheduled.
Mrs Chinwe Anowai, Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, told newsmen in Onitsha that the state executive council had resolved not to use the [...]
There was nothing artificial about this fourth WAAD conference , a powerful female dominated gathering of writers ,scholars ,thinkers, activists, bureaucrats and quite an exciting and even intriguing variegated spectrum of intellectuals from all over the world.
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