From the monthly archives: March 2010

Should you be wary of one night stands?

On March 28, 2010 · In Relationships

What sort of buzz, drives a man to one-night-stand, relationships’. Lola had accompanied her friend to her ex-husband’s birthday party, hoping to have the good time she promised. “He has birthday bashes annually”, said Lola, “and my friend has stayed friends with her ex because he was a good provider even when their marriage wasn’t really working.

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Dilemma of an acting President

On March 28, 2010 · In Headlines

As the Senate prepares to commence, later this week, the screening of ministerial nominees, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is now weighing diverse options on how to handle the situation of President Umaru Yar’Adua who has not been seen in public since November 23, 2009.

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Jos to Warri: In the shadows of death(2)

On March 28, 2010 · In Frankly Speaking

Last week, I started with Jos and ended with Warri; this week let me reverse the approach. In the end we are looking at the same impending catastrophe from two different ends of a prism.

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The shock of discovering your husband’s secret family!

On March 28, 2010 · In Diary of a Divorced City Girl

Bukky was busy giving the big bedroom a long overdue clean. She was running the vacuum cleaner over her husband’s side of the bed when the flex caught the corner of a partially opened drawer. It had been loose for months and Mati, her husband, hadn’t come round to fixing it yet.

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1995 COUP PLOT : Abacha could have killed Obasanjo if he chose to – Jerry Useni

On March 28, 2010 · In Interview

Lieutenant General Jeremiah Timbut Useni (rtd), aka JERRY BOY, is the Sardauna of Plateau and Nasarawa but he is one unusual individual who has a split personality. One is that his mien could be so fierce that everyone around him would sit up. Yet, this Langtang born army officer loves to enjoy and does enjoy life, might we add, to its fullest. A sampler: “There is this saying that says work, work, work and no play makes a man a fool. You can not be serious all the time. When it comes to work you have to get it done and after that you have to relax and enjoy and play with people as if nothing has happened.

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The friendly traveler

On March 28, 2010 · In Business

Heineken premium beer is the international beer brand that has made its way around the world.

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Whip not the weeping child

On March 28, 2010 · In The Arts

The high rate of child abuse and corporal punishment in the country has been attributed to lack of awareness on the part of the government, parents, guardians and teachers. Despite the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, many States and not only in Africa still use corporal punishment as the only way to disciplining children.

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Ghaddafi’s proposal for conflict resolution in Nigeria: A critical analysis

On March 28, 2010 · In Sunday Perspectives

Colonel Muamar Ghadaffi, the leader of Libya, is a well-known figure in Africa and the world. He is one of the world’s longest reigning heads of state, having ruled his country for over three decades.

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Re: When silence is not golden

On March 28, 2010 · In Vista Woman

Violence against women the globe over, is real, alive and thriving in all societies, though in varying degrees and intensity, depending on how enlightened the society is about human, and how much respect they have for their female folk.

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On the madness of Gaddafi

On March 28, 2010 · In Point of Order

I was at Benin on March 18 to speak at the 8th triennial conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. I was asked to speak on Nigeria at 50 – Issues and Challenges. I likened the mystery that is Nigeria to an elephant that three blind men encountered and reported authoritatively o

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Can this EXCOF pronounce Yar’Adua incapacitated?

On March 27, 2010 · In News

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan penultimate Wednesday decided to strike by dissolving the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, in a move many have described as unavoidable. But the list of ministerial nominees sent to the National Assembly last Wednesday is a mish-mash of recycled politicians and professionals. Yet, there are insinuations in Abuja that one of the first moves of this EXCOF would be to clear the path for a substantive President with a view to appointing a Vice President. And to do this, EXCOF members must give effect to the letters and spirit of Section 144 of the Constitution. Can this EXCOF bite the bullet?

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Constituency delineation: Oshiomhole wants Senate to reject INEC’s plan

On March 27, 2010 · In News

Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to the Senate to reject the plan of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cede two local government areas, Uhunmwonde and Orhionmwon, from Edo South Senatorial District to Edo Central

The governor, in a letter to the Senate President, yesterday, said “Your gracious intervention is required [...]

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Our next target is to bomb Govt House, Bayelsa – Militants

On March 27, 2010 · In News

THE faction of militants which carried out the March 15 bombing in Warri, Delta State says its next target is to bomb the Government House, also known as Creek Haven, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and the NDDC office.

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Ex- Customs Comptroller sues Comptroller-General for N500m

On March 27, 2010 · In News

The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko, and the Nigerian Customs Service Board have been taken to court by a retired Comptroller of Nigerian Customs Service.

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