From the monthly archives: July 2010

South Africa 2010, vuvuzelas and octopus Paul

On July 25, 2010 · In Sunday Perspectives

The just concluded football extravaganza in South Africa, in my view, is one of the most interesting World Cup finals in recent history. Indeed, it is a pivotal achievement for FIFA, because it was the first time the soccer fiesta was held in Africa.

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Irate varsity students humiliate randy lecturer

On July 25, 2010 · In News

A randy lecturer at Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State, who allegedly specialises in threatening female students with “Carry-Over”, was yesterday given the beating of his life by irate students.

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Keita: Sacrificial lamb for ‘system collapse’

On July 25, 2010 · In Viewpoint

We cannot solve our problems with short-gun approaches. If there had been vision in leadership
Nigeria would have been at peace with herself today because she is one of the richest nations in the world. It is gratifying that the condemnation of the present system is coming from as high as the Deputy Senate President.

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Chief priest, 2 others to die for murder

On July 25, 2010 · In News

A BENIN chief priest, Felix Osadolor, alias Afro, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Benin High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, over the murder of fellow chief, Sunday Ahanon.

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Why Abia State is a bomb waiting to explode, by Senator Abaribe

On July 25, 2010 · In Interview

If we take Orji Kalu into the corners of Abia and present him to the people as one of us we are going to lose because people in Abia State still blame him for the problems of today.

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Thugs batter journalist during Edo bye election

On July 25, 2010 · In News

THE Edo State correspondent of the Nation newspapers, Friday Otabor, was yesterday, severely beaten by political thugs allegedly loyal to a chieftain of the Action Congress (AC) while monitoring the bye-election into the state House of Assembly in Oghede ward, Ovia North East Constituency 11.

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Why viagra might not solve your sexual problem

On July 25, 2010 · In Diary of a Divorced City Girl

Viagra is no longer new on the market-and a lot of new brands of pills performing exactly the same ‘miracle’ have since flooded the chemist’s shelves. But is Viagra the magic pill men thought it would be?

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Bursting Lamido-OBJ and rotational controversy connectivity

On July 25, 2010 · In Politics

Those who might have no ideas about the nature and character of opposition politics in Jigawa State and the agenda of its godfathers which some surrogate writers pretending to be Lamido praise-singers are now carrying out may not be in a position to appreciate this disapproval.

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Privatizing Crime

On July 25, 2010 · In The Orbit

Nigeria can now, properly speaking, be described as a mafia state. Its
national ethic in other words is structured by a distinct disregard for the rule of law.

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Delta denies car gift to Clark

On July 25, 2010 · In News

The Delta State Government declared, yesterday, it was “completely unaware” of the car allegedly sent to Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as birthday gift.

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Kidnapper no bi spirit

On July 25, 2010 · In Point of Order

Let’s not deceive ourselves. The kidnappers of four journalists are known.
They are not ghosts, not spirits as the radio jingle tells us.

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Jonathan’s record so far (5)

On July 25, 2010 · In Frankly Speaking

“Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he shows his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Experience, there’s the test”.

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A nation, a people

On July 25, 2010 · In Voice of Reason

I am yielding this space today to my son, Boye, who has some observations concerning this country. You see, Boye has been out of this country for about 13 years.

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Winged Shoes

On July 25, 2010 · In Allure

As shoes continue to trample over clothes, so are designers getting very creative with what they do as wearers continue to crave for extreme shoes. This season, designers are drawing inspiration from the talaria, or winged sandal, in their quest to take shoes from mere footwear to wearable art pieces.

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