United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki Moon yesterday condoled with families of victims of the bomb blast on the UN headquarters yesterday describing as “an assault on those who devote their lives to helping others.”
Many communities and towns have been ravaged and rendered inaccessible by gully erosion in some Nigerian states. Gullies in some parts of the South East extend to depths of over 120m to 2km wide worsened by an annual rainfall of between 2000-3000mm, especially in the Niger Delta, making most of the rivers to overflow into adjoining farms and settlements, resulting extensive damage to the soil.
Have you ever stopped to really dig deep into the reason for General Ibrahim Babangida’s promotion of General Olusegun Obasanjo’s ever-present desire to rule Nigeria, immediately after OBJ’s incarceration at the hands of General Sani Abacha? It all seemed so clean and altruistic—on the outside, that is.
The crisis of confidencerocking the judiciary reached feverish heights yesterday, as the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, called the bluff of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, by swearing-in 30 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, despite the conspicuous absence of the legal body at the event.
Former Super Eagles and ACB of Lagos winger, Friday Elaho has expressed sadness over the continuous postponement of the concluding matches of the Nigerian Premier League by its board.
As the globallyevolving Internet provides ever new access points to virtual discourse forums, it also promotes new civic relations and associations within which communicative power may flow and accumulate.
Mrs Achebe read the story of Patty Mcwizu with a broad smile on her face. That was all she needed. The next line of action would be to wait. Her daughter Edna had become an imbecile for a reason she didn’t know. Occasionally, the girl would recover herself but would lose it again.
Born into the royal families of Olugbo, Alagho, Olubo and Etikan in Ilaje LGA, Ondo State on October 1, 1967, Rev. Dr. Felix Rawa, is the Chairman/Managing Director, Unique Sunshine Global Concepts Nigeria Ltd, is a politician and philanthropist. He attended L.A. Primary School, Obe Idapo, Ugbo Kingdom between 1972 and 1978 and proceeded to Idi-Ogba Community Grammar School for his WASC between 1979 and 1984.
Emeka Ezekwe is a business development consultant. He also works in oil and gas sector, Port Harcourt. With his experience in life coupled with his growing up challenges, Ezekwe is of the opinion that the world owes nobody a living, so if you want to live, you have to exploit and take what you want and that is live for you, he said.
As the organisers of the annual Channel O Music Video Awards announces this year’s nominees’ list, Nigeria takes top spot with 18 nominations.
The popular Yaba market, Lagos was again in the news, following it’s immediate closure by the Lagos State government, Tuesday, over an alleged attack on officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), by the traders. The traders were alleged to have used dangerous weapons such as cutlasses and broken bottles on the officials, some of whom sustained various degrees of injuries.
Joe Amenechi and Albert Ohamsare like two sides of a coin. Totally different in their approaches to arts, Amenechi is interested in traditional arts while Ohams is not. But that difference is the synergy between the two. Both met at the Yaba College of Technology, (Yabatech) Lagos in 1984 where Amenechi taught Ohams. After graduation, Ohams also exhibited with Amenechi at Something Special Gallery in 1991.
Edo State-based wannabe actress, Blessing Obayagbona, recently recounted her own ugly experience.
A-list actress Rita Dominic, who has been away in Nairobi, Kenya, working on an international movie, ‘Shattered’ is looking forward to reuniting with her colleagues and relations back home after a month-long sojourn in the rainbow country.
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