NEWS that Shell has agreed to pay compensations worth $15.5 million to the families of the killed Ogoni Nine resurrects a case that has almost been forgotten.

By Evelyn Usman Nosamu Street, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, is one of the strategically located commercial streets around the area, as it directly faces the popular Alayabiagba market and other business districts in the area.  However, in spite this commercial edge over other streets, residents of the area are currently gripped […]

Two events culminated in the rise of militancy in the Niger Delta from the late 1990s. One was the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections and the incarceration or murder of those who insisted it should be de-annulled.

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Abakaliki,  has for the second time asked the Ebonyi state  government to reinstate the sacked Auditor General for Local Governments in the state, Mr. Gabriel Nwonu, whom the court  had previously ordered back to his job. But the Ebonyi state government, had through its counsel, […]

By  David  Ihalo IT is not so difficult to put one’s fingers on the objective reason for the clandestine attempts by people from some quarters to denigrate the achievements of Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.

By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA — The gulf between Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and his predecessor in office Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure is now so wide that they can never again be reconciled, Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP, Niger-East) has said.

ENUGU— THE Progressive Peoples Alliance says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has a slim chance of winning future elections in the South East over the alleged relegation of the zone to the background in the scheme of things in the country.

By  Afam Ofomata EMEKA ETIABA has been very busy with his state-wide consultations involving all stakeholders who are now beginning to accept his message of delivering a befitting state capital in Awka, committing our security votes towards fighting crime in the state, overhaul of primary and secondary health care in the state, returning back to […]

My problem is my husband. Before we got married, he was very descent and a gentleman. Since we got married however, he has turned into what can best be described as an animal. He likes to have sexual intercourse in unusual and perverted ways. Although we have a comfortable bed, he likes to lay me on a hard floor.

Vanguard investigation revealed that the apex bank might insist that banks make full provision for loans granted these organisations, an action that would affect the performance of many banks.

Disappointment took the better part of Nigeria Football Federation officials yesterday when the Austrian Embassy still failed to issue visas to the remaining Nigerian contingent for the trip to Malta where others are already training for Saturday’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Tunisia.

GENEVA — South Afri ca’s hosting of the World Cup in 2010 has turned a great blessing to South Africa in many areas especially in terms of labour engagement.

While more children and young people globally use the internet for growth and development, the African Information Security Association (AISA) has expressed worries over vulnerability of children exposed to online content, saying m that something urgently has to be done to stem the tide of dangers that children and young people are exposed to online:

With the global paradigm shift from traditional to new media, how best to use mobile phone as a tool in conflict situation and political hot spots was focus of discussion at the just concluded Global Media Forum, (GMD) in Bonn, Germany where no fewer than 1,200 participants from about 100 countries gathered to discuss conflict prevention in the multimedia era.

The investiture of the new President/Chairman of Council of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Deacon Moses Bamidele Adeisa, takes place next Tuesday at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.