Most people find dressing up Monday to Friday a real burden. It is even worse in establishment where dress code is prescribed. For any one not used to wearing suit and tie, dressing formally to meet the dictate of one’s office becomes a burden.

Renowned Swiss wristwatch maker, Swatch, Wednesday in Lagos, formerly presented its Apapa outlet to consumers in Lagos State.

Ever wanted to become more natural and see how beautiful you really are? It is not difficult to enhance your natural beauty, all you need is the know how. Which  will lead to a healthy mind, and therefore a healthy and beautiful body/face. Below, I have compiled tips on how you can enhance your looks. […]

BY PETER DURU MAKURDI – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed two of its men (names withheld) serving under the Benue State Commanded for allegedly stealing a motorbike belonging to a commercial motorcyclist. Consequently, the two men have been arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court 8 for criminal conspiracy and theft. The two dismissed […]

As the singer aims to shoot mid next month the video to ‘Lagos party’; another single already on radio from his coming album, the release of his much awaited sophomore album may be nearer than we envisage.

China, as he more fondly called by friends and fans, in a phone call, told this writer that although he was prepared for the news, he was actually surprised that, “My wife, who had gone for a mere ante-natal check up, was confined to bed by the doctor who insisted her time was due.”

BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA – New Defence minister, Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd), took over the mantle of leadership today with a declaration that he was in the ministry to surmount and ruthlessly deal with challenges that may threaten the peace and security of the country whether within the country or outside. Abbe made the […]

When I arrived from Kaduna in a military uniform and immediately I started singing, people were happy and decided that I wouldn’t go back to the army.

BY  PETER DURU MAKURDI – The bloody conflict raging between the Nyiev and Uyough communities of Kwande local government area of Benue State has taken a turn for the worst as the death toll has hit over 14 while the two warring communities have been completely sacked and close to 3,000 persons already displaced. According […]

The Amnesty International complained that although the law had banned slavery in Mauritania by 1981: “Not only has the government denied the existence of slavery and failed to respond to cases brought to its attention, it has hampered the activities of organisations which are working on the issue, including refusing to grant them official recognition”.

ABUJA – Indications emerged, yesterday, in Abuja that the five-man inter-agency panel headed by the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, investigating the $190million Halliburton scandal has been ordered by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to submit an interim report on or before Monday.

Yes, we know it suited the ethos and practice of “Rule Britannia” for Britain to intentionally force non-complementary disparate entities together and call it “Nigeria” (thanks to a bored or drunk Mrs. Lugard).

Whenever I sit down with these beleaguered fellow travellers to discuss our respective predicaments, we wind up agreeing that we’ll probably have more joyful and prosperous existences if we pack our bags and take off to an overseas haven in which people who aren’t hard-edged or shrewd can thrive.

Nigeria Football authorities did not make adequate arrangement for crowd control. It was a shame that fans invaded the pitch the moment the referee blew the final whistle.

To many Nigerians (if there are some left worthy of that appellation), it is now time to talk, discuss and debate and reach tolerable conclusions on specific issues like, the Niger Delta, Power supply, Electoral reforms, Federal fiscal system, Police decentralization, and federalism based on six or more geographical zones.