By Olarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) We received the news of the transmutation of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, from his finitely temporal existence to immortality with a mixed feeling. The sense of loss is profoundly devastating. The mere thought that our adorable Gani will be referred to in past tense is difficult to bear. More unsettling is […]

The crisis of confidence rocking the ongoing disarmament of former war lords in the troubled Niger Delta Wednesday took a new twist, as the camp of Victor Ben Ebikabowei (Boyloaf), MEND’s field commander in Bayelsa State, was reportedly invaded by John Togo and his boys who carted away cache of arms and ammunition.

The Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) has called on the Federal Government to curb increasing piracy in the country’’s territorial waters to encourage the growth of the fishing industry.FISON’’s National President, Mrs Foluke Areola on Tuesday in Lagos that the sector experienced over300 piracy attacks in the last one year. She said that some of the incidents were not reported.“Government needs to undertake a comprehensive and effective monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing activities in Nigeria’’s territorial waters,””

IJAW students of Gbaramatu extraction in Delta State have once again appealed to government at all levels to come to their aid through rehabilitation grants to enable return to school after the militants/JTF violent clash of May that rendered their parents and guardians homeless.

Austin Jay Jay Okocha was enveloped by momentary madness the moment he saw Tunisia’s Derragi Oussma run into a wide space created for him by Taye Taiwo.

By Ogbeni Banjo Death will never cease to inflict its pains, pangs and anguish in our hearts. In my leader’s case, it forewarned us in the most disappointed way. When it eventually comes, it strikes with a painful scourge, leaving on its trail feelings of nostalgia, sorrow, inertia and forlorn hope, especially for a man […]

AS Nigerians come to terms with the 2-2 draw against Tunisia that has placed our chances of going to the World Cup on thread, one man has advocated that each member of the Super Eagles, coaches and NFF officials should be whipped 24 times for the opprobrium they inflicted on Nigerians.

Former Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Shuaibu Gara Gombe has moved for the disbandment of the Super Eagles even as he has fingered top shots of the Nigeria Football Federation as the major culprits, who should be held responsible, in the increasingly likely event that Nigeria fail to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

MANY may think that I would be triumphant over the Super Eagles loss of the 2010 World Cup ticket, haven warned endless about the consequences of our inane preparations. On the contrary, I am sad with millions of Nigerians who are often led to over-estimate the strength of the national team. The play with national emotions must stop.

The Niger Delta Welfare Committee (NDWC) has charged non-repentant militants in the region to immediately key into President Yar’Adua’s amnesty programme, saying violent militancy had become a thing of the past.

A THIRD Republic Senator, Chief Anthony Adefuye turned 65 last month. In this interview with Vanguard, he spoke on what he described as his failed political adventure, his struggle for actualisation of June 12 1993 presidential election won by late business mogul, Chief M. K. O. Abiola, and other national issues. Excerpts:

By Onyema Omenuwa When Chief FRA Williams, SAN, passed on some three years ago, Nigeria’s legal community lamented the closure of a definitive chapter of the country’s legal history. Significantly, such feeling of momentous loss is, unarguably, the highest tribute that could be paid to a lawyer in this part of the world, and it […]

The greatest humiliation I had as a junior lawyer was when one client asked my boss to please personally handle his matter… “why?” asked my boss.

SINCE the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor Dora Akunyili came up with her project to re-brand Nigeria’s image, there has been sporadic responses about whether or not the project would succeed. So far, the scepticisms expressed by some people are far more than optimisms.

By Chioma Obinna & Oluchi Muogbo LAGOS – Former Kwara State Commissioner for Health and Publisher of Healthcare magazine, Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, has called for a national conference on traditional medicine where state governors would be in attendance to discuss strategies to support, promote and develop traditional medicine in Nigeria before the end of the […]