Amnesty International yesterday revealed that Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has issued an invitation to Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to visit Nigeria even though President al Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

A few days after, activities marking the 49th Independence Day celebration began. This coincided with the inauguration of Owerri Peoples Assembly (OPA). While government officials decided to go to the Anglican Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord (CATOL), the leadership of OPA opted for Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral for a Concelebrated Pontifical Sung Mass by Archbishop Anthony Obinna.

The embattled gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress (AC), in the April 14, 2007 elections in Osun State, Chief Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has asked an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Life Camp, to discontinue further hearing on the criminal suit instituted against him by the Inspector General of Police before it.

A Federal high court sitting in Abuja yesterday issued a preservative order stopping the Federal Government from taking any step towards selling the National Frequencies in the 2.3 GHZ Band, pending determination of an action brought by a telecommunication outfit, Mobitel.

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday challenged the university authorities in the country to rise up to the challenge of effectively partnering with the federal government in coming up with a well-structured response to the global economic crisis.

LAST week, the famous Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe received an unlikely guest at his home in the Catskills. Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s former anti-corruption cop went to see the sagely fabulist. It might have been a social visit, but one thing led to another, and soon Nuhu Ribadu and Achebe began to talk about the prodigal nation.

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), has backed Nigeria to host a successful Under-17 World Cup, which kicks off today, with two matches each in Abuja and Lagos.

Social unrests from which new crimes arise have a way of leaving the crimes behind afterwards as a legacy of anguish

The defective nature of the 1999 constitution is becoming more glaring. If anything, the latest judgement on the Zamfara Governor Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi’s defection from ANPP, (the party on which platform he was elected), gives urgency to the need for thorough rework of that constitution.

Powerful Action Congress chieftains on Thursday had a closed door meeting with the former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina where he was reconciled with Senator Abiola Ajimobi, All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP) governorship candidate in the 2007 election.

What you are is actually the result of the choices you make. Think about it. A person chooses the wrong career, that person is done for. Someone gets married to the wrong guy, that is trouble. Some choose to get educated, and others turn to the wild life and doing drugs.

STRIKING teachers of the nation’s 104 Federal Government Colleges (FGC) otherwise known as Unity Schools, yesterday suspended their over one month old industrial action to ask for a return of Junior Secondary School (JSS), earlier stopped by Obasanjo’s government since 2006.

Dede is a video director/producer and his video credits include Banging by Ruggedman, Ijo Fuji (Remix); Ayuba, Tolotolo; Freewindz and Originality- which he co-directed with Peter Igho for his brother, Faze. In this interview, he narrates his journey into video production and directing.

An Action Congress gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State for the 2011 election, Engr. Abdulfalil Abayomi Odunowo-Elegbede, a.k.a Yomicash, has unfolded a four-point agenda, if voted into power.

First and foremost, let me commend President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who has provided amicable solutions to the Niger Delta problems. This is what successive governments and most countries with civil conflicts have not been able to resolve but he has addressed it.