How Jonathan runs FEC meetings
Some members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are beginning to adjust to the reality of the long absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua from the country and especially the weekly meetings of the council currently chaired by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.
MEND breaks ceasefire rule, attacks Shell/Chevron pipeline
ABOUT 35 militants, belonging to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), armed with rocket launchers, heavy calibre machine guns and assault rifles attacked in the early hours of yesterday, a major Shell/Chevron crude oil pipeline located in Abonema, Rivers state.
XMAS: What are we really celebrating?
THE significance is that we had the Garden of Eden in the first earth that God created for man. And God wanted Adam and Eve to be in kingdom on earthâ€. And God sent Jesus, the Christ, to be the chief gardener on this earth. Jesus had to come as a stainless person. Christ, through a virgin came with a direct objective and mission.
Triumph of good governance and consultation
THE December 5, 2009 Local Government elections in Enugu State proved in practical terms that in truth, the only magic wand in a democracy is good governance. What spices it all is consultation.
Allegations of gun running : Fear grips workers at space research centre
By Ifeanyi Okolie Fear has gripped staff of the National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) located in Epe, Lagos State, following rumours of gun running being peddled against some top management staff of the agency and threats that detectives are secretly working to unravel the veracity of the rumour. As a result of this ugly […]
4 principals face demotion for exam malpractice
Four principals of secondary schools in Niger state are to face demotion over their alleged connivance with some students to perpetrate examination malpractice during the last May/June Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
Confession of an arrested bank staff : ‘I stole the money to pay school fees’
By Evelyn Usman Judging by her frail frame  and innocent look, it  will be impossible to pass 26-year-old Miss Kemi Yisau for a frivolous individual. But the 400-level part-time student of the Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management of the Lagos State University (LASU) is currently in custody at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) […]
Super Eagles: Home-based inclusion excites Sofoluwe
Former Green Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe has expressed delight over the inclusion of some home-based players in the Super Eagles team for next year’s Nations Cup in Angola.
Elechi Amadi’s Woman of Calabar hits screen
The 13-episode TV serial, which is set in Ibadan, Port-Harcourt and Calabar, tells the intriguing story of a young Nigerian graduate Surveyor, Eme who falls in love with Adia, a ravishing beautiful girl of Efik extraction, in Calabar in the present day Cross Rivers State.
A’Ibom Speaker jettisons plan to use juju over missing $15000
The infuriated speaker, who this correspondent learnt had counted the money severally for confirmation, left the remaining cash with his account officer and moved straight to where he had planned to consult the native doctor who would use his powers to kill whoever stole the money.
5000 Edo PDP members decamp to AC
OVER 5000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Esan Central Local Government Council of Edo state, including the former National Woman Leader of the party, Herbetta Okonofua and the state Youth Leader of the party, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, yesterday, dumped the party for the Action Congress (AC).
