FATHER of Super Eagles’ striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie (Jnr.), Dr. Peter Odemwingie, Tuesday in Benin, escaped assassins’ bullet in an assassination attempt on his life in the Edo State capital, Benin.

AWKA—The Action Congress (AC) has said  that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, remains the single biggest impediment to the organisation of  free and fair elections in the country in 2011. AC in a statement in Awka, Anambra state, yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said […]

International exhibitions and seminars on water and construction tagged “Water Africa and West Africa Building &
Construction,” will take place in Nigeria on come April 2010.

By Paul Usoro Background facts SO much brouhaha has   been created by the recent 2.3MHz frequency spectrum licensing round by the Nigerian Communications Commission (“NCC” or “the Commission”). In capsule, NCC had advertised its planned 2.3MHz_licensing programme on April 30th, 2009 and had invited interested persons to indicate their interest. The process continued to near […]

The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) after its recent meeting has written to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN) stating that there was need to achieve a trusted, transparent and accountable steward for the technical management and coordination of the unique indicators of the Internet and associated policies.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For  45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boys”, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last  shed their unenviable status as […]

NEWSPAPER Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Tuesday in Lagos, formally announced and presented the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education and retired Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, Justice Moronkeji Onalaja, as the Chairman of its Office of the Ombudsman to examine complaints of professional misconduct against journalists or their published work in a newspaper or magazine, whether in printed or electronic form.

Earlier, Venerable Sunday Edogbeji told Christians across the country to be committed to the welfare of their priests and noted that the anointing of a clergy increases when he is comfortable, saying that every one of them has his own gift. He told them not to disperse their God-given gifts.

Asari said state creation was a major issue in the body polity in the region because “it would continue to tear the people apart and would not improve their stake in the polity unless there is a roundtable discussion by the ethnic groups on the future of the country”.

He added that “To deal with the complexities of climate change, there’s the need to engage citizens in meaningful influential dialogue and provide for them some definite responsibilities in the struggle for climate justice and a clean energy future.”