Low self esteem is a widespread mental affliction; it has reached epidemic proportions. Almost all people carry this “virus.” Few are symptom-free. Typical indications of infection include anxiety, helplessness, depression and addictions to work, food, alcohol, drugs, and dysfunctional relationships (to name a few).

A spouse strays and a marriage many years hits the rocks. Yet a lot of marriages tagged ‘hopeless’ have been known to defy the odds when the estranged couples reunite. What makes a marriage work the second time around?

Michael Jackson has died. The news came as a shock. I was one of his biggest fans. I still cannot believe the King of Pop is gone. A man who constantly stated he was robbed of his childhood the price he paid for mega stardom. What happened to the cute button nosed kid from Gary, Indiana?

By SAMUEL OYADONGHA Yenagoa – AFTER nearly three years of Spartan life in the deep mangrove swamp of the troubled Niger Delta, some of the militant leaders in Bayelsa State who, penultimate week, agreed to lay down their arms in deference to President Umaru Yar’Adua amnesty offer, have resorted to lying low for now pending […]

By Lucky Fiakpa The rising incidence of collapsed buildings across the country have often left victims licking their wounds when they could have benefited immensely if the buildings were insured under the Public Building Insurance scheme, Lucky Fiakpa writes