SIX market women were killed in the early hours of yesterday at Effurun, Delta State, by a trailer suspected to be laden with stolen crude oil, while a mob partly razed the Ebrumede Police Station in a spur-of-the-moment reaction to the unpleasant incident.

Only God and perhaps some of the principal actors in the crisis that rocked the National Assembly prior to last Tuesday’s presentation of the 2010 budget can confirm if the whole brouhaha was indeed a farce.

Confederation of African Tennis has cleared the air on the alleged falsification of document by the sports minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanusa, in his bid to contest the NOC elections due next month.

*Share value drops by N25bn By Michael Eboh & Chinedu Ibeabuchi First City Monument  Bank (FCMB) Plc has announced a loss of N6.9 billion in its five months financial statement, for the period ended, September 30, 2009. According to the result released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Wednesday, its gross earnings dipped by 7.42 […]

ABRAHAM, as it is universally accepted, is the symbol of faith for both Muslims and Christians. He is a common denominator and should be a unifying factor. His significance to both Islam and Christianity can never be down-played. Each year, Muslims enact an ancient ritual of demonstrating unquestioning faith in the Almighty Allah as exemplified […]

THE people of Ebo community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State are lamen-ting what they described as unjust demolition of their houses by agents of the state government.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, called on Nigerians to fervently pray for the quick recovery of President Umaru Yar’Adua to enable him fulfill his vision of a great Nigeria.

AS the rest of the world map out strategies for the World Cup after going through the tough qualifiers, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, are still groping over the choice of Coach that would lead the Eagles to Mandela’s Rainbow nation after they scraped through the skin of the teeth. Coach Amodu Shuaibu who guided the Eagles to their second world cup qualification was said to have divided the NFF over his continued stay .

FORMER National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, chieftain, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu (rtd), yesterday said electoral reforms and the attempt to ensure that people’s vote count will not prevent rigging in 2011, rather, the problem will be worse.

It was supposed to be a retreat of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review of both chambers of the National Assembly in Minna to reflect on process of reviewing the 1999 Constitution. But rather than Senators and Representatives achieving the purpose of their gathering, controversy ensued over chairman cum Co-chairman of the committee.

IT is getting clearer that the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, did not know why it hired Coach Shuaibu Amodu who surprisingly qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

A FRIEND just sent me an excerpt from The Dual Mandate In British Tropical Africa, a book that was written in 1922 by Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the British colonial administrator who spent 13 years in Nigeria – first as High Commissioner, of the Northern region, then as Governor-General of both the Northern and Southern Protectorates – at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Amodu & Keshi were dropped because of our below per performance in the 2002 African Cup of Nations. Even though we got to the third place, our display was dismal. When Amodu took over from Bonfere a few players like Oliseh were not sure that Nigeria would qualify, so they did not show up for some of the last qualifying matches. In came Friday Christopher in our last match to man the defensive midfield position and his performance was great.

John Brown had struck severe blows against slavery, he had shamed his accusers and persecutors who might have thought he would beg for his life. He went to the gallows head held high and walked into martyrdom. His adversaries are forgotten in history but John Brown’s saintly accomplishments will never die.

By Emeka Mamah The Director of Automobiles Peugeot France (APF), in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Mr. Jean-Yves Dossal, says that the company has sold over 270,000 Peugeot Sedan cars throughout Asia and South America since the brand started rolling out of the factory. Dossal who spoke at the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) in Kaduna […]