Do you know I played for the Queen in 2003 when she came to this country? It was in Abuja and apart from that, I did a lot of shows in Abuja from my hometown – Zigima sanctuary

The Chairman of the Nigerian American Economic Empowerment Programme, NAEEP, Chief Mrs Temitope Ajayi has called on the governor of Central Bank, to urgently look into the interest rates on loans to farmers, saying that is the only way to encourage Nigerian farmers on the production of foods and poverty alleviation.

A group of protesters under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday staged a protest against what it called “selective justice” by the EFCC.

Stranded travellers have cause to smile as Nigeria ’s international carrier, Arik Air, yesterday announced extra flight on the London route.

About 106 National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Okolobiri community in the outskirts of Yenagoa may be withdrawn over alleged insecurity.

Single parenting is one rough bone nobody will want to chew. Whether one entered into it by way of being widowed or outright abandonment, the truth remains that nobody is in good shape with single parenting.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of the 2010 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted last Saturday, but yet to decide highest scorer.

The European Union (EU) has spent N6.3 billion on projects in Nigeria in the last 10 years.
Mr Pierre Philippe, the Charge d’Affaires in the European Commission, said this yesterday in Abuja.
He spoke at the signing of contracts for new grants to some non-state actors and civil societies under the Thematic Programmes of the EU.

The people of the Otuasega community were last Thursday taken aback when a young man chose to organise his own funeral vigil before his demise. The action of the man, aged 29, identified as Donald Banono, was said to have caused a stir in the sleepy Ogbia settlement with the elderly staying away from the ceremony seen as abnormal.

Wondering why Chief Ibori is been singled out of the 36 former governors that ruled between 1999 – 2007, “for incessant harassment for corruption, they noted, however, that till date, Chief Ibori has not been convicted on any criminal matter, if EFCC is serious, it should diligently prosecute its appeal against him out of the 170 charges. If they cannot do this, they should leave Chief Ibori alone” rather than allow themselves to be used by Chief James Ibori’s enemies to hound him out of Nigeria”