Nigeria’s sports min-ister, Ibrahim Isa Bio, would, today, go on record as having impressed Nigerians for picking holes in the accommodation plans for Nigeria’s Eagles during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

As the world keeps counting down to the first World Cup to hold on the African continent, cheery news, yesterday, came the way of Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, who would be delighted to know Nigeria have climbed two places to 20th in the latest world rankings released by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA).

MANCHESTER CITY Nigerian fullback, Nedum Onuoha’s decision to prefer England to playing for the Green Eagles in the World Cup has been faulted by analyst, Dudu Orumen. Onuoha was one of the players that Lars Lagerback was hoping to use in the World Cup in South Africa on June 11.

FOR some time now, organised labour and other interested parties have been expressed misgivings over the conduct and activities of third party employers, generally referred to as ‘Labour contractors’. Though the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, in a bid to standardize their operations, is issuing guidelines and permit for their operations.

What could have made a young man in his prime to organise his own wake when he is still alive and kicking. Could he be a member of an unknown cult and is only doing the bidding of the group?

Working towards identifying obstacles that are causing delay in cargo clearance within 48 hours and provide ways for further improvement in cargo clearance, the Nigeria Customs Service in conjunction with the USAID/MARKETS last week organized a lecture for stakeholders on Time Release Study TRS at Apapa Command, Apapa, Lagos.

A government delegation, led by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Custom Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi and few others recently went on a brainstorming session with their Hong Kong counterparts.

Recently, Iroko Arts & Lifestyle, an organization founded by Theresa Ijeomah Nadorp and Oluwatosin Onile-Ere Rotimi, held a one-week exhibition in Maitama, Abuja, with a collector’s catalogue of fifty years of Nigerian Arts—cutting through generations of artists, from the legendary sculptor, Ben Enwonwu to modern artists like Sam Ovraiti and Tayo Omorin.

He also pointed out that the management is taking the issue of accommodation serious.
According to him, “ I have worked in some of these major towns, and I know what officers go through to get decent accommodation. Intervention of successive customs managements has been a function of the limited resources available to them

AFTER a rather long wait by Nigerians, the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday ordered the immediate sack of the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu.

The Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF) in collaboration with the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy, Abuja is proud to announce a one-day creative writing workshop in Abuja on May 15, 2010.

For Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor these are not the best of times as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- self proclaimed largest party in Africa. There is a battle of the titans as intense internal crisis threatens the fragile cohesion of the party that has a hyperbolic perception of itself.

“ONE Man, One Vote” or “One Person, One Vote” is one of the gospels according to Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole whose launching has been shifted for God-knows reasons. The campaign is long awaited and for us in the daispora, we are in a hurry for the rally and to key into the gospel. One Man, One Vote is a slogan that has been used in many parts of the world where campaigns have arisen for universal suffrage.

As part of measures aimed at boosting electricity supply in the country, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has signed a multi-million dollar pipeline contract to supply more gas to power stations operating in the country.

Lt. General Aliyu Gusau, the National Security Adviser is a fine officer and a gentleman. Friends call him the smiling General, a gentle giant with an immaculate heart. A forthnight ago he bared his fangs and accused CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of sabotaging the economy because of consequential effects of the corrective measures he has taken to bring the Nigerian banks back to the path of sanity; and for punishing only a few bankers for the sins committed by all bankers.