By Yemisi SULEIMAN See_through sheer  lace are big this season, they create  erotic cut outs in  dresses and tops.. Lace is used to make whole dresses, however you could also decorate dresses with frills and flounces made of  lace, it  is alluring and  sexy without being overdone. One last thing about the lace trend… Lace […]

By Jemi EKUNKUNBOR For most of us, a rainbow of colours surrounds our lives and some of these colours and combinations arouse us to be interested in different things? What colours attract or repel us? From the Holy Writ, we learn that Olive is a symbol of peace. Green as a colour is a restful […]

Perhaps, when Nigerians embarked on the journey of democracy on May 29, 1999, the expectations were so high whereas the anxiety of a possible collapse of this Fourth republic also filled the air.

President Goodluck Jonathan is due to arrive in Paris today at the start of a two-day visit to France.

 By Emma Amaize , Warri Niger Delta activist, Mr. Omolubi Newuwumi says the current offensive against the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori by both the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reeks of political vendetta rather than the make-believe fight against corruption. Mr. Newuwumi told reporters in Warri […]

By SIMON EBEGBULEM, & GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE Benin City- The Chief of Staff to  the President,   Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, spoke yesterday of his boss determination to put in place a credible electoral system before the 2011 general elections. Oghiadomhe who addressed supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State during a reception for […]

Governor Babatunde Fahola of Lagos State responded personally for the first time yesterday to allegations of corruption levelled at him by describing the allegations as baseless and having no substance whatsoever.

If I read you right, you said Jonathan has a way out if only he has the courage to make that choice…What is that way out? What is that choice he has to make before he goes far wrong, you owe the president and the nation the duty of stating the way forward. I say this because your views are always accurate! Austin Oti Obilor”

They’re pot-bellied and walk so slowly they look as if they’re doing the moon-walk! Things they discuss are so mundane, I felt like climbing the wall the few times I’d met them. Not to think of the ease with which they fall asleep! And the thought that I would have to deal with them if the inevitable happened and I moved in with CTB, gives me the creeps! God forbid bad thing! Besides, CTB hasn’t even asked me to!!

I knew that one day the question of political parties would be addressed, but I least expected that it would come via a route that is undemocratic- the pronouncement by legislative fiat that Two (or Five) Political Parties should emerge and bang, they appeared! In fact, the number is not the point or the issue. That the number can be decreed by a lawmaking body is.

There was pandemonium in Kaduna yesterday when a welder opened a gas cylinder containing suspected poisonous gas which reportedly choked two people to death and caused over 500 others to be rushed to hospitals in Kakuri area of the metropolis

Many of them have no principles. They are what, in Ibadan, the people call Amala and Gbegiri politicians. Anything goes for them – as long as they win. Unfortunately many of them are winning. They use any combination and manner of methods. They rig, they bribe, they maim and kill. They say the end justifies the means.

A robot is wired to function in a manner that is time and energy efficient. Its sole purpose is to make life easier for the owner. When it is assigned a task, it gets it done to the best of its ability and once done, it moves on to the next task or conserve its energy till the next time it is called upon.

This report traces the strategy employed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in hijacking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from its founding fathers and the perceived tango between him and President Goodluck Jonathan over who to replace the out-gone national chairman of their party, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor. Does the president need to break loose? Will he succeed in cutting Obasanjo’s grip on PDP?

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State said yesterday that his administration had set aside N1.5billion for the post amnesty capacity building programme expected to train 5,000 youths in various skills even as he joined in the call on President Goodluck Jonathan to contest 2011 presidential poll.