As the 2010 Christian pilgrimage exercise draws closer, the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has announced the new package for intending pilgrims going to Rome and Israel with a marginal increase as against that of last year.

“I have not seen any formal letter to the Speaker or any letter distributed as we normally do in the chambers to members when there is an allegation against leadership of the House. Nobody has come out with any paper. What we have been seeing so far is cuttings from newspaper and flyers,” he explained.

THE process of appointing a new Deji of Akureland kicked off in Akure yesterday as the Ojijigogun Ruling House expected to nominate a candidate appointed their Chairman and Secretary.

NIGER Delta Youth Movement (NDYM), yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to give in to the blackmail of a group of self_styled Northern leaders, allegedly packaged by former military President, General Ibrahim Babaginda, ex_Vice President Atiku Abubakar and others to stop him form exercising his basic constitutional rights in 2011.

A 26 years old student of the University of Ado Ekiti , Ojo Roseline Temitope, who had been partially blinded for about six months has now regained her sight following a surgical operation she underwent at the Ophthalmological Centre, University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti

FOLLOWING last Tuesday, June 23 eruption of violence at the chambers of the Federal House of Representatives, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, the next , summoned the speaker, Dimeji Bankole, to the National Secretariat of the party.

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is dug in a battle with Senator Alphonsus Igbeke who was recently sworn in as the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District over an alleged fraud predating his emergence as a senator.

There has been several interpretations given to June 12 election that was annulled by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida; but one that should interest those who are thinking about change for the better in Nigeria, has just been brought to lime-light by Professor Omo Omoruyi, who practically mid-wifed the June 12, 1993 election from the Centre for Democratic studies, CDS.

And from Cock Crow at dawn and the Village Headmaster, I was ushered into stardom. In the 80’s, there was virtually no soap opera on air which I didn’t feature in, from Second Chance, Third Eye, Memorial Hospital, Checkmate and several others.

“Indeed, what happened was a shame. We’re are sorry. We promised it won’t happen again. We over did it.
“What happened could have been avoided if the suspended members had walked out quietly as expected. We have rules in the House. We are not sweeping anything under the carpet. I have acknowledged that we overdid it. We are not protecting anybody. The suspended members have earlier petitioned the ICPC and the EFCC and they are investigating and will come out with their reports at the end. Everything will be sorted out.

SOUTH-SOUTH leaders have cautioned the group of 150 Northern leaders, who are opposed to the idea of President Goodluck Jonathan contesting the 2011 Presidential election to mind their utterances, as the country belongs to all Nigerians, and no section or group possess the powers to stop the other from vying for the office of President.

There is always a whiff of excitement each time the Mobil track and field championships draw near. It is the period, top Nigerian athletes are called upon to give a summary of their build up for the year’s top contests.

There is greater mobilization of conflicting interests in the polity; and the politics of zoning has added another dimension of desperation. Besides, the usual litigants are tired of the electoral adjudicatory process and are ready to improve the Kano, Bauch and Ekiti strategy. If President Jonathan becomes a candidate, then he can only win on ideas and platforms. He will win because he ran a campaign more credible than the rest.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday said its choice of 2011 presidential flagbearer in the presidential elections will ‘shake Nigerians’ but hinged the choice of such a candidate on who the ruling Peoples Democratic Party picks as its Presidential Candidate.

Nigerian educational system, since the military rule, has been declining. This was not so during colonialism, the First Republic  and when missionaries held sway in  the system. Then,   Nigerians, including their elites, educated  their children at home. Even those who studied abroad returned home for employment. However, with the collapse of the system,  a lot […]