Vice President, Namadi Sambo yesterday announced Federal Government‘s approval for the construction of Zungeru Dam Hydro Power Plant in Niger State, expected to generate 32 Mw

 By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—CIVIL servants in Borno State as well as those in the 27 local government areas of the state have been mobilised by the state’s branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to proceed to an indefinite strike that could cripple government functions in the state. The NLC circular urging union leaders in […]

 By Dapo Akinrefon LAGOS—CENTRE for Participatory Democracy, CPD, and National Youth Awareness Initiative, NYAI, said yesterday that the on-going face-off between the 11 suspended members of the House of Representatives known as Progressives and the House leadership was aimed at smearing the integrity of the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole and that of the House. The […]

By Funmi Komolafe The Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, Juan Somavia has commended the resolve of the G-20 leaders’ which met in Toronto, weekend, especially their commitment to give the “highest priority to safeguard, strengthen the recovery and ensure full return to growth with quality jobs.” Mr. Somavia noted that to actualise their […]

OWERRI—The majority members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Progresive Peoples Alliance, PPA, are not happy with the confrotational attitude of the new chairman, Mr. Larry Esin, against Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and Board of Trustees, BOT, Chaiman, Chief Orji Kalu, as such do not support a publication which ought to […]

EDO State House of Assembly yesterday became the first State legislature to ratify the amended 1999 Constitution. It also agreed with the amendments by the National Assembly to expunge relevant sections of the constitution preventing corrupt politicians from contesting future elections.

COLONALISM was like slavery, one of the most vicious crimes against humanity. But the last 50 years of political independence in a country like ours deepened that tragedy; the colonial masters seemed more humane. The same banditry and misappropriation of our national wealth goes on except that each stage seems a worse pedestal than the previous.

NATIONAL President of Akaikenga, a pan-Igbo socio-cultural Organisation Dr. Sylvanus Ebigwei, has blamed the creation of so many autonomous communities in the South East for the involvement of some traditional rulers in the increasing cases of kidnapping.

Sincerely, this was not what Mrs. Chinyere Okpe, a middle -class resident of Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State, had bargained for when she contracted a recruitment agency to hire a private driver for her. After she succeeded in getting a driver named Joseph Akpan, she got the rudest shock of her life when, the driver disappeared with her brand new Toyota Yaris, three days after. When investigations commenced, it was discovered that many others, including an army colonel, had fallen victims to the driver’s criminal activities.

I am only 28 and just had my first child. To my horror, I discovered my boobs have sagged since I gave birth.
My husband has even noticed this and am desperate to get them back in shape. Is there anything I can do or should I consider plastic surgery?