There appears to be atmosphere of anxiety and expectations as to which team wins the 2010 cup software competition in software design and embedded development even as the global software giant, Microsoft announced the finalists for the two categories.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, warned ex-militants and relevant stakeholders against any action intended to truncate the post amnesty programme.

THE Senate Committee on Aviation wants to probe last May’s black-out at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. It lasted over four hours. The Senate considers the situation an embarrassment.

Though, even back in the olden days, the act is usually received with mixed feelings among diverse people. However, with the era of male supremacy gradually fading out, and more women gaining financial and educational leverage, many, including men, now see wife battering as an attack and abuse of the supposedly weaker sex. Add to this is the enactment of laws by at various levels of government in the country against domestic violence, some of which attract stiff penalties if found guilty of.

AFTER many nail-biting years of wondering what to do with the national football team, the Super Eagles or Super Chickens as some derisively call them, a Nigerian government finally seems set to begin the process of returning football from an agonizing and disappointing exercise of nerves to a game that has been the source of both personal and collective joy to hundreds of millions of Nigerians.

Former coach of the national team, Christian Chukwu has welcomed the unbanning of the Eagles by President Goodluck Jonathan and said it was good news to all Nigerians and particularly, the youth whose careers have been saved.

COLONIAL governments determined the security and orderly governance of colonial societies. From this structure of the provinces of the British Empire arises the statecraft challenges of the post-colonial society of independence Nigeria.

A FEDERAL High Court, yesterday, awarded N15.4billion as special and punitive damages against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, in favour of Ejama-Ebubu community in Tai Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State for an oil spill that occurred in 1970.

A bullish trend was recorded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, as the value of listed equities appreciated by N23.04 billion.

“It is a goal!” the excited crowd shouted in unison following Nigeria’s goal against Greece in the on-going World Cup in South Africa. There was back-slapping, shaking of hands and holding of shoulders as the patriotic spirit in the crowd gathered at one of the Peace Football Viewing Centres established by the Military Special Task Force maintaining security in the troubled Plateau State capital took over. Like the typical setting in a stadium people momentarily forgot the tension and suspicion that had polarized the city along religious and ethnic lines for some time now to watch and enjoy football.

IN a counter affidavit in support of a motion to dismiss the petition filed at the Federal High Court Lagos against some directors of Acorn Petroleum, the company said the allegations are false, baseless and should be dismissed by the court. The motion to strike out the petition for incompetence was heard by the court on the 22nd of June 2010.

The executive chairman of the Delta State Sports Council, Pinnick Amaju has commended President Goodluck Jonathan over his decision to reverse the two-year ban on all national football teams, saying Nigerian football will ever be greatful to him.

The banking, building materials and construction sub-sectors of the nation’s economy hold the key to capital market recovery, according to a market research carried out by Value Capital Limited.

I have always taken every opportunity to say that this country is so unique that you cannot find its like any where in the world.

An American Professor, Thomas Andrew O’Keefe, has given reasons why foreign investors are not in a hurry to invest in Nigeria.