The news came as a big shock. After six weeks of uninterrupted display of great improvement in management and delivery, the Nigeria Premier League was jolted Sunday by the sudden death of Ocean Boys’ defender, Emma Ogoli.

Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup has inspired soccer-crazy local parents to name their new daughter after the sport’s world governing body.

Things may not be rosy now at Spanish club Almeria, but the Nigeria world cup star Kalu Uche is positive that at the end of the season, the club and the fans will have the last laugh.

IN what can best be described as the outcome of a mock primaries of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Primary election, a formidable pack of 28 governors, led by Chairman, Governors Forum, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday signed a resolution endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan, as PDP consensus candidate for next years elections.

THE Presidency Thursday tongue-lashed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his comment that he would ensured a violent change in 2011 if President Goodluck Jonathan decides to contest the presidential election, saying that the claim is treasonable.

Foreign investors into the country have described Nigeria as the best country in the whole of Africa to do business and also make profit as an investor saying Nigeria is till the safest and largest market for foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

No fewer than 16 protesting workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) were Thursday arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital by men of the State Police Command.

Fuji exponent Alhaji Sikiru Ololade Ayinde Balogun (Ayinde Barrister) is dead. He died this morning at the age of 62 years in a London hospital.

FORMER governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who was in the forefront of the struggle for a return to democracy and also a former chieftain of NADECO has described the death of Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro as a patriot of the highest crust.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, presented to the National Assembly, a budget proposal of N4.226 trillion which is 18 per cent less than the N5.1599 trillion budget proposal of 2010.

WE have come a long way in all things, including the attempt to checkmate that big monster called corruption. The joke is told of how a machine that catches thieves was invented outside these coasts. That machine was dispatched to us to help catch those big thieves around.

Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Human Rights Day last week. Many civil society groups and non governmental organisations held meetings and events to commemorate the day. At all the events, the conclusions were the same, that the Federal Government urgently needs to do more for Nigerians to enjoy basic rights, citizens of more developed societies enjoy.

Over three days, the World Innovation Summit for Education(WISE) witnessed a diverse range of innovations, experiences and emerging new ideas from around the world. From funding to curricula, from conflict and reconciliation to new skills, from assessment to improvement of the quality of Attendees, laureates and speakers came to WISE to advance international dialogue and propose realistic and effective solutions as well as new ideas.

From the deeps of the quagmire that is the endangered professional boxing in Nigeria beckons the lone surviving hope, in the form of Olusegun Ajose who is compelled to sacrifice his own Christmas and New Year pleasures as he pursues what looks to be a career defining assignment early in the new year.

NOTORIETY has its place as the death of Obioma Nwankwo, also known as Osisikankwu, shows. Why the jubilations? Why the expectation that the death of this individual will mark the end of kidnapping and criminality in Abia State ?
Expectations like these minimise the depth of challenges from the social complications of a problem that was left for too long.