Team Nigeria did wonderfully well at the recently concluded 17th Commonwealth Games in Dehli, India, winning a record 35 medals (11 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze), 11 more than the earlier record set at the 1994 Games in Victoria, Canada.

Comrade Joseph Evah, National Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group says the Ijaws who are seeking the support of others to help Jonathan’s presidential ambition have no moral right to fight Uduaghan.

THE battle for the governorship ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Delta State turned bloody, Thursday night, when a private political army suspected to be working for a splinter group, bombed the residence of one of the governorship aspirants, Mr. Jude Ukusare , killing his 73-year-old mother, Chief (Mrs) Agnes Ukusare and a nine-year-old girl, Miss Favour Najemo.

Top Nollywood actress and a prominent member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN), Ufuoma Ejenebor cried like a baby on the 29th of October.

President Goodluck Jonathan last Saturday, at the 30th anniversary of the Silverbird Group, in Lagos, shocked Nigerian entertainers when he announced supporting the industry with a huge sum of $200 million in recognition of the enormous contribution the entertainment sector has made over the years towards the economic development of the country.

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, has kidnapped seven foreign workers of four oil servicing companies in Akwa-Ibom State.

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday 16th and 17th November, 2010 as public holidays to mark year 2010 Id– el – Kabir Muslim festival.

Twenty four hours after the three-day warning strike by labour over minimum wage was suspended on the first day of the strike, workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, yesterday, alerted that most parts of the country will continue to experience black-out because armed soldiers have continued to occupy the PHCN’s installations and stations.

Lagos Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday, expressed dismay over the failure of the court to invoke section 149 of the 2006 Electoral Act on persons found wanting in the conduct of elections in the country.

ONCE I read the article entitled “Uwechue’s sad swan song (1)” on the back page of the Sun of Monday October 25, 2010, I decided on examining the question it addressed. Upon reading the second half of the piece a week later, it became obvious to me that Uche Ezechukwu, the author, had needlessly degraded and devalued the integrity and cathedral majesty that his weekly Capital Matters column should normally commands.

If the findings of NOI Polls are anything to go by, most Nigerians are ready to pay more for regular power supply.

An Abuja-based Motor Company, Ineh Mic Ltd, narrowly escaped falling prey to the antics of a con-man, one Mr. Jidedia Ezenwa, for the second time in six months as he attempted to buy six brand new Prado Jeeps worth about N40million with a dud cheque.

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, and Consolidated Health Workers Salary Structure, CONHESS, for medical and health workers in the state.

THE Nigerian government yesterday fingered its Iranian counterpart as the brains behind last month shipment into Nigeria of 13 containers loaded with weapons such as grenades and rocket which were intercepted at Apapa port by the State Security Service, SSS.

IF feelers from Wednesday’s secret talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and sacked Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State are anything to go by, then one may be compelled to draw the conclusion that Aso Rock may have settled for the candidacy of the ex-Governor in the re-run election.