Nigerian parents are very busy making money and thinking that that is all it takes to provide a great life for the kids. Many create cocoons of privilege that isolate their children from a larger community of peers, and they live in that bubble of a small, closed society, and become very easy targets, as I am sure the young Mutallab became, of those who give them meaning and tempt them with purpose beyond themselves.

The Yuletide celebrations have just ended, with the usual aftermaths, trailing them. Whether one is a Christian or nonchristian, Christmas is a period of frenetic activity and high expectations, great hopes and disappointments, increase in all manner of vices and road accidents.

By Tony Edike Enugu-THE people of Umunneukwu village in Eziokwe Amuri community of Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of seven members of a family in their sleep Friday morning. Sympathizers from the village and neighbouring towns who besieged the Eneh family compound  following […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka-TWO incidents that could have resulted to clash of rival political parties presenting candidates for the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State were averted weekend as campaigns for the election intensified. The first incident took place at Igbariam in Oyi Local Government Area during the annual Ofala festival of the traditional […]

By Akoma  Chinweoke WORRIED by the vacuum created ingovernment by the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar’ Adua who is on his  sick bed in Saudi Arabia, a group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), has said the only way to save the country from an imminent doom was to institute a revolutionary interim administration for […]

By Simon Ebegbulem , Benin City-FORMER chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, yesterday, launched a fresh attack on Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, saying that all the administration has  achieved in the last one year, two months is “ just planting of flowers at Ring Road”. Anenih, […]

SENATOR Iyabo Obasanjo – Bello says Mrs. Maryam Babangida would be remembered for the Better Life Programme she initiated as the nation’s First Lady. In a condolence message to the husband, General Ibrahim Babangida, the senator described the deceased as a role model to the female folks and a foremost crusader to bring attention to […]

URHOBO Federated Union says the argument that President Umaru Yar’Adua, on his sick bed in Saudi Arabia, is carrying out functions of his office through ministers is self-serving, unpatriotic and damaging to the country. It said in a statement: “Those who hold this argument though try to portray greater love and loyalty for the president […]

A GERMAN woman, Rahel Tecle,  has been accused of duping  a Kaduna-based indigenous company of about N2.94 billion ($195,750) worth of 1,305 carats of rough diamond. The company, Dan Arewa Investments Limited, which deals  in solid minerals, has already petitioned the German Ambassador to Nigeria over the matter which it described as “419” and copied […]

The Edo State government has commenced moves to get the Federal Government to provide funds from the Ecological Fund to deal with the problem of erosion in Auchi, Etsako West local government, area on a lasting basis. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole disclosed this at the palace of the Otaru of Auchi, Aliru H. Momoh, Ikelebe 111, […]