AFTER a long period of contemplation, Kwara Patriots, a group noted for its historical opposition to the Saraki family, last week, struck a deal with Governor Bukola Saraki, the leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state in the ongoing battle of supremacy within the famed Saraki political family.

Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN’s dominance of Kwara State political landscape has further been strengthened by the defection to the party, of about 150,000 members of various political parties including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Alliance Congress of Nigeria, ACN .

(Femi Osofisan wrote this play especially for the 3rd Garden City Literary Festival which took place in Port Harcourt in December. The play was performed by the Theatre Arts Students of the University of Port Harcourt and Directed by Dr Emmanuel Emasealu, immediate past Head of Dept. of Theatre Arts at Uniport

All around Richmond, folks are abuzz over Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, which opens this upcoming Saturday. But this past weekend, the VMFA welcomed an entirely different type of exhibition – Dynasty and Divinty: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria. The exhibition finds a natural home at the VMFA, where it sits nestled in with a very impressive collection of pan-African art — painstakingly curated by Richard Woodward — who said of Dynasty and Divinity that its place at the VMFA is “truly divine.”

Now that Isa Ayo Salami has been told by the National Judicial Service Commission that he can keep his job as the President of the Court of Appeal, he has stopped urinating inside the well that a few days ago he was publicly doing to ensure no other person could drink from, because he now has unrestricted access to the well

The implementation of the Structural Adjustment Programme engineered by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in the 1980s ruined the economies of most African States. The resultant economic crisis led to withdrawal of subsidies from social services, retrenchment of workers, payment ad servicing of questionable debts, trade liberalization etc

Traitor Unmasked is a timely, bold and well-delivered response to Micro-Seconds Away from Death by Wale Adedayo; erstwhile Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD). Traitor Unmasked paints a vivid picture of political treachery and hypocrisy by otherwise trusted political aides with opportunistic tendencies

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, will today organize a special “Energy Day” event in Abuja.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has assured members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) that his government will only formulate worker-friendly policies

In observance of National African American History month, the US Consulate in conjunction with Barack Obama America corner, Ovie Brume Foundation, last week, celebrated the history of black colleges and universities in the United States which were established after the civil war to educate African Americans irrespective of ethnicity or economic status

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has begun a series of training programmes for its members for improved industrial relations and efficiency. The first batch of the training was held between last week and this week in Lagos, Port Harcourt/Onne, Warri and Calabar zones of the union

For the second time in less than a week, four persons, three men and a woman have been crushed to death by unlatched containers, which fell off from their trucks at different areas in Lagos State. The first incident occurred last Tuesday at Ijesha, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, where a truck conveying an empty container veered off the expressway, apparently due to the a break failure.

PROF. Julius Ihonbvere was special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Project Monitoring and Policies.

FORMER Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Allison Madueke and the Central Bank Governor, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi have been selected among four distinguished Nigerians to be honoured with Doctorate Degrees in Business Administration by the University of Nigeria at its 40th Convocation holding at Nsukka, Enugu State on Saturday

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday in Abuja said that more than 200 million people were unemployed worldwide