Super Falcons coach, Eucharia Uche’s fate with the team is tied to today’s second leg All Africa Games qualifier against the Black Queens of Ghana in Accra and as a result she has loaded the team with seven Europe-based players who couldn’t make the first leg in Abuja a fortnight ago.

Thanks for your articles. They have been quite educative and captivating, indeed. I never thought a day will come that I will be writing to you. I just thought I will be reading the articles; learning but never get in touch.

The Ogun State Customs Command, Abeokuta has realised a huge sum of N730million in the first quarters of its operations in 2011.

Life is a forward moving event, it’s wheels turn constantly and it goes on in spite of our personal challenges, triumphs, tragedies and successes. The world doesn’t miss a beat and the rhythm of life is uninterrupted day in and day out.

Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Princess Denrele Ogunsanya, certainly knows her onions when it comes to politics. Born into a home known for politics

The first set of applicants that scaled the keenly contested audition stages of the Stella Damasus Arts Foundation (SDAF), are expected to begin a free three-month training next week. The 43 students, who were selected based on their audition performance, will receive intensive training from volunteer professionals in drama, singing and fine arts.

A few years back, a group of my friends resolved to resort to subtle match making between our fast growing kids so we could at least have an input in the success of their marriage. The success we’ve had so far is not very encouraging. When it comes to romance, these youngsters knew what they want and no subtle or outright hints, contrary to their wish, would shift them. Still, there’s no harm in trying. And when Gemma, a friend’s first daughter came back from the States a couple of years back, our match-making instinct became sharpened.

In line with the policy of the Federal Government to develop the steel sub-sector of Nigeria’s economy, Dealing International Affairs (DIA) Group, a foreign company specialises in building of bridges, super highways and exceptional intelligent structures has sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tusks and Page Limited, a local firm in Nigeria to promote steel revolution in the country.

Chapter 13, the penultimate chapter, has as its title “Yus Asaph and Jesus.” In it, Shams states that a certain prophet named Yus Asaph came to Kashmir around 1900 years ago, died and was buried in Srinagar at the age of 120 years. Based on the writings of Ghulam Ahmad, the author concludes that Yus Asaph is none other than Jesus of Nazareth (p. 109).

Engr Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon, Founder /CEO, Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation, OYASAF is a major art collector and player in the emerging Nigerian Visual Art Market. In this exclusive interview with Arts on Sunday Vanguard, Shyllon speaks on the beauty of this emerging market and its challenges.

It is gratifying to know that the great United States of America was among the first nations that commended the Nigerian elections of 2011. Yes it makes sense that they did so. First, America like me is a supporter of President Jonathan. Second and more importantly, as my good friend Kolade forcibly argued, Americans do not really care about wobbled elections provided the process produces a winner as shown by the funny election which made George W. Bush, their President. The excellent one that brought Obama cannot happen all the time.

Across the board, the United Nations, National Governments, NGO’s and Non-profit organizations are realizing the essential role that volunteers play in moving communities and nations forward in their development. Consider the words of Kofi Annan, “If our hopes of building a better and safe world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.

An Abuja based Records label, Play Entertainment Network is set to bring something new to the table, as it debuts with its thrilling all star album.

Award winning hip-hop act, Emehelu Innocent Uchenna a.k.a Urchman within the week affirmed that the African Queen exponent, Tuface Idibia has agreed to feature in the remix of his single Shikoro.

When I wrote “Talba: Beware the gathering storms”, forewarning my Niger State Governor Dr.Babangida Aliyu, of the imminence of danger ahead of 2011, I was neither metaphysically prophetic nor in my prognosis of the elements was I premonitively predictive of what precisely held for the boisterous Governor of the hydro state famed for his surefooted trudges and verbal jabs that are as self-reassuring to ‘power’ as they often are terribly self-harming to it.