In this report, we examine the spectre of violence which greeted the 2011 general elections and how some innocent Nigerians, including members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who were drafted to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the conduct of the elections, lost their lives.

The troubles confronting health care delivery in Nigeria are legion. Even as he gets set to carry on with the mantle of leadership at the federal level of government, President Goodluck Jonathan already has his work cut out. Presumably, he is under no illusion about the Herculean nature of the task ahead.

While Don’t Compare me, Orezi’s last musical collabo with Terry G, had seen him battling for the proverbial ladder with other shining music stars.

Former Green Eagles star, Kelechi Emeteole has warned coach Samson Siasia to be more conscious about the precarious weather condition in the eastern part of Africa where Ethiopia is located.

Former Super Eagles defender, Emeka Ezeugo has insisted that Samson Siasia led Super Eagles must qualify for the CAF Africa Nations Cup else the team is a failure.

By Ifueko Diagbare La Bendelle, a modern day boutique that specializes in traditional attires, leads the way in the revolution of the george wrapper and blouse- staple attire for women in the South East. Mrs. Clarke, who set up the dream centre said, she established La Bendelle as a one stop shop for fashionistas, who […]

The processes that led to the zoning of the various offices of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was really a fierce battle, according to informed sources. President Goodluck Jonathan led the charge himself. And it had little to do with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who had spent time to lick his wounds after he lost all the five states of the South-West plus Edo State, which he won from the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 2003. Obasanjo’s losing streak manifested in the loss of the re-election bid of his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, and his sponsored governorship candidate for Ogun State, Major General Adetunji Olurin (rtd).

It is with nostalgia that I write about a club I have supported from the very first day I heard the word ‘football’. Whether as Spartans, Iwuanyanwu Nationale or now Heartland FC, there is just one club every Imo indigene or, particularly, Owerri resident followed passionately.

A fortnight ago, one of my previously cherished neighbours, Professor Sam Ajayi, a pharmacist, shouted across the fence to salute me, but his rather good gesture ended in a fiasco as we both swore never to relate again. The bone of contention was his caustic remarks about some of my colleagues in the media whom he claims visit his Agency regularly to “beg him for money”.

PASTOR Idowu Iluyomade is the current head of The Apapa Family, a group of about 1,000 local and international churches within the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. The Family which was the vision of the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, started in 1992 at the former Roxy Cinema, Apapa in Lagos with young professionals like Pastor Tony Rapu and others, include chapters in the US, Europe, Oceania and Asia. As part of preparations for this year’s edition of EXCEL 2011, one of the main attractions of the Apapa Family, Pastor Iluyomade bared his mind on the vision, mission and future plans of the group as well as the political situation in the country.