WHEN Okpala Alex, a Nigerian based in Spain walked through the KLM airline’s checking counter at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, he looked quite relaxed and full of life having had his traveling documents scrutinized and given the nod to proceed for boarding. He had thought that few hours hence, he would be in Spain

Governor Babatude Fashola has commended Fidelity Bank Plc for supporting the Independent Power Project (IPP) in the state, urging other banks to emulate the bank in the quest to develop the country in general.

IT was indeed a pathetic sight as Vanguard Metro’s team was conducted round the debris of a make-shift structure that once housed a couple and their four children. The couple are presently mourning their twins, aged two and half years, who perished in a mysterious inferno.

In a statistical report released recently by SCTA on the direct jobs in tourism sector, it revealed that the total of jobs created reached nearly 491,768 in 2010 compared with 478,979 in 2009 with 2.7% increase. Jobs occupied by Saudis in the tourism sector reached 128,027 in 2010, rated 26% compared with 123,098 rating 25.7% in 2009.

Olamide Ajayi of Iconola Designs is the fashion designer that partnered sultry actress, Genevieve Nnnaji when she launched her St. Genevieve Fashion Label.

They are sex symbols in their own right. And they represent the new generation of movie and musical stars. In so many ways, they have also made modest contributions to the development of today’s entertainment industry.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State is now creating a pattern of creating drama during important state occasions. When he took the oath of office after last January’s gubernatorial re-run elections, Dr. Uduaghan made a dramatic arrival into the inauguration ground by driving himself into the Cenotaph, venue of the swearing in ceremony amidst cheers from the crowd.

AS the nation basks in the euphoria of the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan and states governors, it is mix feeling for the parents of “NYSC 10” – the ten National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, members who were butchered like animals by rioters in some Northern states of the country in the aftermath of the crisis which trailed the April 16, 2011 presidential election.

FIFTY-FIVE years ago, the Nigerian Navy, NN, became fully Nigerianised with the statutory responsibility to safeguard the nation’s territorial waters and ensure secured and virile maritime environment

THOUSANDS of the people from the 17 local government areas of Enugu State gathered last Sunday to witness and cheer Governor Sullivan Iheanacho Chime as he took another oath of office to govern the Coal City State for a second term of four years. The Michael Okpara Square venue of the inauguration was filled with people from all walks of life who converged as early as 8 am for the colourful event.

Last Sunday saw the inauguration of the President and Governors of the twenty states (some new) with joy and radiance, satisfying new hope and expected transformation. Adherents of the Christian faith would see the colorful event as ‘Baptism’- of the death of sin and the rising of hope.

It is another combination of beauty and brains as Nollywood screen diva Monalisa Chinda and wave making actor Joseph Benjamin put together stellar performances in another romantic comedy flick from the Royal Arts Academy titled ‘Kiss and Tell’.

Obatala faithfuls from different parts of Nigeria converged on a rustic community in Oyo State , Igangan, recently for the Obatala festival organised by the Olokun festival foundation.

The Federal Government has been urged to help put the tourism industry on a proper footing by floating a tourism fund for practitioners.

Yetunde Alabi, popularly known as Sasha certainly need little or no introduction. She is referred to as the Queen of Hip-Hop.