Humbled by the possibility of becoming the first black American President, President Barak Obama of the United States of America said in an interview with Ebony Collector’s Edition Magazine of January, 2009 that, “…I’m humbled by the fact that I stand on the shoulders of all the people that made all these incredible contributions to lift this country up”.

She still finds it hard to believe that the lives of innocent Youth Corps members could be terminated simply because of the outcome of a general election. Dr. Lady Gloria Chuma-Ibe, Director for Exhibitions & Museum at the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization- CBAAC in Lagos, strongly fears that this sudden loss of value for human life could degenerate into an uncontrollable national crisis if not addressed.

MR. Raoul Angelo is Forever Living Products top distributor in Cotonou, Benin Republic. A former staff of Diamond Bank, Cotonou, he resigned from the bank, five months after marketing Forever Living products, a decision he never regrets. In this chat, he says people are understanding that they need to be masters of their lives.

Although this enthralling book is classified as “Teen Fiction”, Nwokeji explores the age-old problems of poverty and dreams now compounded by child labour and the new wave in crime, kidnapping, through Ike and his brother, Emeka. The book opens with the exposition of the fundamental truth that, as in most other things, there are various levels of poverty:

Not too long ago, I had been on my way home from a land so very far away. My journey each way included 2 rather long haul flights, two 3 hour stop overs and then a 4 hour drive before I would eventually be at my destination.

Poor Bankole. Victim or villain, scapegoat or sacrificial lamb, it does not matter anymore! He is already in the blender! Just don’t ask, ‘when will they blend him?’ Putting ‘accused’ persons in the ‘blender’ is about the worst our anti-corruption agencies have done! -they raise all hues and cries; they conjure the planetary winds and just when all the necessary tempests have been properly invoked, the ‘eagle’ descends from the troubled skies, and with its powerful tendons lift the prey.

After successful hosting of the London leg of the the second edition of the inter cultural exchange tagged ,WS7728086 organised by Zmirage as part of the celebrations of the 77th birthday of the renowned playwright, author and Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka that culminated in the performance of Dance of Liberation at Theater Tabernacle in Nottingham, Nigeria’s leg and final stage of the event kicked off in Lagos week end with a lot of activities.

Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGOM), which holds in Perth, Australia from 28th-30th October, 2011, the Managing Director of the Commonwealth Business Council, (CBC) Mr Steve Godfrey last week paid a courtesy visit to the Director General (DG) National Gallery of Art, (NGA), Dr Abdullahi Sabo Muku.

This is an exclusive report on the hunt for members of the now dreaded Ahlan Sunnah Lid Da’waati wal Jihad Yaanaa (brothers), popularly known as the Boko Haram sect and how security agencies are going about their job. The report also reveals the engagement between former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Directorate of State Security, SSS, and the meeting between the former and President Goodluck Jonathan, last week. It is revealing and explosive.

After over five weeks since he was sworn-in as President and Commander-in-Chief, President Goodluck Jonathan finally constitutes the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, signaling the commencement of real governance. The question is, will this team deliver for Jonathan and Nigerians?

Special Adviser to Ondo State Governor on Sports, Akin Akinbobola has disclosed that the State’s athletes that came fourth at the just concluded National Sports Festival will be rewarded after the labour strike is called off.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,is out with a new policy to nationalise the eight rescued banks, instead of liquidating them as previously planned, just as financial experts expressed fears that the economy may lose about N3.8 trillion depositors and shareholders funds should the apex bank liquidate affected banks.

Several parties are sharpening their knives with the unfurling of the hacking scandal of the News of the World and News International. There are even suggestions that the rot may have spread to other newspapers but the smear has not hit the other papers… yet.

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United Against climate change is an advocacy drama on climate change adaptation written for University of Nigeria’s inauguration of its climate change adaptation programme. As an advocacy drama on climate change adaptation, it represents a unique literary landscape on the plane of creative discourse.