Your money or your life!
The most difficult decision people sometimes have to make is not between “totally right” and “absolutely wrong.” However, the individual determines what is “right” or “wrong,” anybody who can be regarded as well-adjusted and who is not corrupted or under duress can generally decide to support the “right” and resist the “wrong.” The most difficult choices involve two “rights” or two “wrongs.”
Beware of Lobi Stars, Bosso warns league teams
Coach of Kano Pillars, Ladan Bosso has warned other teams in the Nigerian Premier league not to underrate Lobi Stars as it will be to their own peril.
In Law practice, have a mentor from whom you can learn – Hairat Balogun
A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State and a Life Bencher, indefatigable Mrs.Hairat Aderinsola Balogun, OON, is always a delight to listen to. She was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in the U.K. at 21, and she’s made giant strides since then in her beloved profession. Little wonder, she is set to formally present her latest book, ”To Serve in Truth & Justice,” barely a few months after presenting ”Women in the Law,” a historical research book about women lawyers in the country. Vista Woman had a chat with her about this new book, her law memoirs, which will be presented to the public this week in Lagos at the Metropolitan Club.
Why Akwa Ibom endorsed N18,000 minimum wage – Akpabio
Amid the dust raised by the N18,000 national minimum wage by many states who say they don’t have the resources to pay, Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio says his state has no problem paying the minimum wage to its workforce.
JTF uncovers, destroys 1,000 illegal refinery sites in the N-Delta
The Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger Delta codenamed Operation Restore yesterday destroyed over one thousand illegal refinery sites in the outskirts of Odiekhe community in the Ahoada West local government area of Rivers State.
Jail break foiled in Warri…as inmates blow up prison walls with dynamites
Inmates of Okere Prisons, Warri in Delta State blew up the prisons walls yesterday with dynamites in an audacious attempt to escape but the jail break was foiled by the police and other security agents.
NBA moves against human trafficking
The first vice chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Lagos branch, says it is dangerous to neglect the country’s women and children who are increasing becoming victims of human trafficking, socio- cultural exploitation, modern slavery, child labour and forced prostitution
Liyel Imoke at 50: As minister, it was a huge challenge trying to fix the power sector
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River has come a long way, from being a presidential adviser to a minister and then his present office. At 50, the governor, in this interview, reflects on his entry into politics, his tenures while in Abuja, his philosophy of life as well as the high and low points of his life
End of the road for notorious kidnapping ring
AN inter-state kidnap syndicate, allegedly comprising the son of a royal father, a native doctor, businessmen and political thugs, which specialized in kidnapping the rich and ripping off dollars and Naira from them, has been uncovered by security agents in Delta State.
Changing the world
Many years ago, I joined the Talk circuit! It is basically a term to describe Motivational Speakers and Life Coaches and, after a while, I was making a tidy sum per appearance. The qualifications are rather more than just a gift of the gab; it helps to have acquired an appreciable degree of success in one’s core area of expertise. The logic for that is simple; to teach people to be successful you must be successful. I had initially enjoyed it, but the attraction faded class after class, year after year.
We too need court order for road repairs
Look, Helen, I hate to discourage you in this, but a write-up on this won’t yield any positive results here in Nigeria,” observed a relation when we were discussing the news item from South Africa about a court order to repair a bad road.
“Why not?”
