Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala departed the World Bank as managing directorFriday and said her biggest challenge as Nigeria’s new economic chief will be to develop an economy that is less dependent on oil and gas.

Contrary to reports that the sale of Delta Steel Company to Global Infrastructures Nigeria Limited (GINL), has been revoked, the senate said Friday that no such decision has been taken.

The only member of the Action Congress of Nigerian, ACN, in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Chief Alex Irek representing Obubra 1 State Constituency has given jobs to over 40 of his constituents in fulfillment of his campaign promises to the people.

THE Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee and his wife, Binota will arrive Nigeria on Sunday 14th August, 2011.

Managing Director of 3SC, Mutiu Adepoju is hopeful they will come out of relegation zone but added that it will be achieved if the team perform well in the remaining four matches of the season

In this month, it is very rewarding to observe tahjjud and end it before your sahur. One could get up in the early morning before the breaking of the dawn for prayers and in preparation for the fast.

Jude Okoye is elder brother to wave- making twins, P-Square. Although he is in charge of producing the duos’ songs and directing their videos, he will not also hesitate to tell you that he is the boss. “P-Square rules the world but I own the world. So, I’m the boss. I push them out because they are the brand, while I own and run the brand” were his words when we interviewed him during the week.

Clerics, educationists, engineers, have charged graduating students of Leadcity High School, Jericho Ibadan, to be responsible ambassadors.

A governorship aspirantin Adamawa state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (name withheld) in the 2011 election now rescheduled for 2012 has been trapped in an alleged sex scandal.

Past president of the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) and Chief Executive Officer of PiNet Informatics, Mr. Lanre Ajayi, has been nominated into the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) council of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The clash between Brazil and Spain will headline the quarter-finals of the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia this weekend.

After one year of taking that bold step to relocate from her base in London where she lived with her parents for almost 14 years, and jump start a career in acting, Beverly Naya may not have any cause to regret her decision after all. As it stands today, Beverly has become one of the hottest rising actresses in Nollywood. Hot, daring and focused, she reveals to BENJAMIN NJOKU some of the qualities she wants in a man that will make her to fall in love.

West Bromwich Albion have rejected a bid from Premier League rivals Wigan Athletic for Nigerian international striker Peter Odemwingie whose 15 goals last season played a key role in keeping the Baggies in the top flight.

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, minister, teacher, academic and an inveterate soul winner, is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a network of over 15,000 parish-churches spread across the globe, with active churches in over 100 countries.

Burkina Faso defender Bakary Kone has joined Lyon on a five-year deal, the French first division side announced on Friday.