Stories are told of how husbands lost wives and how wives lost husbands on account of squatting in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. Those stories are not fiction.

The Flying Eagles made history at the FIFA U-20 World Cup with their slim 1-0 victory over England, making it four over four, a morale booster which they really need as they battle Les Bleuets of France in the second of today’s quarter-finals in the Colombian city of Cali.

Nigeria’s fourth successive general elections since the return of democracy in 1999 were held last April. Expectedly, numerous bodies including civil society groups who played key roles in ensuring effective participation of the citizens in the electoral process and that its outcomes were credible and acceptable, have taken a backward look at the electoral experience, taking stock, with a view to creating a pathway for sustainable and wholesome democratic elections for the country.

After watching the tough duel between Nigeria and England in the round of 16 match at the ongoing Under-20 World Cup in Colombia, Sylvanus Okpala is making one wish – that coach John Obuh of the Flying Eagles watches the tape of France six time

THE Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Chief Olusegun Runsewe, has described his purported suspension from office on the orders of the chairman of the Board as illegal.

That Nigeria is a politically volatile state is never in doubt.

Nigerians are a politically resilient people who will always speak out their minds on issues without minding whose ox is gored. It has always been said and I affirm it that a dictator can never hold our country to ransom for long.

Amid the raging controversy over the oil exploration activities of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which left the Ogoni area of the Niger Delta severely polluted, there is a fresh outbreak of oil spillage in four communities in Delta State allegedly from the activities of an oil firm identified as Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited.

Being excerpts from the keynote address delivered on the occasion of the public presentation of Red Nest by Arc. Thelma Nwokedi.

THE guard attached to the Ozoro country home of the legal adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State chapter, Mr Jim Elueni, Isoko North Local Government Area of the State, has been killed by suspected assassins.

The case instituted by the former vice-chancellor of University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD), Professor Dipo Kolawole, against Ekiti State government at a High Court in Ado-Ekiti challenging his removal from office has been adjourned till September 29, 2011 for hearing.