Reverend Oladimeji (Ladi)P. Thompson, founder and Senior Pastor of Lagos-based Living Waters Unlimited Church has, for over 20 years, followed the activities of terror groups in the North. He is also the international co-ordinator of Macedonian Initiative, a non-government, non-denominational organization established to provide succour to Christians persecuted because of their belief in Jesus Christ.

Uche Joan Iwuanyanwu is a Nigerian actress from Mbano Local Government area of Imo state. She is also a final year student of Economics at the University of Jos, Plateau state.

As Sunshine Stars prepare to play visiting JS Kabylie of Algeria in today’s CAF Confederations Cup at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu-Ode, Coach of the Nigerian side, Gbenga Ogunbote has said that his lads will not be anxious to score in the game.

This week and weeks to come,altercations and counter-altercations would form the theme of the political discourse in Jos, the Plateau State Capital over the directive of Mr. President that there should be an occupation of soldiers in that troubled but once serene and peaceful conclave in the middle-belt part of the country.

The crisis of confidence rocking All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Imo State, has deepened as the party’s leadership has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of factionalizing and concocting all manner of allegations against the party leadership at all levels.

It was described as the first of briefings by the President, and he handled it as to the manner born. Of course, it was not really his very first performance of that kind; though he has never appeared in the ranks of the reticent, yet President Goodluck Jonathan did not appear too eager to formally address the nation extensively or comprehensively on several pressing issues of the moment.

Three weeks after the United Nations House bomb blast, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure , Wednesday announced the names of UN members of staff and other non UN persons killed in the August 26 bomb attack.

Ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations against Guinea on October 8, Kelechi Emeteole has tasked the Nigeria Football Federation to step up preparations for the crunch game billed to hold on October 8 at the Abuja National Stadium.

Alhaji (Dr.) Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, immediate past governor of Sokoto State, likes to serve his people and contribute to national political successes. Those efforts, recognized by Sokoto State people, led to his installation by the Sokoto Sultanate and Gwandu Emirate, as the Garkuwan Sokoto, translated to mean “The Shield of the Sokoto Caliphate” in 1996. During Bafarawa’s tenure as governor, President Olusegun Obasanjo of the ruling party in opposition to governor’s ANPP, once appreciated his good performances as governor of Sokoto State to entitle him, “The Road Master.”

The joy of a marital life is fulfilled when a man and his wife live together in harmony, building their homes and raising children of their own.

It was an outburst of emotions last weekend in Lagos when Nollywood’s top stars went down the memory lane to eulogize the virtues of departed actor, Sam Loco Efe who died last month in Owerri, Imo State capital.

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, Friday, at an extraordinary session presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to go after notorious tax evaders across the country that are owing government a whooping sum of over N170bn over the years.

When I was approached to write this article, I did not think I could do it. My first attempt to write anything was at the behest of my sister’s friend, Nonye, to write for a free paper Wakapedia. I wrote on fitness. I was asked to come up with a name for this column and I hooked up with two good friends: Folake and Funke.

South Africans were justifiably angry and upset last week — national broadcaster SABC failed to secure the rights for the match between Bafana Bafana and Niger in Niamey. Had it been cricket or rugby, some argued, the match would have been broadcast, even if it had been at an ungodly hour of the morning.

Defence minister,Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, Friday, said that the strengthening of bilateral agreements and the recent establishment of a Chamber of Commerce between Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago, dedicated to promoting economic ties between both countries in a range of sectors including energy, education has created strong and good relations between the two countries.