In 2001, while travelling to Atlanta, USA, to attend the annual CNN world news report conference, I changed flights at Gatwick Airport, London. While there, one British ‘area boy’ snatched my brief case and ran into thin air. With confidence, I went to the police desk at the airport to make a complaint. The officer there virtually ignored me after murmuring something like “the public announcement you have been hearing repeatedly that everyone should hold on tightly to his luggage is not for fun.”

Young Umari Ayim, a lawyer and a writer was the guest of Abuja Writers’ Forum for the month of August. In this piece, TUNJI AJIBADE highlights the thrills and frills of the event

Elder George Akpabio, is the permanent secretary to the government of Akwa Ibom State and was recently honoured as the fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management (chartered). He speaks in this interview with Sunday Business, about the need for Nigerians to work collectively to realise the Vision 20:2020 target.

The attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Lagos State has waded into the land matter and the execution of judgment by judgment creditors in suit No. ID/1752/89 involving Mr. Abiodun Ojo and Mrs. Jokotade Bakare, the two octogenarians who went to court to challenge Alhaji Imam Ayinde Akinyemi, Alhaji Bello(Bale) and Alhaji Raheem Adejumo over the 13.31 hectares of land bought by their father, Samuel Ojo, a.k.a Ojo Barber.

Specifically, memories of the traumatic years of 1985 to 1993 have faded because of the solvent of time, whereas Obasanjo’s failures (and successes) are more vivid in our imagination due to the fact that his tenure ended just four years ago, in 2007.

As the Federal Government battles to sustain capital inflows into the economy through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), analysts are of the opinion that pragmatic steps must be taken to tackle insecurity in the country.

It is no longer news that the Nigerian reading habit is generally low and this has been confirmed by several experts and as part of efforts to stem the tide, the federal government launched the Bring Back the Book, BBB project on December 20, 2010.

Dr Fredrick Fasehun is a medical practitioner of over 35 years standing. This presidential aspirant in the fourth republic is however better known as founder of Odua Peoples Congress which he says promotes and protects Yoruba interests. He cautions, in this interview, that Major Hamza Al Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Gen Sani Abacha, incarcerated and being tried for murder in Lagos, must not be allowed to die in prison.

One of the few lessons I learnt in my early years in the United States was the popular saying that “Politics ends at the border”. Once the US was engaged in hostilities with another country, every patriotic citizen of America was expected to stand solidly behind the President and Commander-in-Chief, C-I-C, of the armed forces. It is my strong belief that America started losing wars when that solid defence broke down.

As part of moves to immortalise one of the liveliest and most committed art promoters that worked in Nigeria in the 21st century, late Peter Dubem Areh for his great contributions to the development of art, the Art Republic in consultation with the Areh family of Onitsha has concluded plans for the maiden memorial lecture in his honour tagged 1st Peter Areh lecture on Art and Cultural Enterprise.

We’ve all failed at one project or the other and learnt to move on. But a lot of people have received such mighty failures that they’re just not able to shake off and the depth of despair they feel is difficult to bear. A few years back, Remi, just 24 got married. “Adam and I had been together since I was 19,” she explained.

Ilorin based female club side Cerezo Queens have gained promotion into the elite female league in Nigeria.

The preliminary games which were played at the Lafia Township Stadium in Nasarawa State last weekend saw the team tutored by Coach Charles Duku, defeat both Shettima Queens of Abuja by 3-0 and Apa Queens of Otukpo by a lone goal to progress with six points.

On Thursday, a friend of mine called to verify that I was in Enugu for the South-East Economic Summit. I had been billed on a panel with Dr. Okey Ndibe on the “Diaspora.” He saw this on the website of the planning committee for the summit. He wanted to be certain that I was there. First, it was news to me. I was neither aware, nor had I been contacted about the summit.

Globacom has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State over last weekend’s flood disaster in Ibadan, the state capital.

Speaking through its Executive Director, Human Resources, Mr Adewale Sangowawa, the company charged the people of the state to regard the incident as an act of God.

A large quantity of Cannabis Sativa, also known as Indian Hemp, has landed three men in the net of Adamawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).