Like the biblical injunction which states that ‘the wages of sin is death’, in Malaysia, the punishment for trafficking in hard drugs is outright death by hanging; no appeal!

Organisers of the Nigeria wine and spirit, is an event that aims at creating a platform that could bring together producers of wine and spirit all over the world into a family circle where the business could favourably compete and thrive is set for its 2nd edition festival billed for October 2011.

Recently, members of the Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) staged a peaceful protest to register their displeasure over the sustained raiding of their shops by men of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN).

For those of you wondering where Ijoba Orun crooner Lara George has been these past few weeks, well now you know. The ebony skinned mother of one has been away to the United States on a music tour and has only just returned.

Spokesman of Crown FC of Ogbomosho, Kunle Oyeleye has said the team is not out in contention for surviving the relegation battle in the Nigerian Premier League, NPL.

The end is definitely not in sight for celebrity wonder kid Ayodeji Balogun aka Whiz Kid if the latest gist making the waves is anything to go by.

The singing duo of Paul and Peter Okoye may soon be having a good run for their money if what we hear is true of two brothers currently turning up the heat in town.

As the Super Eagles prepare to tackle their Madagascan counterpart in far away Antananarivo tomorrow, former Flying Eagles players, Peter Nieketien and Peter Ogaba have expressed fears over the possibility of coming back with the expected three points in the all important Nations Cup qualifier against the Barea at the Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo.

Apostle Damian sat in his office, counselling two pregnant teenage girls. By the sides of the teenagers were two huge bags and other small bags containing their personal effects.

RESIDENTS of the industrial town of Nnewi in Anambra State were shocked last week Wednesday when they saw the lifeless body of Miss Uzoamaka Offor, a 25 –year old nurse who was a staff of Chioma Hospital in the town. Uzoamaka, who hailed from Isuochi in Umunneochi local government area of Abia State had, on the night of the incident, felicitated with her colleagues up to 10 pm before retiring to the nurses’ quarters on the third floor of the same building where the hospital is located only to be found dead about midnight.

The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has ordered immediate commencement of rescue work at the failed portions of the Akure/ Owo/Benin expressway where about 32 souls perished in a multiple accident earlier in the week pending when the Federal Government would move to the site.

LONDON (AFP) – Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks on Friday dumped its full unredacted archive of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables online, drawing a furious response from its media partners. The website confirmed in a message on Twitter that all 251,287 of the US embassy cables had been posted on the Internet and posted a link […]

Nigerian-born Sydney 2000 Games Olympian, Albert Eremosele, fell short of target in his professional bid to earn a world boxing title as he was beaten by champion, Australia’s Daniel Gaele by a unanimous points decision of the judges in front of more than 5,000 home fans of Derwent,Tasmania, Southern Australia.

ELDER Tes Sorae, a chief tain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state who was kidnapped last Sunday by armed men, regained his freedom at the early hours of Friday.

For Mr. Anthony Uche, a petty trader at Oduade market, in Orile area of Lagos, his dream of ensuring that his daughter, Cynthia, lives a fulfilled life and later be of assistance to her parents and young siblings is gradually becoming a mirage except a miracle happens.