THERE was confusion in a kidnappers’ stronghold at Issele-Nkpitime, Delta State, last weekend, when a “captive”, Nnamdi Celestine Ozomo, escaped from the den, following a heated disagreement among the members over the sharing of ransom.

After seven long weeks, Monica has emerged winner of the season sensational music talent hunt reality TV show; MTN Project Fame West Africa.

WIFE of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, eulogised the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, saying he would be greatly missed by Ndigbo and all Nigerians.

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the transport sector; rail, marine and air transportation systems and steel production as a result of dilapidation in the sector.

With regards to the above piece, I was very surprised to find out that all those who wrote in, (I assume that they’re pensioners) supported the annual verification exercise of Federal Government pensioners

WITH these judicial precedents, it is surprising to many Nigerians where the justices of some Appeal Courts and Tribunal derived the power to order for retrial of election cases afresh after 180 days and assuming jurisdictions to hear such cases after the stipulated and specified days for election cases in the 1999 constitution as amended.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, weekend, said President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2012 budget proposal, now before the National Assembly, could halt all developmental efforts in the country if passed into law as presented by the President.

She is a woman with a heart of gold. Most admirable about Mrs.Regina Ezenwa, the Chief Executive Officer/Director of Rozec Pharmacy, is the quiet dedication with which she caters for widows and vulnerable youths and children through the Roses Ministry, a faith-based organisation she pioneered in 2007. Her words:

Chief Executive Officer of Egbin Power Station, Mr Mike Uzoigwe, said yesterday that the faulty plant had been restored to its full capacity.

Minster of Trade and Investment Dr. Olusegun Aganga, has said the just concluded World Trade Organisation, WTO, talks in Geneva have improved the atmosphere and outlook for a deal.

Nigerians should brace up for tough and unfavourable economic conditions in the year 2012 and beyond, says economists, financial analysts and operators in the Nigerian financial market.

“For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burnet ‘(Isaiah 62; 1)’

Inter-bank interest rates fell last week following the inflow of N289.33 billion released by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) last week.

Nigeria’s Sand Eagles on Sunday beat their Brazilian counterparts, Reis da Praia (Kings of the Beach) to emerge champions of the 2011 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer.

For many, the number 13 is associated with bad luck, but not for Channel O, VJ and Nigerian entertainer Denrele Edun, who won his 13th award as an entertainer at the Nigerian Broadcasters Awards held penultimate Sunday (11 December 2011)at the Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos.