How Okonjo-Iweala’s mother was rescued
SIX days after a 10-man kidnap gang seized Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, the 82-year-old retired professor of Sociology at the University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka, was released, yesterday morning, by her kidnappers in Benin City, Edo State, after collecting between N10 and N15 million ransom.
Abia gave me only N5000, junior athlete laments
Harry Chukwudike was part of Nigeria’s team to the IAAF world junior championships last July in Barcelona, Spain. At the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival, he was one of the race favourites, but he was well outside the medals zone in the men’s 100m.
How wicked mother abandoned baby boy in bush
Wonders as the saying goes shall never cease. It is very amazing to hear cases of child abandonment especially when one considers the fact that children are precious gifts from God.
Okagbare relishes Open Sports Festival
Nigeria’s leading women’s sprinter, Blessing Okagbare has lauded the decision of the National Sports Commission, NSC, to throw open the National Sports Festival from 2014 in Calabar.
Nigerian lady alleges maltreatment by expatriates, share office with a dog
Can you imagine being forced to share an office with your boss who brings his dog on a daily basis? Imagine further that you are made to “take care” of the dog when your boss goes out and you are sometime told that the dog is more intelligent than you? If this sounds stranger than fiction, consider being fired from work for soliciting humanitarian assistance for victims of a brutal attack.
Guinness takes two to 2013 AFCON
The first set of winners in the Guinness Fly with Eagles’ raffle draw promo towards the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa have emerged
