I called this briefing because of events that are unfolding in the polity. Recently, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsely Kuku, made a statement in the United States of America, that the peace being enjoyed in the Niger Delta will not be guaranteed if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned as President of Nigeria in 2015. This statement has been supported by several groups from the region.

The United States of America has expressed concern over alleged ongoing reports of excessive use of force by Nigerian security operatives in the name of combating Boko Haram, including extrajudicial killings, prolonged detention, and disappearances, series of attacks going on in some parts of Nigeria, saying however it values the strong partnership it has with Nigeria and respects the role Nigeria plays on the world stage.

7 years ago, millions of viewers were glued to their television sets to view the inaugural Big Brother Nigeria Reality TV show for 91 days, wherein 12 contestants competed for One hundred thousand dollars. Katung emerged as winner of this collaboration between the Nigerian and South African Production teams, aired by DSTV.

The Nigerian reggae scene which has over the years witnessed dull moments is bound to reverberate this evening, as an avalanche of musical artistes and fans come together in celebration of the nation’s most respected reggae artistes of all times.

The controversies that trailed Prof. Achebe’s last book—There Was a Country: A Personal History Of Biafra—came from different perspectives. While some people saw the book as one that came to shed more light on the events of the Nigerian/Biafran war, others saw it as a book that should not have been published in the first place. The proponents of the second group came up with so many reasons—from the book being an attack on some personalities and a particular ethnic group, to Achebe being anti-Nigeria, one whose book, they claim, fanned the embers of disunity. But one of the reasons given by this group that caught my attention was the one that said that Achebe was bitter with a particular ethnic group because he failed to win the Nobel Prize in Literature which a kinsman of this ethnic group won in 1986. Even now that he has died, some articles have been written on this issue of Nobel Prize; while some are regretting that Achebe did not win the prize, others are pointing out from their personal views what Achebe should have written or should not have written in order to win the prize. Some are even praying and hoping that he wins the prize posthumously. At the end of the day, one almost gets the impression that Achebe set out to win the Nobel Prize in Literature but failed.

He is a lawyer who did not hang his wig and gown, rather, he chooses to combine his profession with social activism like most renowned lawyers all over the world do.

American based Nollywood actress, Judith Okpara Mazagwu popularly known as Afro-Candy is at the moment under fire to do the obvious.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday met with heads of all the security agencies in the country to review the murder of over 80 policemen in Nasarawa and Bama in Borno states between last Monday and Tuesday.

Delta state has been nominated by the Cycling Federation of Nigeria, CFN, to host the first National cycling Championship billed to hold in Delta state in September this year.

For some time now, actress Chioma Okoye has been missing in action and her fans are wondering what has become of her acting career in recent times.