Imo: A paradox of protests
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, women numbering hundreds from all over Imo State arrived Owerri in hired buses and hit the streets of the state capital carrying placards with many and varied inscriptions some of which read: ‘Federal Government leave Okorocha alone’, ‘EFCC leavel Okorocha alone, ‘ICPC leave Imo Alone’ and so on.
World Cup arenas ready on time – Brazilian minister
All 12 host stadiums for next year’s World Cup will be ready on schedule in December, Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said Monday.
2 remanded over rape of 17-yr-old
An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku on Monday remanded Yekini Kazeem, 18, and Ifeanyi Ezekiel,18, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
I will restart my life, God willing, be a model, says Conrad Murray
Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray was released from jail Monday after serving two years of a four-year sentence for the late pop icon’s death in 2009, officials said.
National Confab, Tinubucracy and the rest of us
Since the President, Goodluck Jonathan, announced some days ago his decision to give the Nigerian people- what they have been demanding over the years-the opportunity to dialogue over the Nigerian state, the true colours of statesmen and pretenders have started to unravel.
INEC’s lopsided appointments
ISSUES around the lopsided appointments in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been long lasting, and also long-ignored, but they persist because they are not simple matters. They would not go away by being ignored.
